Do you consider smartwatches watches?

Sure. And phones are pocket watches.

I bought an Apple watch a few years. Wore it for about two weeks, I simply didnt bond with it. So, now my wife skipped her cracking old titanium Tissot... and now has two Apple watches...😖😵‍💫🤨☺

Yes, they tell time. That's the definition of a watch.

My Garmin only ever sees time on my wrist if I'm out running or if it's a gym day...all the smart notifications have been turned off as they were too annoying 😒

lets be honest here, the true function of a watch should NOT be to track your every movement (or turn me and my bodily functions into the product).

They’re a watch, yes, just with a lot more bells and whistles. Your phone does a lot more than make calls, but that doesn’t mean it’s not still a phone.

They can tell the time. They reside on your wrist. Sounds like a watch (with a lot of complications).

If it counts time it's a clock or watch.

Cheers!

Do you consider a smartphone a phone?

Here's my opinion: Watches are tools, and that includes smart watches. Get the right tool for the job. If I want something on my wrist that I like to look at and doesn't drive me crazy with sixteen gagillion notifications an hour, I'm going to wear one of my mechanical watches. However, I'm also an avid cyclist and I like to snowboard too. I will absolutely wear my AppleWatch for those activities because of its fitness tracking and GPS features. The AppleWatch is the right tool for the job on those occasions. I'm also an attorney and when I'm in court, I often will wear the AppleWatch because it allows me to receive and send text messages discretely. But outside of those situations, I'm a mechanical watch guy all the way (also G-shock for working around the house or yard).

I agree with Lucas, watches are tools at the end of the day. For most enthusiasts, watches are a mixture of a tool and aesthetic jewelry. As technology progress, some "jewelry" will get more tools and some tools will get more aesthetic. Maybe that explains the popularity of the GMT function over the past couple of years.

The GMT was originally made for pilots and is probably the most popular complication for the pilot and traveler. However, look up "pilot's watch" and the primary difference is the style of the indices. Just recently, Garmin came out with smartwatches specifically made for pilots. The most recent is the Garmin D2 Mach 1. Nice titanium case and bracelet with a battery that will last up to 21 days (though just 24 hours with the moving map running constantly). As a tool watch enthusiast and active pilot, I had to buy it. This is after swearing off the Apple Watch because it will "never" replace my Breitling Aerospace. But the Mach 1's moving map GPS, barometric altimeter, oxygen level sensor, horizontal situation indicator, and my local airport's weather constantly showing on the watch face was too much to resist.

I wear the Garmin when I go to the gym, walk, and fly most of the time--though not all the time. The Garmin is co-existing with my other watches and I even bought my first automatic watches (Seiko SSK003 GMT and Islander Republic ISL-140) after I had the Garmin for almost a year.

In the end, the Garmin smartwatch just became part of my regular rotation. To me, that's probably the best possible outcome.

Yes.

And I consider my phone to be a camera.

Depends on what you mean by a SmartWatch...

Here is a SmartWatch by Frederique Constant and it is clearly a "watch"...

Counts my steps, monitors my sleep patterns and connects to my iPhone.

Here is another SmartWatch that connects to my iPhone...

This one is also very much a watch. 😉

It’s a iPhone on your wrist. Need a phone, but no real affection for it. Swap it for a new one every 4 years or so? Same for smartwatches

I love the mechanical conversion of my movement into mechanical timekeeping. My watches have more personal meaning for me in ways a phone, or watch-like phone never will

Smartwatches are watches in the same way that Smartphones are phones.

They are just an extension of your phone that also tell the time.....but usually they are set to show all the notification data first and keep your eyes and mind on the notifications not the time......