[WClayFerguson]

There's two kinds of watches:

1) Mechanical Watches

2) G-Shocks

If you're putting something other than those on your wrist, that's fine, and you can dork out all you want, but just please don't call it a "watch". The Apple Watch is an insult to every horologist and a disgrace to everyone with an ounce of class. :) Yes I jest, but actually not all that much.

[netrus]

Gatekeeping "wearing a watch"? Are you sure to be an expert on class?

Snobbery is not the best way to get people interested in your hobby. Isn't it great that people are getting excited about watches again? This article is about extending the features of mechanical watches with cool technology, while mechanical watches are not even particular good at telling you what time it is. Mechanical watches are cool, but so is UX innovation in modern watches, as the discussions in this thread demonstrate.

[WClayFerguson]

I posted my comment slightly in jest, because since I wear mostly G-Shocks myself, the true 'watch snobs' would look at my watches the same way I view the Apple Watch...as a toy people put on their wrist because they want a toy, and not to tell time.

Most people who wear Apple Watch have it either as a toy to play with or as a fashion/wealth statement. I bet the majority of grown-ass men you see in an Apple Watch wouldn't think twice about sporting a bead bracelet, the silly Live Strong plastic atrocity, or my favorite thing to ridicule, the little "braided string bracelet" that some influencer in Hollywood declared cool shortly after outlawing fanny packs. haha. Yes I say all this in jest, so please don't be offended. Everything is going to be ok. :)

[vatican_banker]

Nah, real horologists appreciate the apple watch as much as a mechanical watch.

There are so many technologies to tell time. Most horologists appreciate the evolution of these technologies: manual, automatic, quartz, solar, eco-drive, spring-drive, and smart watches.

All of them amazing and equally intriguing and loveable.

[WClayFerguson]

my comment to netrus (above) was politely pointed in your direction as well. :)