nwa - first smartwatch

Careful. Lots of folks here think smart watches aren't real watches. I'm not one of them. This is a great looking watch. Congrats.

Smart watches are not real watches. Here is how I differentiate. If the device pings me when I get an email or text message, it controls me, and so it is not a real watch. If I interrupt myself to look at the device on my wrist, I control it. So, it is a real watch.

BTW, this is one of the nicest "not real watch" wrist devices I have seen. Congratulations.

it doesn’t “ping” me with any notifications. i controlled it by turning off that function. it’s a real watch even by your definition.

thanks for the heads up. i’d suggest those folks look at my “real” watches if they think i don’t know what a watch is.

Oh for God's sake. If the Casio Databank is a real watch then all smart watches are real watches.

If smart watches are not real watches, then anything digital are not real watches. The only difference between a Casio digital watch and an Apple watch is merely the technology inside the case. They both tell time. That's all a watch is. All this noise about notifications is merely a gripe against a feature not everyone wants. If I don't like moonphases, does that mean a watch with it is not a real watch?

I own a Garmin Marq Aviator Gen 2 and it's a great tool and can do so much. Mine recently notified me of a possible heart issue and I'm very happy I have this tech in my collection.

I think it’s time for you to start wearing a watch on each wrist

wow can’t get more toolsy than that

to be honest, not certain I’m ready to take that leap yet!

We just need to agree that we have different definitions for a watch. I stated what mine is.

Yours, from what I understand, if you wear it and it tells time then its a watch. With this, you can say that your mobile phone is also a pocket watch. You carry it in your pocket and it tells time. So, do you call it a pocket watch or do you call it a mobile phone? I have never met anyone calling their phone a pocket watch. Did you?

Maybe I was a bit too strong in saying that smart watch is not a real watch. All I meant to say that a smart watch will never be a part of my watch collection. I may own a smart watch at some point, but for me it is a completely different device that is not a watch.

As far as moonphases are concerned, I think this is one of the best looking watch complications there is. Especially the purely mechanical implementation of it. Unfortunately I do not have it in complete mechanical form. I only have this.

And for a geek like me, it is so enjoyable to look at my watch to see the phase of the moon and then look at the moon so see that the watch is correct. This little thing just make me feel better.

That is one cool moonphase. To me the interpretation of what makes a thing a thing is not so pedantic. If that extremely cool watch tells the phases of the moon, it's a moonphase. I really like that design.

You the second person on this forum that called me pedantic. I guess I'm old enough to be set in my ways. Also, I have been involved in computer technology for over 45 years. Being electronics engineer and an embedded software developer, I understand how these smart devices work. And this makes me appreciate the beauty of a mechanical watch design even more. Take a few springs and wheels with gears and create something so accurate. That just amazes me. So this is why I feel the way I feel about smart watches.

And thank you for the complement on the moon phase watch. This is the only time I saw such a display for moon phase complication. I just could not walk out of the store without it.

Oh I wasn't calling you pedantic I was calling the idea that your moonphase is not really a moonphase because it doesn't look like normal moonphases pedantic. I was reacting to this:

"As far as moonphases are concerned, I think this is one of the best looking watch complications there is. Especially the purely mechanical implementation of it. Unfortunately I do not have it in complete mechanical form. I only have this."