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Is anyone else "double wristing" it?

teknikal90 said:
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.
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I don't think I knew they never had to recharge. I have a Prius, so I totally get the "recharges itself" thing. And I guess I get the longevity, although in my experience not much stuff lasts as long as I think it will. I also get sucked into the newer = better game on a lot of stuff, so using a 20-year-old watch would almost bore me. I mean to each his own, that's just how I am from growing up around so much tech. I've also never really known much about watches, especially when you get past the $500 mark. I figured Rolex just had gold or diamonds in it to make it worth so much.

Thanks for the info. I at least know where some views are coming from. Still sticking with my "obsolete once I got it" Apple Watch. I just hope they're made to be fully functional for more than 2 or 3 years. Aside from battery replacements, Apple needs to support these for a good number of years. Honestly for $600 in 10 years this thing should still work at least somewhat, even if there are more sensors added that would mean I couldn't use certain features. Basically give them a television life span. My bedroom TV is I think 7 years old. It's only 720p and not LED-backlit, so it's not as good as my 3- or 4-year-old 1080p LED TV. But it's still very much good enough to use all the time. It doesn't have apps built in or any sort of Internet, but it still works for the same stuff as when I got it.
 
Michael CM1 said:
I don't think I knew they never had to recharge. I have a Prius, so I totally get the "recharges itself" thing. And I guess I get the longevity, although in my experience not much stuff lasts as long as I think it will. I also get sucked into the newer = better game on a lot of stuff, so using a 20-year-old watch would almost bore me. I mean to each his own, that's just how I am from growing up around so much tech. I've also never really known much about watches, especially when you get past the $500 mark. I figured Rolex just had gold or diamonds in it to make it worth so much.

Thanks for the info. I at least know where some views are coming from. Still sticking with my "obsolete once I got it" Apple Watch. I just hope they're made to be fully functional for more than 2 or 3 years. Aside from battery replacements, Apple needs to support these for a good number of years. Honestly for $600 in 10 years this thing should still work at least somewhat, even if there are more sensors added that would mean I couldn't use certain features. Basically give them a television life span. My bedroom TV is I think 7 years old. It's only 720p and not LED-backlit, so it's not as good as my 3- or 4-year-old 1080p LED TV. But it's still very much good enough to use all the time. It doesn't have apps built in or any sort of Internet, but it still works for the same stuff as when I got it.
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well rolexes have zero battery. it is completely gravity powered.
 
flur said:
There's a difference in movement prettiness in a watch?
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Yes, some watches comes with sapphire display on the back of the watch so that you can see the movements but just a painting (art) not everyone think the same.
 
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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It's already going to be weird enough for me to be wearing one watch: haven't had anything on my wrists (other than when I go out for a run) in a couple of decades.

I'll echo what other people here have said, though: don't give a flying rat poo what other people say. In the end, no one is really going to care if you have two watches on. I mean, really, who cares? But even if they did, f 'em. It's your life and your desires ... wear what you want. The only people that would care have their own self-esteem issues or prone to judge people for petty things anyway ... not the kind of folks you'd have any real desire to associate with, let alone impress.
 
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flur said:
There's a difference in movement prettiness in a watch?
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Absolutely.

High end watches' movements
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Rolex Daytona's more utilitarian movement
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A typical high end movement has every small piece, including screws and parts that cannot be seen unless the watch is taken apart, polished by hand and decorated by master craftsmen.

Rolex movement is also hand assembled but they produce nearly a million watches per year so individual movements cannot receive as much attention.

But I love Rolex nonetheless. It's just meant for a different purpose (sports, daily wear) than haute horlogerie (collector's art, heirloom, billionaire's toys, etc).
 
Corsig said:
AW on my left and Fitbit on my right. Not about to give up 2 years of tracking because FB won't allow cross communication
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Know what you mean about the messaging on fitbit. Almost impossible to stick to 255 characters, so used to have to send everything in multiple messages like the old days of SMS. lol. Thankfully the Apple watch has solved alot of that. Went back to using my old fitbit one though, rather than double wristing it with the surge, but my mate who I posted about still does the double wrist thing, and it doesn't look that bad with the thinner ones, as it's alot more discreet. Which model of fitbit are you using, and how are you getting on with it?
 
Anyone else with more battery drain wearing the watch face down? Inadvertently left activate on wrist raise ON yesterday and experience unusual battery drain.
 
Corsig said:
AW on my left and Fitbit on my right. Not about to give up 2 years of tracking because FB won't allow cross communication
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I went back to wearing my Fitbit One as I don't want to lose 4 years of data in Fitbit. I don't want to wear something on both arms.
 
Most of my watches are mechanical and have a metal case. Metal on metal, close to a magnet. Not for me.
 
I am very tempted to do this. I love my almost 30 year old GMT-Master; but I'm using all the fitness features of the Apple Watch. I'm afraid people will think of me as a total a*****e.
 
advan031 said:
I went back to wearing my Fitbit One as I don't want to lose 4 years of data in Fitbit. I don't want to wear something on both arms.
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Totally with you on that one. (Not that you would lose years worth of data by changing FitBit models, but I'm guessing that you mean if you stopped using a fitbit completely it would render it all for nothing). But I love my Fitbit and I love my Apple watch, and while I know many people do the whole double wristing thing in order to have the best of both worlds, I'm the same as you in feeling that going back to the Fitbit One was the better solution for me personally, so I have done the same.
 
flur said:
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.
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Agreed. Fashions change like the wind anyway, and you'll probably find that as more and more wearable tech devices come out all the time, that more people start to experience the same phenomenon, so it will one day seem so commonplace that no-one will even bat an eyelid.
 
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Just got the Apple Watch, not even interested in retiring my Rolley Sub date.. for now, I'm keeping the Sub on the left, where I've always worn it, and AW on the right.. (I tried switching, but the weight differential was too weird, I'm too accustomed to the weight on the left. Another idea would be to put both on the left, which looks nice, but I'm concerned they'll bump into and scratch each other. Besides, if I do that, the sub watch has to be at the base of the wrist with the AW above that.. makes access to the crown tricky on the AW..

I don't know, we'll see.. I've only had it a day
 
My fellow watchuseek dudes lol..

I am having anxiety with our traditional beautiful watches seeing not wearing over the apple watch. My apple watch is on the right wrist and I'm freaking having some discomfort issues because my traditional watch is on the left wrist. I'm rocking my lum-tec tungsten carbide M22 126/150 limited edition.

My wife thinks I'm crazy lol
 
T4R06 said:
My fellow watchuseek dudes lol..

I am having anxiety with our traditional beautiful watches seeing not wearing over the apple watch.
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Same here that's why there are days I double wrist it. I haven't seen anyone else out in the wild double wristing...at least not yet.
 
I'm double-wristing, but with an Apple Watch on the left and Fitbit Flex on the right.
 
I'm double wristing today with my AW face down and wrist raise off. Battery seems to be draining fast.
 
Double-wresting with the AW on the left and Garmin 910XT on the right when I run. Not sure how long I will keep this up, though. Maybe until Apple gives me a way to input activities that feed into the rings.
 
Archer1440 said:
It's in the manual. Apple watch must be work on top of the wrist for sensors to work. Chapter 12, page 57.

"In addition, the sensors will work only when you wear Apple Watch on the top of your wrist."
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It's time to rewrite the manual.

I've used the AW with the face on the inside and I find the line of sight is better for me.

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