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Perhaps a bit of a tangent, but are there other folks on HN who still wear "dumb" watches? I personally cannot find the idea of these landfill-destined gadgets compelling enough to add yet another screen in close proximity to my eyes. I can't be the only one :)

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I still use a dumb watch (the classic Timex Ironman Triathlon) when I workout sometimes or when I'm coaching and I just need a stopwatch, I have yet to see a smartwatch that makes a very good stopwatch. Even some of the exercise specific smartwatches like the Garmin Forerunners don't do stopwatch as well as a Timex.

As a coach I've been seeing a lot of smartwatches on kids lately that are maybe a little young for a smartphone, they seem to be the go-to choice these days for parents to keep track of their kids. That seems like a decent fit, by the time the watch dies the kid will probably be old enough for a smartphone anyway.

Currently wearing my Hamilton Khaki Field during work hours, and wear the Pilot Day Date Auto after hours.

There is beauty in the engineering of a mechanical watch. It is, to me, functional jewelry. Though it's nice to see smartwatches get better regarding battery life and low refresh displays.

Once a non-apple watch does truly reliable and useful health tracking, I may switch over for it. For notifications and time, I'm good for now.

I have a few fossil watches I wear. Never really felt compelled to put something smart on my wrist, even if every MBA's wet dream in the mid-late 2000's was to make a smartwatch.

CA53W never did me wrong

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