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Do you view your Apple Watch as an item of jewellery, or rather just a gadget?
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I'm a woman but I don't really do jewelry aside from some rings. I've never thought of this before! I think mine is mostly a gadget. I like having different bands but I am not made of money so I don't have hundreds of them. I swap them out every handful of weeks or so just for something new. I've never matched it to any outfits or anything. I have an Ultra.
Even in the old days of dumb watches it was common to own several. Different styles for different occasions. I get your argument though - the difference between a stereotypical G-Shock and a stereotypical Rolex is obvious, but between an aluminium AW and a SS AW, not so much. All the same, sometimes collecting is fun. Sometimes a second one is handy while charging the first.
I don’t own a second AW, but I own several watches.
have a look here i.e. for special wood/metal finishes of bands - I have two of those and enjoy the design and comfort of wood on skin
My AW is strictly for health/travel.
It's inexpensive enough (Series 8) to not be concerned if broken or lost. I wear it during the weekdays to track my workouts and listen to music without me having to carry around my phone. I travel with it if going somewhere for hiking (Scottish Highlands, etc.) or somewhere where showing signs of wealth is dangerous.
For jewelry I wear one of my Swiss watches, usually on a weekend, a special occasion, or meeting with friends.
It's inexpensive enough (Series 8) to not be concerned if broken or lost. I wear it during the weekdays to track my workouts and listen to music without me having to carry around my phone. I travel with it if going somewhere for hiking (Scottish Highlands, etc.) or somewhere where showing signs of wealth is dangerous.
For jewelry I wear one of my Swiss watches, usually on a weekend, a special occasion, or meeting with friends.
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While nothing is guaranteed 100%, the bands that came with the original Apple watch still work with the current watches, including the Ultra. I fully expect that a watch band you buy today will work with the S9, the next Ultra, etc.
I've always been a watch wearer, so for me, it's a watch with extra benefits. I do like the SS because I can dress it up a bit more for nicer wear, but when I'm really dressed up for an occasion, I'm not wearing a big, tech-y watch on my arm no matter what it's made of.
So for me, mostly watch and tool, with a little gadget and jewelry.
So for me, mostly watch and tool, with a little gadget and jewelry.
After a very serious health episode and 7 weeks in hospital and rehab facility I bought mine for health reasons. That said I started buying 3rd party bands and cases and bling fairly quickly and am enjoying the jewelry side of it, albeit costume jewelry. LOL It does what I wanted it to do and I get to play with it as well so I'd say 50/50.
Neither!! I am 72 and ended up in the emergency room 6 months ago. The doctor looked at by stats and heart and told me they were sending me to the hospital, because I had AFIB.
The cardiologist had a series 8 and told me to get an Apple Watch. Had an Ultra two days later and it recorded the AFIB. Had a catheter ablation a few days later and AFIB is gone. I check everyday on the Ultra. To me, it's a very useful necessity.
The cardiologist had a series 8 and told me to get an Apple Watch. Had an Ultra two days later and it recorded the AFIB. Had a catheter ablation a few days later and AFIB is gone. I check everyday on the Ultra. To me, it's a very useful necessity.
My AW U is not worn to massage my ego rather it is a workhorse and work it does.
You are very lucky, I had the same thing happen but my ablation failed and I ended up having a full cardiac arrest and spending 7 weeks altogether between hospital and rehab facility. The Apple watch didn't look like just a gadget anymore and I got one. I still have the AFib and the watch helps me distinguish between just an AFib episode or something that needs immediate attention.
It’s kinda like jewelry at this point, with the stipulation that it’s not the Watch itself that matters like jewelry because every couple years it will get upgraded. The bands and combinations with faces are what push it into jewelry territory for me.
Watch Ultra 50/50
I can't live without my watch with my Mac and iPhone. It makes a huge difference in my everyday life. During the evening it gives me peace of mind, as it helps me rarely lift my iPhone and during the day I can sort through messages and calls from my wrist. With my watch, I make more use of "do not disturb" than I ever have.
But it is also a piece of jewelery that I take care of. If I'm going to a party, I change the strap to suit the occasion.
Could I spend that much money on an ordinary watch, never!
I can't live without my watch with my Mac and iPhone. It makes a huge difference in my everyday life. During the evening it gives me peace of mind, as it helps me rarely lift my iPhone and during the day I can sort through messages and calls from my wrist. With my watch, I make more use of "do not disturb" than I ever have.
But it is also a piece of jewelery that I take care of. If I'm going to a party, I change the strap to suit the occasion.
Could I spend that much money on an ordinary watch, never!
Gadget. If you want a watch that’s a jewel, you need to try something really different than an AW, in my opinion.
Especially on this forum I've seen some incredible looking Apple Watches, but mine's pretty vanilla so it falls into gadget territory for me.
Not that there's anything wrong with jewelry - I have a few 'traditional' watches I wear for more formal situations.
Not that there's anything wrong with jewelry - I have a few 'traditional' watches I wear for more formal situations.
Apple watches are gadgets, and so are regular watches. You could potentially pay several thousand for a watch and enter the jewelry realm (subjectively), but that doesn't change the fact that they are there to serve a practical function as a gadget would
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I view it as a gadget. However... I dress so casual that it usually ups my dress code a bit just by wearing it. At least it makes it look like I have some money (at least I think so, lol).
Mine is a fitness tracker that is in the way of the great vintage Omega watches I used to wear. The Apple watch is an ugly, bulky, and unfortunately highly disposable gadget.
I use mine mostly for hiking holidays and a bit of fitness tracking. I don’t think it’s anything special aesthetically, so I don’t view it as jewellery.