[Swordmaker]

Why would a man with two $6000 Swiss made luxury watches choose to wear a $399 Apple Watch instead for 80% of his watch wear? He explains why. — PING!

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[tennmountainman]

If you own 2 $6000 Swiss watches, why would you want an Apple Watch?

[montag813]

That Christiaan van der Klaauw is incredible. Work of art. Rolex? Meh.

[yarddog]

In 1965 I bought an inexpensive Elgin pocket watch for $35.00. Elgins were no longer made in the US by then. It was Swiss which turned out to be just fine.

I could unscrew the back and adjust it to be faster or slower. The only way I had to check it was when the radio beeped on the hour. After around a month, I got it to where it was only gaining around a second a day. Actually it was a bit better than that, maybe 2/3 second per day.

I noticed it would gain around 2 seconds early in the day, then lose most of it later in the day as it unwound. That watch still works and I have never had it cleaned or any maintenance at all. I hardly ever wear it anymore tho.

Still it was surprisingly accurate for an inexpensive mechanical watch.

[bigbob]

Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anyone really care?

[Cementjungle]

I’ll pass.

[davius]

I’ve no idea where my watch is. Haven’t seen it in two years. I don’t care to look for it. There’s now and not now. Everything else is just noise made by someone other than me.

[Jeff Chandler]

I will take the contrarian Freeper view and say I think it’s a great concept. It frees you from having to constantly retrieve your phone, a benefit which becomes a greater convenience as smart phones get larger. Leave your phone on the desk or on the car seat or in your pocket and use the watch.

It makes the most sense if you are a person who is a heavy user of smart phones, obviously. If you are still using tin cans tethered with string, it’s not for you.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I don’t believe Steve Jobs would have allowed the Apple Watch to be released. It seems an unfinished, unfocused product. I’ve noticed customers avoid it like the plague at the local Apple stores (local being Cupertino, Santa Clara and Palo Alto).

[Kommodor]

No Patek-Philippe? What a poseur...

:P

[dalereed]

My $6.94 watch from Wall-mart keeps perfect time and in 3 years when the battery starts going bad I can buy a new one for less than replacing the battery, it does everything need a watch for.

[tubebender]

Just saw a ad for the Apple WATCH on the SF Giants…

[RedHeeler]

Try to buy back your soul. Regardless, of any watches or redeemable units of integrity. Whadda ya think? Give it a try. That’s all you got, right?

[mkleesma]

Why would anyone buy an Apple watch in the first place?

[G Larry]

I started to plunk down a big chunk of change for a nice watch...

And then decided a nice looking $200 dept. store watch was all I needed....

Oh....and a $40 sport watch.

[BenLurkin]

$6000 watch?

Good grief.

Got mine at Walmart for $12.50. Keeps accurate time. Has both the date and the day of the week.

$6000 watch. Ridiculous.

[ozzymandus]

Why did you buy it in the first place? To brag about your fancy Swiss watches? I have a Timex. Can I brag about that?

[Vendome]

You own swiss watch for its craftsmanship dependability and exclusivity.

Tard...

[kevao]

Come 2017, Hillary will be in either the big house or the White House. If the latter, then these might come back in style:

[The Great RJ]

If I had unlimited amounts of money, I sure wouldn’t spend it on either a $6,000 Swiss watch or a $400 Apple watch. My $100 Seiko tells the time just fine and I don’t want to carry a magnifying glass to read stuff on an Apple watch.