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Who of you prefers the Apple Watch over his Rolex/Patek/Omega/Breitling/etc?
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Wow are these all Swiss mechanicals? That's a lot of watches. May be a record I've seen on the forums. I just have the 2 and I have a hard time deciding what to wear.
[doublepost=1515689539][/doublepost]In the long run the AW will save me lots of money. No more buying/flipping high end Swiss watches. For me the notifications are very useful.
My sea dweller Rolex is my # 1 but now I use the Apple watch daily because of it monitoring my health
The way I see it my AW is = my everyday watch and my Baume Mercier is my dress watch. I always like to dress well, but when I need to dress sharp the BM comes out. I'll wear my AW with a blazer or sport coat, but never with a suit or tux (not that I have occasion to wear tuxes too often). For me AW is practical tech, not a classy dress accessory.
I also have a Garmin 935 which is my sports watch. AW doesn't do it for me as sports watch. It's more of a fancy activity band in that regard.
Some of the Apple leather straps are genuinely good looking.
In spite of my comments, I think the bright stainless case version of the AW is extremely good looking. I just don't think it's very economical, from my personal perspective.
But you can question my rationality when you consider that I'm wearing a Rolex GMT Master today that doesn't keep time as well as a $35 GShock (or a $370 AW). It's all personal preferences.
Rolex is a class you can never go wrong with it, you don't have to charge it too.
Except that you have to keep it running by either wearing it all the time (but why not, since it's awesome) or store it on an automatic winder.
But it certainly starts up easier than a dead AW, too.
(I've got pretty much every general watch type in my box, too, apart from mechanical chronographs and a Spring Drive)
No, but every five years or so each of them has to go out for a CLA, which costs more than a couple of LTE S3 AWs. To me, it's worth the cost. But I 'get' it that younger people mostly don't wear watches.
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Well...there are manual wind-ups, like the Omega Moon Watch.
No winder needed between wearings (but the movement doesn't hack!) My absolute favorite easy-to-start auto is my 5513. No date, no complications. The GMT Master II is a moderate PITA because the hour hand is 24-hour sensitive and has to be meshed with the 24-hour hand. The original was even worse, not having a "QuickSet" hour hand. You needed two full revolutions of the hour hand just to change the date one day.
No, but every five years or so each of them has to go out for a CLA, which costs more than a couple of LTE S3 AWs. To me, it's worth the cost. But I can 'get' it that younger people mostly don't wear watches.
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Well...there are manual wind-ups, like the Omega Moon Watch.
My Sea Dweller is 20 years old looks like new never needed service and its just growing in price paid $3000 and get more than $6000 if I sell it today you can't get it with this smart watches
Really, never serviced? Can I get you to buy my lottery tickets?
Seriously. I've had a few actually stop over the years due to my, ahem, sometimes leisurely approach to watch service.
Really, never serviced? Can I get you to buy my lottery tickets?
Yes Seriously! but 1984 I bought my submariner that was nothing but terrible, it went to NY repair service twice
after a complain letter to Rolex CEO in Switzerland it was fixed major parts where replaced but it cam back like new sold it
and bought the Sea Dweller and yes this one is just perfect but now I am running the AW as I said health monitoring see how long I can miss my Rolex
(BTW I am a watch fanatic for many year Omega Moon watch Sea master, Eterna magic and IWC and some watch maker was sick and tier from me told me 1984 go buy a Rolex and to my question why his answer was After Rolex you will never use other was, it was right until now I bought the AW)
I have a rather embarrassing list of watches sitting around now that I have my Apple watch. I take them out for special events once in a while, but the rest of the time I wear my Apple watch. One of the best ideas Apple has had for a while was making it extremely easy to change straps. I used to change watches rather than straps depending upon the day ahead.
The AW (now have a SBSS series 3 w LTE one) has relegated my three Rolex that I love to the safe in the closet. I actually feel a little guilty by not wearing them anymore, but the AW does SO DAMN MUCH (ex. Notifications, health and activity data, phone calls when phone is not nearby now, etc).
I wore one of my Rolex the other day for most of the day and came home and put my AW back on. The Rolex didn’t do anything that day besides tell the time!!
I wore one of my Rolex the other day for most of the day and came home and put my AW back on. The Rolex didn’t do anything that day besides tell the time!!
My Tag and my Bell & Ross really haven't seen the light of day since I got the Apple watch. I took the leather strap from the Tag as it was a very nice strap with a titanium clasp, but they now reside in the loft awaiting me to decide to sell them.
That's not accurate. Others have stated they prefer their Apple Watch over their mechanical Watches or their mechanical Watches don't see nearly as much use as their Apple Watch does. Myself included.
This is the real estate style price increase (steady increase, never drop price) on Watch. Your watch has proven to be an excellent investment.
[doublepost=1516348717][/doublepost]Notification (never miss one, or most of them), fitness (yes, for primitive tracking purpose), LTE (occational phone call), music on the go without phone, and prolly more. I love Apple Watch.
To be perfectly honest, I never wore any mechanical watch before. My parents wear one, forgot the brand. But one of them (for female) is not that reliable and breaks after like 20 years. Guess big money for best mechanical watch.
That's right, it's a results may vary type of situation.
I'm somewhat torn on which watch to wear. I have an Omega Deville which was a gift to myself after completing something important.
I bought a Series 2 at the end of 2016 thinking it would be great as a weekend watch. I just sold that and bought a series 3, and I enjoy wearing it so much more. At first, I wore my Series 2 on Fridays and weekends, but now I've been somewhat "addicted" to all of the health notifications.
Given that I work a desk job, the AW is great at reminding me to keep active, and I enjoy seeing how active I've been.
Now I find myself wearing my Omega about 2-3 days a week at the most, and my AW for the remainder. I'm afraid that one day I may stop wearing my Omega altogether (except for very special events), which is sort of a drag, given that it does have sentimental value to me.
I never thought I'd feel this way, given that I am (was?) in love with mechanical watches.
How times change...
I bought a Series 2 at the end of 2016 thinking it would be great as a weekend watch. I just sold that and bought a series 3, and I enjoy wearing it so much more. At first, I wore my Series 2 on Fridays and weekends, but now I've been somewhat "addicted" to all of the health notifications.
Given that I work a desk job, the AW is great at reminding me to keep active, and I enjoy seeing how active I've been.
Now I find myself wearing my Omega about 2-3 days a week at the most, and my AW for the remainder. I'm afraid that one day I may stop wearing my Omega altogether (except for very special events), which is sort of a drag, given that it does have sentimental value to me.
I never thought I'd feel this way, given that I am (was?) in love with mechanical watches.
How times change...
In The world of smart watches and how much I actually have grown to appreciate mine With the Apple Watch, I still have a great appreciation for mechanical watches. But they certainly are not as worn as much as my Apple Watch is.
I have an Omega Planet Ocean that needs repair. I managed to damage the threads on the crown when tightening it after adjusting the time. The repair would cost more than buying a new Apple Watch. But even if I repaired the Omega, I'd wear my AW LTE more. After dismissing the original AW as a toy when it was first released, I've come to rely on my AW. So the Omega just sits in a drawer waiting for James Bond to pilfer it.
I have a Rolex DateJust that I got for my 40th 8 years ago.
Since April 2015, I think it has been worn maybe 10 times max. I'm now on a AW3. This thread has made me get out my Rolex and set the time and date, wind it up etc.
It is a shame as the Rolex really is a thing of beauty, but all it does is tell the time
Since April 2015, I think it has been worn maybe 10 times max. I'm now on a AW3. This thread has made me get out my Rolex and set the time and date, wind it up etc.
It is a shame as the Rolex really is a thing of beauty, but all it does is tell the time