How many Apple Watch owners already wear watches?

[BlueMoon63]

i have a collection of watches (rolex, IWC, AP) and i haven't worn any of them since i bought the apple watch around thanksgiving. i seriously considered wearing two watches, but i realized that would be lame.

That is a nice collection of watches gathering dust. I am jealous. 😉 it was t hard for me to stop wearing my regular rotation as I had about 6 and they were $300-$400 tops.

If apple hadn't made it so quick and easy to change bands, maybe things would be different. Not sure.

 

[Mr Kram]

That is a nice collection of watches gathering dust. I am jealous. 😉 it was t hard for me to stop wearing my regular rotation as I had about 6 and they were $300-$400 tops.

If apple hadn't made it so quick and easy to change bands, maybe things would be different. Not sure.

yup, i have about a dozen in total and every time i want to put one on, i think about all the missing features of the apple watch that i have now grown accustomed to. i'm probably going to sell most of them and keep a few favorites or maybe consolidate to a nice patek or a mid-level richard mille.

 

[BarracksSi]

I always have had a regular rotation and found me leaving the AW out of the rotation more and more, which is why I eventually sold it. I gave the AW a fair chance, I just couldn't help wanting to wear my mechanical watch collection.

i have a collection of watches (rolex, IWC, AP) and i haven't worn any of them since i bought the apple watch around thanksgiving. i seriously considered wearing two watches, but i realized that would be lame.

I like how both of these posts, taken together, illustrate how personal the Watch is.

 

[ultravisitor]

I always have had a regular rotation and found me leaving the AW out of the rotation more and more, which is why I eventually sold it. I gave the AW a fair chance, I just couldn't help wanting to wear my mechanical watch collection.

I feel the same a lot of the time. I'm not at the point of selling my Apple Watch, but I really don't like neglecting my other watches just to wear the Apple Watch, which isn't nearly as interesting a timepiece.

 

[Mr Kram]

I feel the same a lot of the time. I'm not at the point of selling my Apple Watch, but I really don't like neglecting my other watches just to wear the Apple Watch, which isn't nearly as interesting a timepiece.

the apple watch isn't a time piece. it's a smart device that also tells time. sometimes, i wish it didn't have that function so i could actually wear a real watch on my other wrist. LOL

 

[easheer]

I feel the same a lot of the time. I'm not at the point of selling my Apple Watch, but I really don't like neglecting my other watches just to wear the Apple Watch, which isn't nearly as interesting a timepiece.

This is why I couldn't wear it anymore. I found its usefulness to be diminishing, where I was only wearing it to check the time and receive notifications. I'd much rather wear one of my mechanicals, as I appreciate the engineering that goes into them far greater than what went into the AW.

 

[IphoneIssues]

I wonder what percentage of people who don't think the Apple Watch is worth it's price are people who don't wear watches at all.

 

[BarracksSi]

I wonder what percentage of people who don't think the Apple Watch is worth it's price are people who don't wear watches at all.

Possibly a pretty good amount. They would be accustomed to a bare wrist and frequently using the entire phone for information.

I would have been less likely to use a smartwatch of any kind if I hadn't already started wearing watches again.

 

[djransom]

I always have had a regular rotation and found me leaving the AW out of the rotation more and more, which is why I eventually sold it. I gave the AW a fair chance, I just couldn't help wanting to wear my mechanical watch collection.

Same situation here. I have a fair amount of watches and got tired of leaving them out for the AW. Sold the AW and back to my watches like I never left and also picked up a Fitbit.

 

[ultravisitor]

I wonder what percentage of people who don't think the Apple Watch is worth it's price are people who don't wear watches at all.

I'm actually wondering how many people who didn't wear watches before now think the Apple Watch is a must have. Honestly, when I see people saying, "I didn't wear a watch before, but now if I forget my Apple Watch it feels wrong" or other comments like that, I'm like, "DUH." That's how everyone who normally wears a watch feels about their watch.

 

[Thalyn]

I've always loved and worn watches. I have a fairly modest collection in my main rotation of Longines, Daniel Wellington and Movado. A Timex Weekender with NATO strap for other occasions. Whenever I would forget to wear a watch, I'd feel naked.

The Apple Watch was just a natural thing for me to add to my rotation. Thing is, I now find it hard to wear my other watches because I love the Apple Watch so much!

EDIT: Spelling.

 

[easheer]

The Apple Watch was just a natural thing for me to add to my rotation. Thing is, I now find it hard to wear my other watches because I love the Apple Watch so much!

This is how I felt at first as well, but over time, the AW proved itself to be less and less useful to me, and I was neglecting a very nice collection of mechanical watches, that have a lot more meaning to me than the AW.

 

[Thalyn]

This is how I felt at first as well, but over time, the AW proved itself to be less and less useful to me, and I was neglecting a very nice collection of mechanical watches, that have a lot more meaning to me than the AW.

The same may or may not happen to me. I only bought the AW last week. Of course there will still be occasions I'll wear a watch from my collection over the AW but I just enjoy having all that information and notifications on my wrist.

 

[ultravisitor]

This is how I felt at first as well, but over time, the AW proved itself to be less and less useful to me, and I was neglecting a very nice collection of mechanical watches, that have a lot more meaning to me than the AW.

Yes, the Apple Watch is nice during the honeymoon period, but like you, I found it to be less and less useful over time. I'm keeping mine just because I like watches, but it's not nearly as interesting a watch as my others.

 

[IphoneIssues]

Possibly a pretty good amount. They would be accustomed to a bare wrist and frequently using the entire phone for information.

I would have been less likely to use a smartwatch of any kind if I hadn't already started wearing watches again.

I say that, because, for the majority of the people that I've seen say it's not worth it, I get the impression they're not watch people. When they talk about what it can do, and why that's not enough, they never mention the style factor and the ability to change watch bands.

 

[ultravisitor]

they never mention the style factor and the ability to change watch bands.

Maybe they don't mention that because they don't find it particularly stylish. I mean, I AM a watch person, and, as I've said, the Apple Watch is not really a very attractive or interesting looking watch. We can change bands? Big deal. Most watches have bands that can be swapped.

 

[IphoneIssues]

Maybe they don't mention that because they don't find it particularly stylish. I mean, I AM a watch person, and, as I've said, the Apple Watch is not really a very attractive or interesting looking watch. We can change bands? Big deal. Most watches have bands that can be swapped.

Then they're missing half the intended appeal, because Tim Cook said it's as much about personal technology as it as about style and taste.

This is true, but not with as much ease as this. You're done in under 30 seconds.

 

[kjse7en]

Not exclusively but in certain ways, they can be seen as interchangeable depending on your needs/wants.

The audible mechanical movements in traditional watches (aka the soul) swapping place with inaudible sensors on the caseback (for the heart).

Heart and Soul.
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I say that, because, for the majority of the people that I've seen say it's not worth it, I get the impression they're not watch people. When they talk about what it can do, and why that's not enough, they never mention the style factor and the ability to change watch bands.

Quite likely they're not watch people, more so not into changing bands (strap to bracelet for the weekend, v.v. you know).

I shared that so far the most impressive aspect of the AW I personally appreciate is the strap changing mechanism and how Apple introduced it to the market mass-uniformly and not tiered only to the high end (Gold Edition series).

One would not be surprised to see the traditional spring bar becoming more of a hassle as the months go on with more people getting a taste on Apple strap changing method (which is a breeze).

This is one area I felt traditional watch industry has left it largely unchanged for decades, because there was no need or not even compelled to, until now. And I akin this to the plastic qwerty encountering on-screen keyboard on mobile devices.

 

[BarracksSi]

This is one area I felt traditional watch industry has left it largely unchanged for decades, because there was no need or not even compelled to, until now. And I akin this to the plastic qwerty encountering on-screen keyboard on mobile devices.

Same here. I'd think that the market for traditional watch bands would have been a lot wider if they were easier to swap. I'm pretty good with tools and I still don't change the straps and bracelets on my other watches often if at all.

 

[BarracksSi]

Bump! Been a few weeks.

I tried wearing a couple of my regular watches over the last few days. I put on the AW only to act as my alarm clock and to log a workout on Saturday.

I lasted four days -- which included a slow weekend at home -- but the AW is back on my wrist. All those little glance-able features add up for me.

 

[BarracksSi]

Q3 bump!

 

[tom504]

Yep. ..always have had a watch. I think the combination of style and functionality that any of the newer stainless steel smart watches make it hard to go back to a regular watch.

 

[convergent]

Your selections are missing a key option. I chose daily beater, but the watch I wore every day wasn't a beater... it was a nice watch.. but I wore that one every day, 24x7 before getting my Apple Watch. Now I just wear the Apple Watch.

 

[Arni99]

i have a collection of watches (rolex, IWC, AP) and i haven't worn any of them since i bought the apple watch around thanksgiving. i seriously considered wearing two watches, but i realized that would be lame.

Same here. Besides my silver SS AW I have a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date (Ref. 1500) from 1969 in mint condition. Due to my workouts (mountainbiking, hiking) the Rolex is collecting dust lately 😉 .

 

[Volusia]

I am retired. When I left the work place I stopped wearing a watch at all (I had my phone in my pocket if I needed to know what time it was). A little over a year ago I got a FitBit (mainly for the HR monitor due to a heart condition) and have been wearing it every day since. I am ready to move to an Watch, but am trying to hold off for the new version in, hopefully, September.