[anecdotal1]

W-800H is my daily-wear cheap watch here

I had a Pebble and then an Apple Watch. I came to the conclusion I prefer my watches to be tools and not devices. Watches that are tools are cool. Aviation watches, dive watches, etc etc. So much cooler than a smartwatch.

[KMnO4]

The F-91W is a cult classic but lacks a lot of nice features (for example, a backlight that stays on for a couple seconds after you release the button, alarm snooze, and dual time display).

I love my W-800H though. Still has a 10 year battery, nearly as compact size, and similar aesthetics.

I’ve gone through a couple over the years (the biggest flaw is the band), but my current one is incredibly accurate. Using a high speed camera, I measured 1.43 seconds loss over 6 months. Pretty sure I won the Quartz lottery since that’s much more accurate than spec, but either way I’m happy.

[WastingMyTime89]

To give a counterpoint, I have worn watches every day for the past 20 years and own both a nice Bauhaus watch, a diver and a cheap field watch. I finally decided to buy an Apple Watch last year to mostly use as a running watch and see what the fuss was about. I’m never coming back. This thing cut my phone use like nothing before. Having access to notifications at a glance without taking your phone out is awesome.

[anecdotal1]

I don't like the Apple watch because of the alerts.

I wish it had geofencing and other custom rules so I could say "give me these notifications all the time, and these other ones when I'm away from home, these when I'm in the office", etc.

Otherwise every notification I get during the average workday happens on my Mac, my iPhone, and my Watch at the same time. It's like sensory overload making every little thing seem like an emergency. So in conclusion I really don't enjoy the ding ding ding of my watch all the time. It makes it extremely hard to disconnect when even your watch is harassing you. I tried turning off all notifications, but then it's less functional than a normal watch.

The new DND custom features are almost there. Maybe in a couple years...

I'll admit it was nice when I was biking 40mi routes regularly or running for use with Strava or something, but I can just bring my phone...

Also trying to do any input on the watch is so painful.

Idea is great, execution is still so far away from where it should be.

[wkat4242]

Yeah I'd love this too on my phone even. That when I'm home my phone stays silent and just sends me notifications to my computer which is always on anyway.