What watch do you wear?

mrk · 12 Jan 2015 at 12:27

I think it's like most smart pocket devices, the first and 2nd gen will always be the ones to test the waters. Once the next gen models are out we will see some interesting things. Better battery life, thinner cases, more options for customisation (straps etc) and better displays.

They're quite useful out and about but a few quirks let them down currently.

Malt_Vinegar · 12 Jan 2015 at 12:54

I am currently wearing the Gear 2, and had the Gear fit before that.
The Gear 2 is superior in many ways, and I actually have found I am wearing it much more often than the gear fit, and my main watches have taken a side-line for most of this month so far! (I used to change most days)
Smart watches work well in some cases. I like using mine when I am at work, as I can check notifications quickly without breaking stride/or obviously picking up my phone, and screen how important they are with no real delay.
Their function as a pure watch is always a little compromised with a wake-up gesture rather than always on, but the other benefits over that far outweigh this.

delta0 · 12 Jan 2015 at 13:26

savagesam117 said:
Anyone wear smart watches? I've got the Sony Smart Watch 2, I broke the screen at work and I'm looking to buy either the LG G Watch R or the Sony Smart Watch 3.

Anyone had experience with these? I'm leaning towards the LG watch as it looks more like a normal watch.

I don't wear one but a friend wears the G Watch R. It synchronises with the phone and you can choose a number of styles from the phone or watch. You get a lot of phone features transferring onto the watch like reminders etc. (as you would expect from a smart watch). The battery seems to last well and you can set the screen to be permanently on or turn off after a few seconds, it is plenty bright too. The screen is responsive as a touch screen. He only had one issue with it when the phone had an issue and unsynched itself from the watch which caused the time to be wrong. It was a quick fix rebooting the phone, it was the phones fault rather than the watch.

kinetic747 · 12 Jan 2015 at 15:13

firstborn said:
Anyone know of a source for the following:

http://www.casio-intl.com/in/en/wat/watch_detail/PRW-3000-1A/

Appears not to be for sale in the UK, so will need to import but no idea of a trusted source.

Thanks

Skywatches have it, not used them myself but reputable company I think.

Adrianr · 12 Jan 2015 at 18:21

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uniQ · 12 Jan 2015 at 18:44

Picked this up from Waterstones over the weekend:

firstborn · 13 Jan 2015 at 00:52

kinetic747 said:
Skywatches have it, not used them myself but reputable company I think.

Excellent. Thanks for that

2StepSteve · 13 Jan 2015 at 15:43

Has your Ocean One Black shipped yet Adrianr? Still no notification here.

Adrianr · 13 Jan 2015 at 19:59

2StepSteve said:
Has your Ocean One Black shipped yet Adrianr? Still no notification here.

Funny, I just emailed them not 40 minutes ago. I was wondering if I would receive some sort of confirmation of payment after the transfer? Haven't heard anything from them yet.

SDK^ · 13 Jan 2015 at 20:46

NoobCannon said:
Couldn't resist it anymore and picked this up today, loving it

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Big Size (45.5mm) Caliber 8500 Automatic (Co-Axial)

http://i.imgur.com/QNqbll4l.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TEoFe7il.jpg

Lovely Planet Ocean

Raymond Lin · 13 Jan 2015 at 21:02

2StepSteve said:
Has your Ocean One Black shipped yet Adrianr? Still no notification here.

Adrianr said:
Funny, I just emailed them not 40 minutes ago. I was wondering if I would receive some sort of confirmation of payment after the transfer? Haven't heard anything from them yet.

FYI, between placing the order and getting shipping notification for mine was 17 days.

muffins · 13 Jan 2015 at 21:05

Look what the postman delivered today

Radiomir 47mm pilot. I don't think such a watch ever existed?

mrk · 13 Jan 2015 at 21:08

That is really nice, the strap "buttons" are really bad though, really hate that design of strap but sadly they're very common on Pilot watches.

muffins · 13 Jan 2015 at 21:14

mrk said:
That is really nice, the strap "buttons" are really bad though, really hate that design of strap but sadly they're very common on Pilot watches.

They're actually real screws. But I'm on the hunt for a new strap as this one is barely long enough. :eek:

mrk · 13 Jan 2015 at 21:29

How big are your wrists :eek:

muffins · 13 Jan 2015 at 22:00

mrk said:
How big are your wrists

I think about 7 1/2 inches.

The strap is the 7.5mmX11.5mm I think I would need 8x12 at the very least.

2StepSteve · 13 Jan 2015 at 22:18

Adrianr said:
Funny, I just emailed them not 40 minutes ago. I was wondering if I would receive some sort of confirmation of payment after the transfer? Haven't heard anything from them yet.

I received confirmation of payment last Friday. Not exactly the speedyist of companies

Adrianr · 13 Jan 2015 at 22:52

Raymond Lin said:
FYI, between placing the order and getting shipping notification for mine was 17 days.

Cheers for the heads up

2StepSteve said:
I received confirmation of payment last Friday. Not exactly the speedyist of companies

Seems so. TBH from what I've read any sort of contact/support from them is slow in general. Hope there are no problems with the watch!

mrk · 13 Jan 2015 at 22:53

muffins said:
I think about 7 1/2 inches.

The strap is the 7.5mmX11.5mm I think I would need 8x12 at the very least.

Ah, not huge then so the strap is rather short!

Resistance · 13 Jan 2015 at 23:00

This is mine it has a good strong strap on it that have only changed it once in the last 7 years of having it.

What watch do you wear?

Transmission breaker