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[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I absolutely love the design but I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that this goes against the very purpose of wrist watches: you can't just turn your wrist and look at the time.

I know it's just a press of a button, but if only one of your hands is full (depending whether you're right or left handed) then it gets annoying rather quickly.

As for the Rolex obsession: I've lost several watches, but every single time I just re-bought my cheap Casio. I love it and it does the job quite reliably. Also, I personally dislike analog watches.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That was the purpose before the invention of pocket computers pretending to be phones. Now they're just jewelry. They don't even need to function anymore.

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

TBF I still have both. Nothing beats quickly glancing at your wrist (until they develop built in HUD brain chips, so another 2 years). Especially when you're doing hand stuff anyway.