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Is anyone else "double wristing" it?

I know a guy who has both an AppleWatch and a Fitbit, but he wears them both on the same arm. (Not sure it would work with a full on regular watch though, as the FitBit is a kind of long and thin shape, so a bit easier to get away with)

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KojiH said:
As a long time watch collector I am not ready to give up my collection of traditional mechanical wristwatches just because of the arrival of the Apple Watch. I still value the fine art and skill of traditional mechanical watchmaking and plan to continue to wear them along WITH the Apple Watch.

I've seen some threads here where people caution against being "THAT person" who wears a watches on both wrists.

So here's my solution to the dilemma:

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I'm going to wear the Apple Watch with the case facing down and have installed an aftermarket polished tungsten bracelet onto the Apple Watch to dress it up and make it look more like a jewelry piece rather than just a watch. I was always someone who used to wear a bracelet on my right wrist that would match the watch that I was wearing on the left. So the Apple Watch has now displaced my collection of bracelets.

I was curious if there were any other traditional watch enthusiasts here who have chosen to "double wrist" it.
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Please do this, will be hilarious
 
Being a long time wearer of mechanicals, the Apple Watch did concern me re: giving up traditional watches.

Fortunately, after about a week of wearing the AW exclusively, I quickly realised that it's only real worth to me is at the gym, around the house when I leave my phone lying around in other rooms, and when I'm expressly doing a lot of walking or physical activity ie. walks, hiking, running, cycling etc. The rest of the time, bah, not only does it do very little for me functionally (it's a lousy watch) but I find the AW thoroughly unappealing design wise, in any of it's incarnations. I don't see this latter element actually improving in future iterations because it'll simply get ever more sleeker, svelte and ultimately blander. Not a criticism of the AW per se, it's the nature of technology - phones ceased to be interesting years ago as they become little more than screens - which is fine, it's all about the functionality.

I'd maybe double fist it if it looked more like the smaller fitbits, which is relatively unassuming and resembles a man bangle.
 
yegon said:
Being a long time wearer of mechanicals, the Apple Watch did concern me re: giving up traditional watches.

Fortunately, after about a week of wearing the AW exclusively, I quickly realised that it's only real worth to me is at the gym, around the house when I leave my phone lying around in other rooms, and when I'm expressly doing a lot of walking or physical activity ie. walks, hiking, running, cycling etc. The rest of the time, bah, not only does it do very little for me functionally (it's a lousy watch) but I find the AW thoroughly unappealing design wise, in any of it's incarnations. I don't see this latter element actually improving in future iterations because it'll simply get ever more sleeker, svelte and ultimately blander. Not a criticism of the AW per se, it's the nature of technology - phones ceased to be interesting years ago as they become little more than screens - which is fine, it's all about the functionality.

I'd maybe double fist it if it looked more like the smaller fitbits, which is relatively unassuming and resembles a man bangle.
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Interesting.
It sounds about right.
 
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KojiH said:
As a long time watch collector I am not ready to give up my collection of traditional mechanical wristwatches just because of the arrival of the Apple Watch. I still value the fine art and skill of traditional mechanical watchmaking and plan to continue to wear them along WITH the Apple Watch .... I was curious if there were any other traditional watch enthusiasts here who have chosen to "double wrist" it.
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I've certainly considered it, but I think it's too impractical for me.

As a long time wearer of a nice mechanical watch, I've learned (sometimes the hard way) to keep my watch away from most potential hazards. Over time, this has become instinctive.

I can't see this working as effectively if trying to protect watches on both wrists.
 
I think it looks silly. BUT

It looked silly in my opinion to have a rolex on one wrist and a Fitbit band on the other. Or on the same wrist.

So its a pick your poison.

To track my steps if I wear my Rolex again I will just keep my phone with me at all times. M7 for the win. :)
 
iConnected said:
I can't see this working as effectively if trying to protect watches on both wrists.
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I wear my AW face down on my other wrist and have hit a few doors and walls with my AW. After wearing the AW on my right wrist for a week or so I became more careful and had gotten used to the idea of having a "watch" on both wrists.
Consciously trying to avoid crossing my arms.

Hoping to find a leather cuff that would accommodate the AW so that it looks more like wearing a bracelet. The ones I've seen for traditional watches (naturally) don't have cut outs for the back side of the case.
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I wonder if others who are double wristing it could share pictures?
 
xthine said:
I wear my AW face down on my other wrist and have hit a few doors and walls with my AW. After wearing the AW on my right wrist for a week or so I became more careful and had gotten used to the idea of having a "watch" on both wrists. ...
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There's always the straitjacket option - that should keep both watches safe ;)
 
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KojiH said:
Well, I'm not so sure about that. I happily wear my $150 Invicta automatic diver to work just as often as my Omega. My collection ranges from $30 flea market finds up to swiss mechanical automatics.

For me it really is about the watches.

But yeah for many of my colleagues it is purely a display of status with their Rolexes, Panerai, and Breitlings. They couldn't tell you the first thing about the mechanical movements inside or the bezel/crystal/case materials.
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Just to let you all know, Koji is an incredibly respected watch collector in the watch community, knows more about the watch world than most watch collectors or experts I know. I have belonged/belong to 2 watch message boards he was/is a member of, and have learned tons about watches from reading his posts the last 6 years.

I respect what he's doing with this double watch combo, and as a watch fanatic, I understand it. As I wear my Apple Watch EVERYDAY, I do miss wearing some of my other watches.
 
GeekishlyGreek said:
I know a guy who has both an AppleWatch and a Fitbit, but he wears them both on the same arm. (Not sure it would work with a full on regular watch though, as the FitBit is a kind of long and thin shape, so a bit easier to get away with)
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I wear an AW and an UP band, on different wrists, usually with other bracelets (in part b/c I don't like the symmetry of having the same number of things on each wrist). Not only has no one told me I look like a tool, I got complemented on it this morning. I do agree that a band and a watch is different than two watches, but IMO society needs to get over itself and recognize that wearables are here to stay and people are going to wear them along with fashion pieces.
 
If you think of a watch as also a piece of jewelry, in addition to being a functional piece, I don't see what would be wrong with that. Would it seem strange to wear a bracelet on the other wrist from your Apple Watch?
 
Michael CM1 said:
Someone must explain to me the fascination with mechanical watches. I read some NY Times article about them vs. smartwatches, namely the Apple Watch, and I couldn't understand how people could be that enthralled about all those tiny gears doing something that computers easily do nowadays.

Maybe it's one of those things I don't get since I'm not mechanically inclined. I get how a few things work mechanically and can fix them, especially when you're just throwing physics in there. But I have never gotten into how cars work aside from wondering why they aren't all electric now just having a taste of them with my Prius. In that article people were talking about putting Fitbit-like sensors in those really expensive handmade watches and I couldn't understand why someone would do that.
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I've always been fascinated by mechanical watches. I am a huge gadget nerd and have all the latest tech, but there was something fascinating about having a piece of old world technology strapped to my wrist that functions only through the movement of gears - no batteries, no computer chips. More emotional than practical.

But now I have an Apple Watch...oh well.
 
Michael CM1 said:
Someone must explain to me the fascination with mechanical watches. I read some NY Times article about them vs. smartwatches, namely the Apple Watch, and I couldn't understand how people could be that enthralled about all those tiny gears doing something that computers easily do nowadays.

Maybe it's one of those things I don't get since I'm not mechanically inclined. I get how a few things work mechanically and can fix them, especially when you're just throwing physics in there. But I have never gotten into how cars work aside from wondering why they aren't all electric now just having a taste of them with my Prius. In that article people were talking about putting Fitbit-like sensors in those really expensive handmade watches and I couldn't understand why someone would do that.
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it stems from the fascination of longevity.
my rolex watch that I got from my dad still works, after he'd worn it for 20 years. chances are, if i keep it well enough, my kids will benefit from it too.
It's also the fascination that it works without having to recharge (the rolex being an automatic watch), an engineering brilliance.
 
KojiH said:
As a long time watch collector I am not ready to give up my collection of traditional mechanical wristwatches just because of the arrival of the Apple Watch. I still value the fine art and skill of traditional mechanical watchmaking and plan to continue to wear them along WITH the Apple Watch.

I've seen some threads here where people caution against being "THAT person" who wears a watches on both wrists.

So here's my solution to the dilemma:

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I'm going to wear the Apple Watch with the case facing down and have installed an aftermarket polished tungsten bracelet onto the Apple Watch to dress it up and make it look more like a jewelry piece rather than just a watch. I was always someone who used to wear a bracelet on my right wrist that would match the watch that I was wearing on the left. So the Apple Watch has now displaced my collection of bracelets.

I was curious if there were any other traditional watch enthusiasts here who have chosen to "double wrist" it.
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To be honest... That looks completely ridiculous.

But beyond that, why would you wear your Apple Watch face down? That's just begging for scratches.
 
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