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I'm very minorly into watches and $200 is very "mid/base" for watches. My most expensive watch is a Fenix7 (used) @ $300. Then ~$150 for a "Svalbard" single h

by ramses0 9mo ago

I'm very minorly into watches and $200 is very "mid/base" for watches. My most expensive watch is a Fenix7 (used) @ $300. Then ~$150 for a "Svalbard" single hand automatic (winding) watch, and a smattering of "$50-80, used off eBay" watches. I had two (used) pebble watches back in the day, pre-ordered the PT2 before they went bankrupt, and have preordered the "new" PT2 (at ~$200 price range). Freaking Timex Expedition is costing $60-80 on sale nowadays. No smart stuff, just "chunky Casio vibes" and it's $80. Timex "Transcend" is a fun one in the $100 price range. Apple Watch SE is $250, and all the re-pebbles are $200 price range? Color me impressed! I hate to say that Pebble Round 2 is "almost an impulse buy" (prior to Time2 shipping), but there are occasions (eg: last night) where my Garmin was out of battery, I went to a friends house, so I pulled out my slightly fancier round-dial analog watch. The fact that pebble is hitting $200 price points is actually an incredible (and hopefully sustainable!) value for what they offer!

apparent 9mo ago
> Apple Watch SE is $250, and all the re-pebbles are $200 price range? Color me impressed! I have wondered why Eric didn't price them higher, and I think it comes down to wanting to make sure there is sufficient demand to justify production runs, and staving off competition that could front-run him and use his open source software too. I am genuinely curious to see what competition emerges, and how long it takes to appear.
4ggr0 9mo ago
> a "Svalbard" single hand automatic nice, so i'm not the only one with a single hand Svalbard watch :D one day i thought "i wonder if there's a watch with one hand and 24h", pretty soon landed on the Svalbard website and ordered one. i must say that i rarely wear it as it's pretty hard to get an accurate time reading from it, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of a watch. but i did get lots of comments when wearing it...
- ramses0 9mo ago
  I call it my "weekend watch". Specifically taking off the "notifications" watch, a few quick turns to "take the approximate time" with me and it's perfect! I have the 12hr (not 24hr) which effectively gives you "metric" minute markings (10 min increments instead of 15/5). https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Gauge_FK21.html https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Gauge_FK21.html My next "grail" watch is something pilot-y, with inverted hour/minute markings (ie: 55m on the outer rim of the face/dial, 12h on the inner), eg: search "Laco Men's Pilot Aachen Automatic Watch", but obviously not that expensive. I just can't justify "yet another watch" and since getting the garmin (w/ sleep tracking, heart-rate, and notifications) it's even less justifiable. When this one went on sale during prime for $15, I couldn't resist it though! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JCPX9L1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JCPX9L1 Strap is trash, whole thing is very much lightweight/flimsy, but it has a similar semi-minimalist vibe.
  - 4ggr0 9mo ago
    Ah I see, your model gives more details in a simple way. The one I bought is veeery barebones[0], I basically have to stop what I'm doing and look at the watch for a couple of seconds to figure out approximately what time it is... > I just can't justify "yet another watch" Same, there's a watch I find absolutely beautiful[1] since years, but it costs around 3.5k, could never justify spending that much for a watch. The other two watches you posted are interesting, fun to meet another person who likes cheap and/but quirky watches. Took longer than I'd like to admit to understand how the SHENGKE works :D Since getting my RePebble a couple weeks ago I haven't worn another watch. [0]https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Singly_AA29.html https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Singly_AA29.html [1]https://www.longines.com/de-ch/p/watch-longines-master-collection-chronograph-l2-773-4-78-3 https://www.longines.com/de-ch/p/watch-longines-master-colle...
  - apparent 9mo ago
    I change my Garmin watchface to be something different during nights/weekends, as a reminder that I'm off the clock. I hope that Eric offers a way to automate this in PebbleOS!
    - 9mo ago

by ramses0 9mo ago

apparent 9mo ago

> Apple Watch SE is $250, and all the re-pebbles are $200 price range? Color me impressed! I have wondered why Eric didn't price them higher, and I think it comes down to wanting to make sure there is sufficient demand to justify production runs, and staving off competition that could front-run him and use his open source software too. I am genuinely curious to see what competition emerges, and how long it takes to appear.

4ggr0 9mo ago

> a "Svalbard" single hand automatic nice, so i'm not the only one with a single hand Svalbard watch :D one day i thought "i wonder if there's a watch with one hand and 24h", pretty soon landed on the Svalbard website and ordered one. i must say that i rarely wear it as it's pretty hard to get an accurate time reading from it, which kind of defeats the whole purpose of a watch. but i did get lots of comments when wearing it...

ramses0 9mo ago
I call it my "weekend watch". Specifically taking off the "notifications" watch, a few quick turns to "take the approximate time" with me and it's perfect! I have the 12hr (not 24hr) which effectively gives you "metric" minute markings (10 min increments instead of 15/5). https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Gauge_FK21.html https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Gauge_FK21.html My next "grail" watch is something pilot-y, with inverted hour/minute markings (ie: 55m on the outer rim of the face/dial, 12h on the inner), eg: search "Laco Men's Pilot Aachen Automatic Watch", but obviously not that expensive. I just can't justify "yet another watch" and since getting the garmin (w/ sleep tracking, heart-rate, and notifications) it's even less justifiable. When this one went on sale during prime for $15, I couldn't resist it though! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JCPX9L1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JCPX9L1 Strap is trash, whole thing is very much lightweight/flimsy, but it has a similar semi-minimalist vibe.
- 4ggr0 9mo ago
  Ah I see, your model gives more details in a simple way. The one I bought is veeery barebones[0], I basically have to stop what I'm doing and look at the watch for a couple of seconds to figure out approximately what time it is... > I just can't justify "yet another watch" Same, there's a watch I find absolutely beautiful[1] since years, but it costs around 3.5k, could never justify spending that much for a watch. The other two watches you posted are interesting, fun to meet another person who likes cheap and/but quirky watches. Took longer than I'd like to admit to understand how the SHENGKE works :D Since getting my RePebble a couple weeks ago I haven't worn another watch. [0]https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Singly_AA29.html https://svalbard.watch/pages/Svalbard_Singly_AA29.html [1]https://www.longines.com/de-ch/p/watch-longines-master-collection-chronograph-l2-773-4-78-3 https://www.longines.com/de-ch/p/watch-longines-master-colle...
- apparent 9mo ago
  I change my Garmin watchface to be something different during nights/weekends, as a reminder that I'm off the clock. I hope that Eric offers a way to automate this in PebbleOS!
  - 9mo ago