I wear my Apple Watch mainly to track exercise and a bit out of habit. I don’t really use the watch that much though outside of tracking exercises, so recently decided to buy a cheap Casio watch (this one as it was on sale) when I just want something on my wrist as a fashion thing.
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Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Do you wear a wristwatch?
If so, is it because you use it, out of habit, as a fashion thing, something else, or a combination of the above?
Mine keeps breaking and I’m thinking of just replacing it with some jewellery (simple chain bracelet?) on that side to fill the void.
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I have a older style garmin (that’s small and has an actual working watch face so it doesn’t look like a fitness tracker). I mainly wear it for the tracking and stress/HRV tracking but the watch bit is handy when I’m in meetings or dealing with public transport or trying to put down the phone. I lived happily without a watch for many years but since I got it I’ve worn it all the time. If it broke I’d probably go without again until I found something I like that fits.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
When you say “breaking” what do you mean? Stop working? Crack the screen? The band falls off?
Yes, I wear a garmin. It counts my steps, tells the time, records shit. Before that I wore an analogue.
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s got a separate second hand that keeps falling off with bumps, and the rogue hand gets caught in the hour and minute hands. Fixable but doesn’t seem to stick. And it makes me realise I barely ever look at it to tell the time, I just feel naked without it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ok, so it’s shit. Get a decent watch like a Lorus. They are Seiko’s cheaper range but built to last.
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It was good back in the day, but I think it’s just old now. It’s been through a few battery replacements and had the glass replaced once. The Horse don’t seem to make watches with separate second hands anymore, so I wonder if it was a known issue.
I’ll make sure to check out Lorus.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I do. I used to wear one all the time as a kid so it’s partially out of habit. I don’t like having to pull my whole phone out just to check the time when I can do it causally on my wrist, and I have a smartwatch but the screen never turns on when I want it to.
I bought an automatic Steeldive watch off Aliexpress that’s pretty good and one of the cheapest solar watches from Citizen I could find. Solar watches are great, they’re so light and require almost no maintenance.
I’m not into watches for the fashion so I find so many of them incredibly ugly for everyday wear
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 months ago
No. Seems redundant when I’m carrying my phone everywhere; and idgaf about fashion
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I use a cheap digital watch mostly as a step counter.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I don’t wear a wristwatch at all, or bracelets. I hate the way they feel. Generally just check my phone for the time.
#justmillenialthings
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
i wear mine to read the time
T156@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes, both for health tracking and because it’s handy for notifications and calendar alerts. It’s also a bit of a habit for time-keeping at this point.
Although I’ve found fancier, newer watches to be much worse for that. I replaced my old Garmin with a Samsung Smartwatch, since the corner broke off the Garmin, and the Samsung one had a metal frame that seemed more durable. However, the software is both worse and more fiddly than the garmin, which is itself worse than the software on the Pebble (RIP) I had a long time ago.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yep, I wear an analogue watch every time I leave the house, and use it to know the time quickly. It also looks pretty, because I like my functional things to be decorative if they can be, but it’s primarily functional.