this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2026
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Pebble - rePebble
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Why Pebble?
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Always-on e-paper screen (it’s reflective rather than emissive. Sunlight readable. Glanceable. Not distracting to others like a bright wrist)
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Long battery life (one less thing to charge. It’s annoying to need extra cables when traveling)
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Simple and beautiful user experience around a core set of features (telling time, notifications, music control, alarms, weather, calendar, sleep/step tracking)
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Buttons! (to play/pause/skip music on my phone without looking at the screen)
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Hackable (apparently you can’t even write your own watchfaces for Apple Watch? That is wild. There were >16k watchfaces on the Pebble appstore!)
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lol. All smart watches are hekkin' chonkers compared to regular watches. Pip-Boy dimensions. They only compare to those rugged or intentionally big bling regular watches.
Each mm is a lot on a watch. Many regular watches are < 5mm.