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Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by jbverschoor »

Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

True. I never find a watch comfortable to watch. Everything is called a ”watch” and not a”glance”.

Rotation is more comfortable the other direction. The under arm makes a lot more sense for a “smart”watch, or at least a device that requires input

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by mellavora »

jbverschoor wrote: post #71
Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

True. I never find a watch comfortable to watch. Everything is called a ”watch” and not a”glance”. Rotation is more comfortable the other direction. The under arm makes a lot more sense for a “smart”watch, or at least a device that requires input

Isn't under-arm the classic position for race car drivers?

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by mrzool »

masswerk wrote: post #47
Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

This assumes that this was intended as a truly practical item. However, this is a product of a watch manufacturer. Its usefulness is also defined in social terms. It's an expensive novelty item, a status symbol, a conversation piece, an icebreaker, etc, then it's also a practical item. This one doesn't achieve these social functions by mechanical complications, a multitude of jewels or fine engravings by monk-like ar…

All true. Besides, you could take it off and place it in front of you.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by jacquesm »

Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

Given the number of people that watch full length movies while holding a smartphone up to their eyes I don't think that's the main limitation.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by cwillu »

haunter wrote: post #76

>Octopussy Ok I’m not very versed about Bond movies but wtf. Not even trying to be subtle about being sexist.

“men always come first, women come second.” --You Only Live Twice (1967)

It's never been subtle.

Re: The Seiko TV watch

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Post by noja »

Stratoscope wrote: post #14

Try this exercise: Hold your arm so a watch strapped on top of your wrist would be facing toward your eyes for easy viewing of its display. If you have a smartwatch, or any kind of watch, you do this many times a day. Now hold your arm in that position for 30 or 60 minutes to watch an entire TV show. You can take a break during the commercials. Enjoying that? Probably not. With a [smart]watch, you only glance at it a…

The watch form factor allows you to have it with you.

You can remove it from your arm for longer viewing sessions.

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