I really miss my watches

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I’ve been in and out of town for the last few weeks so I stashed anything if value in a safe deposit box. I’ve been wearing my Apple Watch and while it’s convenient for what I’ve been up to it still feels like a piece of cheap plastic and glass.

I really look forward to picking up my watches.

 
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Same with me, I've been in and out since June 27th, and won't be totally back until September 22nd, so all but a handful of watches are in the bank vault. I'll be glad to get them out next month. I don't wear an Apple watch but it seems every other person has one on their wrist. Very boring.
 
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^Very boring! In my situation I’m at a lake house for a few weeks so having something I can put on, swim in, shower in, make sand castles in…. It works. It’s still boring though lol
 
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^Very boring! In my situation I’m at a lake house for a few weeks so having something I can put on, swim in, shower in, make sand castles in…. It works. It’s still boring though lol
I’m sorry but you had my pity up until “I’m staying at a lake house”. I would gladly slap on one of anything to chill at a lake house. Come back when you have a truly sad story and I will break out my empathy. PS, any nice clouds over the lake pictures?
 
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I’m sorry but you had my pity up until “I’m staying at a lake house”. I would gladly slap on one of anything to chill at a lake house. Come back when you have a truly sad story and I will break out my empathy. PS, any nice clouds over the lake pictures?
Hahaha fair enough 😀 no crazy sunsets since we’ve been here but hopefully we’ll see something before we leave.




and one of the dog completely passed out after a long day of swimming
 
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^Very boring! In my situation I’m at a lake house for a few weeks so having something I can put on, swim in, shower in, make sand castles in…. It works. It’s still boring though lol

You can do the same with most quality mechanical watches...from Bulova to Omega to Rolex to you name it. And you don't have to charge them each night.
 
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I will put an Apple watch on my wrist . . . never. I have no problem with technology and own an iPhone, but I'll still be rotating and wearing my collection of Omegas ranging from 5 years old to 70 years old when generations of Apple watches will be taking up space in landfills.
 
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I will put an Apple watch on my wrist . . . never. I have no problem with technology and own an iPhone, but I'll still be rotating and wearing my collection of Omegas ranging from 5 years old to 70 years old when generations of Apple watches will be taking up space in landfills.
It's actually kind of nice to have while kayaking, I have the one with cell reception so I don't have to worry about dropping my phone in the lake 😀 but I totally get what you're saying. I usually have my phone in a dry bag, but maybe I need a little life jacket for it too so it doesn't sink.
 
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It's actually kind of nice to have while kayaking, I have the one with cell reception so I don't have to worry about dropping my phone in the lake 😀 but I totally get what you're saying. I usually have my phone in a dry bag, but maybe I need a little life jacket for it too so it doesn't sink.

Really time for us to start unplugging. Why have a phone when you are out kayaking...or fishing...or bird watching...or shopping in a farmer's market, or looking at classic cars in a concours? I grew up and lived my early years in a world without cell phones of any kind. I never missed them...nothing was so important that it couldn't wait until I got home or back to wherever. And for emergencies...there was this amazing thing called the payphone...and they were everywhere...on street corners, in restaurants, office building lobbies...just drop in a dime and you could reach almost anyone. It was that way on my first trip to Europe...London, Paris, Cannes, Stockholm, back the NYC...the cell phone didn't exist and the world was better for it. Now the wrist watch...that was a simple tool that did one thing brilliantly...it told you want time it was. And that is all I have ever wanted it to do.
 
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Why have a phone when you are out kayaking...
Maybe you get stuck somewhere, or there's a family emergency, or an unexpected storm is rolling in, or you want to take a photo of something, or you want to take a video of something, or any one of a dozen other reasons someone might have a need to use their phone.

Now the wrist watch...that was a simple tool that did one thing brilliantly...it told you want time it was. And that is all I have ever wanted it to do.
Did you pitch a fit when they started adding date windows to watches?
 
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Maybe you get stuck somewhere, or there's a family emergency, or an unexpected storm is rolling in, or you want to take a photo of something, or you want to take a video of something, or any one of a dozen other reasons someone might have a need to use their phone.


Did you pitch a fit when they started adding date windows to watches?

People have dealt with getting stuck, family emergencies, unexpected weather, etc., for thousands of years. And if you are out in a boat, hundreds of miles from home, what are you going to do about a family emergency? As for photos, if people liked to take them, they usually had a camera...from cheap Brownies to Leicas. Cellphone cameras have simply created a garbage heap of photos about nothing...people emailing each other a picture of their hamburger, or taking selfies of themselves standing in front of someplace, instead of being more focused at looking at where they are. I'm not a fan of Date windows...none of my three Omegas, 4 of my five Rolexes, none of my other watches have them. I know what the day is because since childhood, my brain has always kept track of that without any problems.
 
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People have dealt with getting stuck, family emergencies, unexpected weather, etc., for thousands of years. And if you are out in a boat, hundreds of miles from home, what are you going to do about a family emergency? As for photos, if people liked to take them, they usually had a camera...from cheap Brownies to Leicas. Cellphone cameras have simply created a garbage heap of photos about nothing...people emailing each other a picture of their hamburger, or taking selfies of themselves standing in front of someplace, instead of being more focused at looking at where they are. I'm not a fan of Date windows...none of my three Omegas, 4 of my five Rolexes, none of my other watches have them. I know what the day is because since childhood, my brain has always kept track of that without any problems.
We have had no problem filling landfills long before apple came along. I don’t have one but someday I might pick one up. They have provided a benefit in many ways
https://screenrant.com/lives-apple-watch-saved-how-many/amp/
 
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Sorry, I meant to say, Apple watches and their ilk do their job and they are handy, but they just can't have the soul of a fine mechanical object. This really is a credo that quite obviously unites us all, so I'm only saying it to bring the thread back on topic. 😉
 
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Awww, Jill's nice!
That was not meant to be political just response to the age and wisdom thing I just did a search to find something funny and that popped up. I am now no longer a registered independent but am registered “unaffiliated” I’m trying to remove myself from any party as far as possible.