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Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
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Except the battery on a quartz watch lasts years, and the battery on an Apple Watch lasts 12-18 hours. Never mind that most mechanical watches are self-winding.
Self winding just means "needs to have the time reset after 2 days unworn". I wonder if an unworn Apple Watch would last longer?
Full disclosure, I'm a mechanical watch nerd, to the point that I enjoy repairing them. So I'm a bit biased towards them.
Off topic I guess but I wish smart watches would shrink. Anyone else find them just too bulky for something you wear all the time? Especially in thickness with the protruding sensors.
Depends on what you want it to do. I've been using a Mi Band which you can get for $35 on Amazon and has some 3rd party software options on android if you don't want corporations sucking in your health data.
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2-10 years is very different from 1-2 days though! (Not to mention solar watches)
I have a solarwatch that I can't use in the winter time, after moving up north, not enough sun light to keep it charged =p
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2-10 years is very different from 1-2 days though! (Not to mention solar watches)
I have a solarwatch that I can't use in the winter time, after moving up north, not enough sun light to keep it charged =p
My Citizen and Seiko solar watches are good for months after getting a full charge... they say ~6 months and that seems about right
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I know you’re joking, but once I accidentally broke a 200 something day streak of activity on my Apple Watch, I chucked it and went back to (modest) collection of real watches. No one needs yet another notification device, and the activity tracking stuff isn’t as valuable as people make it out to be. Just break a sweat everyday and you’re good. (Yes, the health monitoring stuff is wonderful)
I 'downgraded' to a cheap Casio late last year and I think i'm better for it.
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Self winding just means "needs to have the time reset after 2 days unworn". I wonder if an unworn Apple Watch would last longer?
So wear it every day, get an device that keeps it wound, or just shake it for 30 seconds a day. Full disclosure, I'm a mechanical watch nerd, to the point that I enjoy repairing them. So I'm a bit biased towards them.
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2-10 years is very different from 1-2 days though! (Not to mention solar watches)
I have a solarwatch that I can't use in the winter time, after moving up north, not enough sun light to keep it charged =p
And I live in Norway just below the arctic circle so artificial light must be enough to charge it.