Smartwatches and other watches in a collection

yeah no prob, im using smartwatch for cycling. other time not so much, not a dan of smartwatch design and it keep distracting me when message and call keep coming in

If you put a leather strap on a smart watch you improve its IQ by looking like a real watch.

Sure i use a Smartwatch regularly :) most often when i go jogging or do some other work out. I don't consider the smartwatch part of my collection though. 

I tend to use a thin Fitbit on my other wrist. Previously an Alta HR now a charge 5. As such I’m always two up but the Fitbit is small and not a focus. The 5 has HR, blood oxygen and ecg so suffices. 

I always go for a mesh strap as they are less chunky and wear smaller. 

In addition to using a smartwatch while exercising, my Apple Watch is the perfect alarm clock. Underrated feature that only wakes me up and not my partner.

I loathe smart watches. Biometrics be damned.

I personally use my Amazfit smartwatch when I'm at home or doing sports. The other watches for when I go out/travel 👍🏻

I keep my Samsung galaxy watch with me at all times, usually in my pocket to keep my step count. In the gym and pool it's on my wrist. I have on occasion wore my Orient on one wrist, and the smartwatch on the other. Usually the smartwatch concealed beneath my cuff so i don't look like a nut job. I often think of it as a phone accessory, but I love how I can change the faces and I tend to go for the analogue look. (And I can create my own, see pic) But now that I've fallen for mechanical watches again, I can't do without either of them. I highly recommended the Galaxy watch 3. Can be got at a good price now that the 4 is out.

Love the Grand Seiko face on your GS3 (Galaxy Smartwatch)!

I rotate a Galaxy Watch 4 in regular watches, but also use a small Garmin fitness tracker (which is technically a smart watch, but I don't use it as a watch) with a year-long battery for fitness and sleep tracking (neither of which are very good at the moment, unfortunately).

I have been a fan of smartwatches since the early days, and consider them part of my collection. Most of them are no longer made and no longer have working apps, but it's interesting for historical purposes.  One is completely standalone (i.e. it can use a sim card and works as a phone), and has a camera built into the crown.  I can't remember the name of that, so I just call it "007."

I did exactly that but it only looks OK when the display is on! Plus I can't run or swim with the leather!

See attached!

For running, outdoor cycling, triathlon, swimming, strength and sleeping use my Garmin FR935 and as Huawei GT2 to compare sleep data as the attention to details of the stages sleep also to challenge the heart rate data. Not to mention the weight and spo2 monitoring data which I always update weekly 

Are there not simpler cardio monitors, ones without a screen and notifications, that would serve your purpose?

For myself at least, I would rather develop discipline on my own to improve my health, than have this soon to be garbage piece of plastic, tell me "stand up", "drink water", "eat your vegetables".

Unless you want the full-fledged features of a 'smart watch', do double-wristing with a fitness tracker. I wear Fitbit Luxe on my right wrist while wearing a mechanical watch on my left wrist. Fitbit Luxe is good because it's one of the smallest and slimmest fitness trackers out there. (I often forget that I am wearing it). While your interaction with your phone is limited and some 'smart' features are absent, it can work basically as a pager on your wrist and its fitness tracking ability is great.

I have an old Samsung Galaxy Active 2 which I only wear while swimming or hiking. Not a fan of managing yet another battery powered device in my normal day to day tbh- did it for years, first with a Pebble smartwatch and then with my Galaxy watch. TBF I could go weeks without charging the Pebble, it was great albeit limited.

I use an Apple Watch for certain health tracking functions, and I enjoy mechanical and quartz watches too. 
 

Does using an MP3 player while jogging mean you can’t still collect and enjoy records? 

100% Apple Watch wearer.

I get my watch collecting fix now solely from straps and bracelets. You can still spend plenty of money on those :)

How is the Charge 5? I need to track my heart rate and would Like to find a smaller and thinner alternative to the Apple Watch so I can give my other watches more wrist time. I’m trying to find something I can double wrist more easily than the Apple Watch. Ideally, I would get something really thin with no screen (or a minimal one like the original Fitbit) but I think those are history.

It’s ok. Bigger than the Alta but flatter. Put it on a fabric or mesh strap and you instantly lose bulk. 

I always have an Amazfit Band 5 (basically a Mi Smart band, technically same company) on my other wrist. I change the straps on that to match the watch I decide to wear that day. 

You don't need another screen.  Check out whoop 4.0.  It is great.  https://www.whoop.com/