This. To have it on the other side would be frustrating to use, you would have to lean over the screen every time you pushed the buttons. I had this problem with my Pebble before the AW. Uber frustrating. So glad you can change the orientation. It's actually really easy and fast to change it back again if you find you don't like it.
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Left handers (wearing on the right hand)- Digital Crown, Right or Left?
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This. To have it on the other side would be frustrating to use, you would have to lean over the screen every time you pushed the buttons. I had this problem with my Pebble before the AW. Uber frustrating. So glad you can change the orientation. It's actually really easy and fast to change it back again if you find you don't like it.
I'm a lefty and wear watches on my right wrist. Been thinking about how to wear my watch when I get it and I think I'll go with the 'normal' orientation. I say this as I've got a Nixon 5130 and it has the crown/buttons on the left (which is great for changing the date/time and general operation) but it does dig into my wrist when it's bent. I'll just need to see how I get on using the watch this way in terms of covering the screen etc.
I took this when testing my first generation watch against a series 1 in the store. I prefer destro watches (crown on left side) but they're nearly impossible to find in smaller or women's sizes at non-stratospheric prices. (Panerai is an example of a company that makes them but not in my price range).
I was quite happy to find that the bands would be reversible and there would be a chance to state which wrist the watch would be worn on.
To this day I find wearing a watch with the crown facing the elbow to be weird, even though I've seen lots of pictures of men wearing regular watches on their right wrists and not seemingly bothered by the crown position.
Random question: why aren't the second hand synchronized?
I place the crown closer to the elbow. I have fewer Siri activations that way and the speaker is closer to your ear that way.
I wear mine to the left (facing my hand). Seems pretty convenient that way, and I am used to it being on the bottom instead of the top now.
You won't ever see the Apple Watch marketed this way.
It is upside down. The watch was not designed to be worn this way. It's not functionally as efficient, nor stylistically appropriate.
For a single product designed for everyone, they didn't really do lefties any favors with this asymmetrical design.
I always wore watches on my left hand but I had to switch this one to the right because I wasn't able to use the dang thing with my right finger. Yes, I switched the crown to the left side.
There have been commercials that show the watch worn this way. It's an officially supported feature, after all.
The real reason you don't see it as often is that only about 15% of the population is left handed and not all left handed people wear their watches on their right wrist. And I'd guess that right handed people take note of lefties less than other lefties will, so the appearances might not get noticed by some.
I'd love to see one of these commercials. I've never seen anything official from Apple showing it this way. I have to think Jony Ive cringes every time he sees his design perverted in this way, supported or no.
Sure. Here's one of them. (cued to the appropriate spot). Watch the whole thing and you'll see a mix of left and right wrists.
It's not a perversion of the design. It's just the consequences of the fact that both buttons are on the same side, so there's always going to be some asymmetry. I don't know that it's a big deal to most people. I certainly don't care which button is at the top; I just want the crown to be on the left with the watch on my right wrist.
Interesting. I don't think I ever saw that commercial. What I will say is that the Apple Watch was never depicted in a "leftie" configuration on the Apple website, nor did I ever see it presented in a still photo/print ad, and in particular the haute couture print ads in the fashion magazines that launched the watch -- and I was looking for them That tells me all I need to know about what Jony Ive intended. But I'm surprised to see a video ad that shows it several times throughout that way. You might surprise me again, but i can't imagine this type of depiction was widespread in commercials -- as I said I was trying to pay attention to this aspect of the watch once I discovered it.
I'm not saying it wasn't. I'm saying that was not Jony Ive's intent. If it were a desirable look option, then there should be far more photographic evidence of that, especially in Apple's own website. Many Lefties wear watches on their Left arm. Some righties wear watches on their right arm, as do I. So from that standpoint alone it should be an optional look, but Apple doesn't promote it that way.
How many maps of the Earth have you seen with Antarctica at the top?
Watches traditionally have the crown on the right in just about all marketing and advertising. Therefore, Jony did not likely design the Apple Watch to be worn upside down. When someone pointed out the crown was on the wrong side for a leftie, he probably just flipped it around and told the software team to make it work. That's all I'm saying.
This lefty wears his roles on his left wrist but prefers to wear his Series 2 SS on his right wrist...crown at the bottom left
A lefty all my life(73). Always wore a watch on my right wrist. Love the configuration. I don't have to reach across the Watch to hit the button or the crown. Love it. Lefties rule!