I wanted to share a few thoughts after owning my first smart watch, incidentally an Apple Watch for a week.
I like the appeal of mechanical watches, they give a sort fo mysterious feels imagining the old times, then digital quartz watches are about precision and additional features, and now we arrived to the smart watch phase that has it all. Induces dreams of being on a star ship, has more features than one could have dreamt of just a few years ago and it’t the ultimate device in terms of precision one can wear.
Why
The appeal of a smart watch for me was the included wallet for paying in shops and most importantly getting into the tube the easiest way, emergency messaging and calls, and detailed fitness tracking. Finally, it can enable me to go out with an ‘empty’ pocket, apart from the house key, and not feel disconnected.
on Size
Coming from wearing mechanical watches. I wanted to make this step cautiously, so I wanted a watch that is closely resembles a classic or traditional watch feel both in style and in size, while also having a relatively small wrist size. Hence, I went for the 40mm silver stainless steel. And for my surprise, it does feel a lot more serious than I thought it would, and I do not feel I would need any larger screen space.
on Strap
Regarding the band, I do not like that the metal ones get scratched and banged up easily, leather would be ideal classic style, but it is rather sensitive for everyday wear. So in terms of a smart watch I also wanted something where the material is also modern, and at the same time to keep a relatively classic look. Therefore, I chose the charcoal braided solo loop. A dark textured band with the shiny stainless steel is close enough for me for a rather classic watch feel.
on Siri watch face
After a week of playing around with watch faces from simple minimalist look to Micky Mouse and infographs, I prefer to go full in on the smartness and use the Siri watch face primarily. Forget about the classic watch look with the watch face, this part is about being cutting edge modern.
It’s guessing fairly well of what information I would like to see, and easy to scroll through the upcoming schedules without going into any of the apps.
Among the cards, tips also appear late afternoon on what more to do to close the rings and other useful messages.
I had several infograph ones set up before, but it is just frustrating to keep swiping left and right between them. So instead of setting up a cluttered infograph watch face, I use the inbuilt AI and have Siri assist throughout my days. With just a quick scrolling using the crown I see more details than a static watch face can offer.
For me the cards include; Weather condition and temperature, sunset/sunrise, air quality index automatically when high, stock price changes, activity ring status, and upcoming calendar schedules, bed time and alarms, workout recovery time, stop watch when on.
And, for when I really need to see more details I can just tap the card to get into the app.
Generally, with the watch itself I do miss one feature very much is to also see the seconds for the Siri watch face, and to have the seconds displayed always, even during on AOD without waking the screen.
I wonder how many people prefers the Siri watch face.
on Battery
I charge it a bit in the mornings and in the evenings, never fully up, and never gets fully depleted. I am not interested in optimising for max battery life. Want to have all the features available, given the easy access to charge it. I may use airplane mode of batter saver mode for in case of travelling to remote areas. But, generally the smart features are more important to have then to see what time it is, otherwise I would just have a quartz watch, right?
Extra
Unlocking the laptop with the watch is super cool.
Thank you for reading my story, I am happy to read any thoughts on the above.
Have a good one Apple fans
S
I like the appeal of mechanical watches, they give a sort fo mysterious feels imagining the old times, then digital quartz watches are about precision and additional features, and now we arrived to the smart watch phase that has it all. Induces dreams of being on a star ship, has more features than one could have dreamt of just a few years ago and it’t the ultimate device in terms of precision one can wear.
Why
The appeal of a smart watch for me was the included wallet for paying in shops and most importantly getting into the tube the easiest way, emergency messaging and calls, and detailed fitness tracking. Finally, it can enable me to go out with an ‘empty’ pocket, apart from the house key, and not feel disconnected.
on Size
Coming from wearing mechanical watches. I wanted to make this step cautiously, so I wanted a watch that is closely resembles a classic or traditional watch feel both in style and in size, while also having a relatively small wrist size. Hence, I went for the 40mm silver stainless steel. And for my surprise, it does feel a lot more serious than I thought it would, and I do not feel I would need any larger screen space.
on Strap
Regarding the band, I do not like that the metal ones get scratched and banged up easily, leather would be ideal classic style, but it is rather sensitive for everyday wear. So in terms of a smart watch I also wanted something where the material is also modern, and at the same time to keep a relatively classic look. Therefore, I chose the charcoal braided solo loop. A dark textured band with the shiny stainless steel is close enough for me for a rather classic watch feel.
on Siri watch face
After a week of playing around with watch faces from simple minimalist look to Micky Mouse and infographs, I prefer to go full in on the smartness and use the Siri watch face primarily. Forget about the classic watch look with the watch face, this part is about being cutting edge modern.
It’s guessing fairly well of what information I would like to see, and easy to scroll through the upcoming schedules without going into any of the apps.
Among the cards, tips also appear late afternoon on what more to do to close the rings and other useful messages.
I had several infograph ones set up before, but it is just frustrating to keep swiping left and right between them. So instead of setting up a cluttered infograph watch face, I use the inbuilt AI and have Siri assist throughout my days. With just a quick scrolling using the crown I see more details than a static watch face can offer.
For me the cards include; Weather condition and temperature, sunset/sunrise, air quality index automatically when high, stock price changes, activity ring status, and upcoming calendar schedules, bed time and alarms, workout recovery time, stop watch when on.
And, for when I really need to see more details I can just tap the card to get into the app.
Generally, with the watch itself I do miss one feature very much is to also see the seconds for the Siri watch face, and to have the seconds displayed always, even during on AOD without waking the screen.
I wonder how many people prefers the Siri watch face.
on Battery
I charge it a bit in the mornings and in the evenings, never fully up, and never gets fully depleted. I am not interested in optimising for max battery life. Want to have all the features available, given the easy access to charge it. I may use airplane mode of batter saver mode for in case of travelling to remote areas. But, generally the smart features are more important to have then to see what time it is, otherwise I would just have a quartz watch, right?
Extra
Unlocking the laptop with the watch is super cool.
Thank you for reading my story, I am happy to read any thoughts on the above.
Have a good one Apple fans
S
