The Apple Watch got me hooked on mechanical watches

I’ve often predicted the current crop of smartwatches – be they Wear or the Apple Watch – are designed to end up in drawers, forgotten, unloved. However, I had no idea that even Marco Arment would eventually realise the same thing.

Shortly before Christmas, I accidentally found the first mechanical watch that infected my mind so much that I actually wanted – quite badly – to own it. I had many doubts: Would I look ridiculous wearing it? Would I hate setting or winding it? Would I miss notifications, activity tracking, and weather on my watch? Would I wear it briefly but then run back to my Apple Watch and let the mechanical rot in a drawer?

Nope.

Well worth a read. Turns out that even an ardent Apple fan’s smartwatch ends up in a drawer, replaced by a real watch.

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