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I like that my $300 automatic watch tells me the time and nothing more, not even a date. I don't want it to listen to me; I don't want it to log my location; I
by zeveb 7y ago
I like that my $300 automatic watch tells me the time and nothing more, not even a date. I don't want it to listen to me; I don't want it to log my location; I don't want it to store my health information on someone else's servers: I just want it to tell me the time.
In five years I'll still have my watch; will you? In a decade I anticipate still having my watch; will you?
Simplicity is luxury.
- soneca 7y agoYou want more than that, because all of above can be done by a $30 watch.
- zeveb 7y agoFair enough! I think that the mechanisms (called movements) are really cool too. I also like not having to change a battery. And I like the style I got for more money. Regardless, I like having a mechanical watch rather than yet another piece of electronics. I see it as a positive rather than a negative.
- CydeWeys 7y agoYou're not even being a good mechanical watch snob if you aren't valuing complications like a perpetual calendar. And what's up with the condescension and looking down upon people who want more than the barest possible level of functionality? Get off your high horse.
- zeveb 7y agoI honestly don't understand how you read snobbery & condescension into my post; I certainly didn't intend them (as an aside, saying that your point of view is a 'no brainer' might be a tad … condescending). I just like having something I can rely on for years and which doesn't violate my privacy.