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During what activities do you take off your Apple Watch?

The Cockney Rebel said:
Any reason for you wearing a mechanical watch and not your Apple Watch?
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You can find something in this thread, from page 6 to 9 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/falling-out-of-love.2287372/page-6

To resume: my grandfather gifted me his 50 years old full gold and manual Longines. After receiving it, looking for info about it, I woke up the monkey about watches. Picked up a Orient Kamasu and, in February 2022, received my Rolex Submariner 124060 to celebrate the birth of my son.

I like mechanical aspects about mechanical watches. At the same time, in my point of view, luxury watch are the only jewels that I like to wear. At the same time, I think the Rolex Submariner is a real classic when you talk about mechanical watches (and it’s really beautiful and well made).

Every time I tried to came back to AW I found it ugly compared to my mechanicals and, at the same time, I’m not sure that technological advantages worth it. Sometimes debating about double wristing https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...tch-and-apple-watch-at-the-same-time.2378514/ , but I don’t know: it seems silly most of the time 😂
 
Showering and, not to be crude, but sex. I’ve had too many close calls of doing something accidentally on the watch while in the moment even with theatre mode on.
 
I take it off for bath and charging, and whenever it gets wet when washing hands or doing dishes, because I don't like the feel of wet watch against my skin. Once in a while I remember to take off my watch first before doing something that gets it wet, but most of the time, I find I don't get the chance to take it off beforehand. Like, I don't plan on getting my hands dirty, but they get dirty, then I need to wash them first before I can take off the watch.
 
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Was at a sauna / ice bath event today where I left it in the car. Kind of didn’t feel like taking it into a 100+ Celsius sauna. Apple lists it can handle half that.

Would have loved to see my heart rate though as that was a wild event
 
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I take it off to charge every morning when I wake, and when I shower.

If I’m wrenching on a car in tight quarters where I might bang it up, I’ll leave it on the workbench.

That’s really about it. I spent 3 days in hospital in February, and my AW6 lasted nearly the whole time in Low-Power Mode without charging.
 
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I take it off anytime I am doing anything with work gloves. Between my hands, wrist, and gloves, it sets off one or more of the alarms. The emergency kind.

ALso when I do a technical hike. My Fenix 7 works better for me.
 
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Only remove the AWU when showering, charging, and when I do some yardwork that involves trimming hedges that have a sticky sap that's difficult to remove.
 
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I take it off when I sleep, and when I shower. Sometimes I take it off when I'm putting my hand somewhere with limited space (under the sink, behind my Windows computer, etc) but that's pretty rare.
 
I only take mine off when either going for a shower or when I am doing something that may cause damage, just in the same way I would take off a traditional watch. In either case, I just use it as an opportunity to charge it.
 
I don't take mine off for anything. Going swimming, stays on. Doing yard work, stays on. During workday, stays on. At the beach, stays on. Swimming in the ocean, stays on. Sitting in the hot tub, stays on. Playing in my beach volleyball league, stays on. Showering, stays on.

There isn't a condition now that I take it off unless I just feel like wearing a different watch (which isn't very often). I used to worry about scratching it but I guess I just don't care now as its meant to be worn and a few scratches aren't the end of the world. I do however buy Applecare so if anything does happen to it I can get it fixed.

The one time I take it off is to charge it.

At the same time, I don't begrudge anyone for taking theirs off for certain activities. Everyone is different and I realize that it can cause some anxiety worrying about damaging it. I'm that way with other things, just not the Apple Watch. I have an expensive monitor and desktop setup that I don't ever eat or drink anything near it just on the off-hand I might spill something. To each their own.
 
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When I sleep, when I’m done with my ring activity for the day and when I shower. The thing still feels kinda heavy so I don’t like wearing it all the time.
 
I don’t wear my watch when operating a wood chipper. Handing a bag of Watch dust to Apple would make for an interesting AppleCare+ claim though.
 
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Just before shower and bedtime in the evening. Goes back on when dressing in the am. I do not take it off any other time. I have been in the ocean multiple times and my series 7 SBTi still looks like new after 1.5 years.
 
Take it off to clean it, change straps, charge it.

Those are pretty much the only reasons.
 
I take it off when I shower or swim and to charge. Other than that, I've always got it on.
 
I've been charging it during showers but now I'm thinking about wearing it then too. I'm getting older and thought about what if I fall in the shower. Unfortunately old farts have to think those things!!
 
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