Hey everyone, so I’m a mechanical watch guy, typically rotate between a dozen or so mechanical Seikos, Orients, Sea-Gulls, etc. and have never cared for quartz, let alone a smart “watch”. However looking to take more control of my health and general fitness and the series 4 seems to have some new fe…

I’m a tech guy, Apple guy AND mechanical watch guy. Unless you have a specific use case in mind… you don’t need an Apple Watch. Compared to a mechanical, the Apple Watch, as a daily driver sucks. An entry level Seiko mechanical will outclass it any day. Apple Watch is well designed and very well m…

[image] cstepanek: Apple Watch is a great product…but athletes are not the target. The software on it really has been fine tuned to get people moving It has really been optimized as a smart watch (love it), with some fitness features (its ok and getting better). Fitbit is still the best at ge…

Save your money if you were thinking of going the Fitbit Ionic way.

I’ve had an apple watch and wear a garmin forerunner 935. If the reason you want it is health/fitness/activity tracking the forerunner or other watches are far superior at that. If it’s more about the other techy features in an apple watch, then I guess the answer is whether you are compelled by t…

[image] KorbenDallas: Save your money if you were thinking of going the Fitbit Ionic way. :+1: The $100 Fitbit trackers are perfect if you need motivation to move. The Ionic is another story, it is a tracker trying to be a smart watch (and falls short).

But if you are already invested in the Apple ecosystem…Apple Watch is better. It’s the best-in-class smartwatch. by far… but that’s not saying a lot considering the value of smart watches.

I think you can be wearing nothing but speedos but still be well dressed with a classy watch!! I’m a Seamaster guy, but got an Apple Watch when it was off getting serviced. I now wear the Apple Watch most of the time. It now more of a sense of occasion when I put on the seamaster👌

[image] cstepanek: It’s the best-in-class smartwatch. by far… but that’s not saying a lot considering the value of smart watches. as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

I have a Series 2. It’s not, in my opinion, a sports watch - I use an FR230 to run, and an Edge 520 on the bike. It’s, as @bbarrera wrote, a pretty good smartwatch - which is fine if you want a smartwatch. I have a couple of Tissot when I want the watch-wearer look, and my Apple when I don’t care h…

Apple Watch or similar?

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I don’t have one, so can’t comment to how well it works, battery life, etc., but the Series 5 has an “always on” screen.

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