[fierarul]

When my Apple Watch battery broke I bought, with the little money I received from selling it for spare parts, a cheap CASIO G-Shock.

This low-tech CASIO does all I needed from my smart watch: shows time and date and gives me a timer for cooking.

I never have to charge it or take it off and I can even shower with it.

Added advantage is that it doesn't constantly radiate on the WiFi / Bluetooth spectrum.

[woutr_be]

I still don't understand what drove me to buying an Apple Watch years ago, I had to force myself to wear it, and it only brought more distractions. I ended up muting all notifications, so eventually it was just a dumb piece of tech on my wrist, especially since it only showed me the time when I twisted my arm (which didn't work like 25% of the time).

I was told it would improve my health, but I never felt the effect. It's been lying in a drawer for over a year now.

[xur17]

I've been noticing the same thing. I mute all notifications since it was too distracting.

I do really like having it to track runs, but I'm considering purchasing a dumb watch for everything else.

[ofrzeta]

I own a not so low-tech Casio Wave Ceptor for more than a decade. It has a solar cell and adjusts itself via radio so I never had to do any maintenance since I own it. I actually fear the day when it breaks down.