The Rolex is like the old classic car that is a manual you drive on the weekend on twisty roads, the Apple Watch is your EV daily driver you take to work.
You don't have to Charge Rolex everyday , don't forget this !! . After using apple for many years i can tell now it is a rubbish useless not a practical. Casio Make a lot better watch than Apple watch at least it is running with solar.
Exactly! The Rolex is a Sunday wear. I gave up on Rolex because of the maintenance cost. In place of my Submariner, I wear an Apple Ultra 1 and a Garmin 965. The cellular connection of the AWU s an important safety feature.
In my 7 years of wearing an apple watch, I've never had battery issues ever with my apple watch even with heavy use and 12-18 hour days. Battery has always lasted. But I do love a good mechanical watch @MohamedAlnuaimi71
I disagree about the Apple Watch entirely because I want less connected time. Smart Watches are an additional tether to a screen and internet notifications. If you turn all of that off, it's still annoying to charge and ugly to look at compared to pretty much any watch. I tried an Apple Watch for a couple years and ultimately much better off. I have an inexpensive watch and I would never go back.
I have stopped wearing my Ultra and plan to sell it. I have gone back to only wearing mechanical watches. I just don’t need more “data” about my life and more alerts to emails/texts/calls that i havent responded to yet. It just feels invasive, and creates more anxiety for me. Leave me alone!! (Yelling at the clouds…)
I am 50 yo man. About 2 years ago I had a phase with mechanical watches, for the first time in my life, and I was so into it and almost purchased a several thousands dollar watch. Luckily I didn’t and my interest in mechanical watches cost only $500 on a Seiko. This phase is now over. It makes 0 sense to me investing all this money and carrying so much weight on your wrist for something that does so little. I purchased an Apple Watch Ultra (2) and this thing makes my life so much easier in so many ways. Just the perfect amount of extra help in day to day life when you need it.
As someone who is 25, I’m the exact opposite. I grew up with computers, phones, internet and tech absolutely everywhere. For me, it’s nice to have a disconnect from tech that is literally around us everywhere we go. A mechanical watch provides exactly that, plus a mechanical movement is just an engineering marvel.
It's jewelry. Why do women wear so much makeup and jewelry when it makes them heavy? I'm a Software Engineer and I'm exhausted with tech (desktops, laptops, phones, etc.) at the end of the day. Starting at a bare mechanical watch with no battery is a relief knowing it's not spitting out radiation...even light.
Counter point, you could argue that the engineering of an Apple Watch is far more impressive than a Rolex. Billions of transistors in such a small package.
@@engineerPilotMechanic The best quote I heard about Rolex Vs Apple Watch is “An Apple Watch tells the time, a Rolex tells others how valuable your time is” and I think at the end of the day this is true for most people
This, but literally a million times. I have two industrial design degrees with a focus on manufacturing. The R&D that goes into these watches is incredible. Not to mention to then manufacture them in the amounts they do, with the suppliers and qc they have. A mechanical movement, especially hand built, is literal child’s play against that. Don’t even get me started on the chips in there. It’s just romanticizing old watches because we love to do that.
There is an infinitesimally small number of people who are both 1) independently wealthy 2) divers, who wouldn't mind using a submariner for it's original purpose.
Serious question, how is an AW outdated after a year? You do not have to get each new model year after year, just like you don't HAVE to get the BB54 when your BB58 is only a couple years old. The hate against actual tool watches is really weird.
@@Mackster248I think the same message stands if we replace “a year” with “a few years”. We just simply cannot expect any apple watch to out last a mechanical one, or even a Casio.
@robinhook37 it’s not supposed to? A mechanical watch eventually needs a service and an Apple Watch can easily last you 5+ years. Plus only one of em is an actual tool watch. I love both types of watches, but the hate for smart watches by us watch nerds always confuses me.
@@Mackster248it is not confusing to people who are annoyed with their own phone and don’t want to strap one on their arm as well. It’s just overkill to some of us. There is no hate, it’s just a preference.
As an Apple Watch Ultra owner I can confirm a few things: 1) YES IT IS A WATCH 2) I DONT HAVE TO SELL MY KIDNEY TO GET IT 3) I DONT HAVE TO GROW OLD UNTIL I GET THE CALL FROM THE AD 4) IT IS THE UMLTIMATE TOOL WATCH - Can do billion things at once and NO ROLEX CAN EVER DO THAT. Not surprised to see that there are more Apple Watches going around. I am not a hater, I own a mechanical watch. This is exactly why I love this channel.
I absolutely love my Apple Watch Ultra. I love all my mechanical watches more - but nothing beats the ultra for, well, running an ultra marathon. They also have great industrial design.
When my Apple watch tells me to stand up I stand up. And when my Rolex AD tells me to bend ov… no. You just can’t. Edit: I feel compelled to add that this isn't a comment on Youreterrific. I gather he bought his Rolexes before the prices went nuts and the AD shenanigans began. And even if he didn't, good for him! I would love an Explorer I and II but I won't do the AD games and the prices are too steep for me. :)
Actually the Rolex will always remind you that you had to bend over to have the privilege to queue or pay over MRSP for one 😂. The ultimate humiliation reminder.
You just have to get lucky. On the AD nearest to me I have been on a list for years without a call. I went to an AD a few hours away I was able to buy two Rolexes within 18 months.
as an engineer and a former smartwatch wearer. I struggled with the practicalness and utility of wearing a mechanical watch. This video helped me find that purpose; it's just men's jewelry that also tells the time. I get it now
Engineer here too. Love my 🍎 watch, but it’s always buzzing and needing to be charged. There’s something magical to me about a mechanical watch like the Explorer II that doesn’t need batteries and does it what it says it’ll do, so simply.
I’m a pilot and Rolex owner. There’s NO WAY I would wear anything other than Apple when on the road, certainly not a GMT. Apple functionality is 100x better. We aren’t flying for Pan Am in the 1950’s anymore using sextants to navigate, etc, not to mention a GMT is so much more likely to be damaged or stolen away from home.
You mention sextants of the past. Do you use your Apple watch for anything navigation related in your flying now? Or just to get email and text notifications alongside time. Because if it's nothing pilot related then why even bring that up? Curious.
For me the Apple Watch has been the gateway drug in to real watches- because after some time of enjoying the healthier lifestyle I achieved with it, it felt obsolete and I didn’t want my 'watch' to tell me what to do. But I liked the idea of having a watch on my wrist and fell down into this watch rabbit hole. Fast forward to today, I have a Junghans Max Bill Automatic on my wrist- quite the antithesis to the overloaded Apple 'Watch'. I enjoy the convenience of not having to pull my phone out to check the time and instantly being bombarded with notifications. And even after a year of owning it, I still enjoy its thoughtful Bauhaus design every time I look at it. This watch has enhanced my life in a way that I didn’t think it would. You just couldn’t convince me to go back to strapping a mini computer onto my wrist.
Switched to wearing the Apple Watch at night for sleep tracking & at the gym. Back to wearing Rolex & AP during the day. Life is too short to only wear an Apple Watch.
@@JJayJayJJJayif it becomes an unhealthy fixation when there isn’t a problem that needs solving it certainly can be. Your mileage will vary on whether having sleep data is actually useful for you.
I’m an guy too and used to be an Watch guy, then it hit me (as you eluded to in your vid): A Rolex or any other mechanical watch, in 10-20 years will still be a watch while the Watch will be a paper weight. If that’s the metric, then no it’s not a watch or at least not in the long term. It’s a brilliant, useful, mass appealing, on wrist computer that mimics the functionality of mechanical watches in the short term. I stopped wearing one for two reasons: 1. I got sick of being alerted by my tech from 3-4 different machines at once. 2. I got tired of spending my money on temporary tech when my money can go toward something that will last and build memories. Not an option with a laptop. Not an option with a phone. Is an option with a watch. So I stopped buying them. Started buying mechanical watches and have no regrets. That said, it takes me a few days to get over the announcement of the new shiny thing every year. Once a nerd always a nerd. 🤷
There’s cheaper and better options to build memories than buying watches. This is such a lame reason. It’s funny how people try to justify their actions to themselves.
@@UltraDoug The memories thingy is a widely used excuse used by watch people. My argument is that we choose to associate memories with objects. It's not specific property of the object.
@ I don’t disagree. I would push back and say that it depends on the person. Some wear to impress, others for quiet sense of achievement. In the same vein, there are those that create memories and enjoy that their watch was a part of the experience and subtly reminds them from time to time. Others will run back in the house to make sure they have the right watch before driving their wife to the hospital to give birth (Ref: old Hodinkee article). The former being reasonable the latter being irrational.
Bros impressed of the engineering behind a mechanical watch, and completely forgot the fact that Apple Watch has microengineering with chips, displays, sensors, etc
Doing that with the Samsung GalaxyRing. The only thing I miss from my GalaxyWatch 6 classic is the ability to see the weather in a quick glance at the screen.
0:58 Those numbers aren’t the same. Rolex achieved that revenue with significantly fewer sales due to their higher price tags, while Apple generated the same revenue by selling far more watches. It’s a different scenario.
I have an Ultra 2 and wear it more than any of my mechanical watches. It's a tool for me. I use it at the gym 6 days a week and it has become my work watching M-F. Mechanical watches are functional jewelry. I used to be the guy who would do everything in his Rolex but it was more romanticism than anything else.
I have both - Ultra 2 and a Rolex Sub (black dial). Function? Hands down the Apple Watch - I use timers and alarms all the time. Also, I have a son with special needs and get alerted every time a door to the outside is opened. I have cellular so when I am hiking, biking, paddling, I can leave my phone behind. It's nice to see "we're still good" texts from my wife, on my wrist, at over 20mph while biking. Any event I got to? Rolex Sub - it's functional art. Plus, I love the mechanical nature - complications based on tiny gears and springs. It feels special, looks great, will last a lifetime, and is an heirloom. Going out with my wife and my son has a caregiver - Rolex. Cost? No, I don't buy a new Apple Watch every year - but every 3-4 years? Sure. At almost $1k? yup. So you've got to look out a long way to compare prices, and the value of my Sub has actually gone up. Apple Watch is a "tool watch" killer, but I still love the design and craftsmanship of an automatic watch. When I die and leave my watch to my older son, what's going to mean more? A 40 year old well maintained Rolex, or 40 year old technology? they are just different things....
Comparing a Rolls Royce to a Tesla is more like comparing a mechanical watch to a quartz watch. They do the same thing with a different power source. This is more like comparing a Rolls Royce to an electric fighter jet car. Probably a bad analogy but you get the point.
The real question is: Do you wear your apple watch and mechanical watch at the same time (on different wrists ofc). This question has held me back from purchasing an apple watch.
Apple Watch on the left, mechanical on the right when I’m at home. It’s my tool watch for my tech job, I like getting 2FA prompts on my wrist, checking the weather, activity levels, controlling my Apple TV. Since I WFH, I just wear my analog watches on my right so I get to look at it and it winds. If heading outside, I pick one depending on the activity and it goes on the left.
A minivan is awesome. it has more cargo space, then an SUV, better gas milage, more comfortable to drive, easy to load, and when not in cargo mode, can haul 7 people comfortably. A Porche 911 convertible is awesome. It's fast, fun around corners, amazing on nice days. Not sure I need to say much more about the 911. I am married with no kids, and I own both of these vehicles. I also own a Rolex, and an Apple watch. Much like the cars, they both have a time and place, where each one is far better than the other one. Horses for courses.
The Apple watch is today’s ultimate tool watch. I find it immensely useful. It’s good for a backup dive computer, getting notifications, and sleep tracking. But it’s just a tool. Mechanical watches now are mostly a luxury item/jewelry that also tells the time. When I’m not working or trying to be active, I trade my Apple watch for a mechanical watch.
I bought my first Apple Watch earlier this year.. it changed my life by helping me lose an almost 20kg of weight and set in place some good habits. My goal was to get fit and the reward was to discard the Apple Watch and wear my Rolex’s. That’s where I am now. I’ve sold the Apple Watch after 6 months, absolutely loved it for what it did for me.. and now I daily an Explorer 1 + wear a Batman - just like in your video!
True story, had a large collection of G-Shocks, and then bought a Tudor Black Bat Pro, because I'd aspired to own something swiss and mechanical and expensive. Bought an Apple Watch Ultra shortly after and haven't really worn anything else since. It's unfathomably brilliant, that and I can wear it in public without the fear of it getting ripped off my wrist ...
I'm a mechanical watch fanatic but have two identical apple watches with the same band that are 2-3 years old. I typically buy two of a previous version at half the price with 95% of the features. One is always charging and I swap them out like clothes. I view them as a tool watch for modern living: unlocks my doors, lets me listen to music while I run, tap-to-pay groceries/nyc subway, and notifies me of meetings. On the weekends and evening parties I switch to something personal from my mechanical collection. The balance is perfect for me.
I wear mechanical watch when I go outside and my Garmins at home and during training. Would be great to have high-end smart bracelet so that it would be acceptable to wear together with the mechanical watch
The apple watch can be everything. It can be classy with a nice leather/metal band and a analog watch face. It can be useful with a digital watch face with a lot of information. Your settings define how much it will communicate with you. You can use it for sport and for dinner. Also streaming music and have a timer on my wrist is so damn useful, that I can leave my phone at home. :)
I recently switched to a Garmin fenix. Looks more like a mechanical timepiece, Mip display has an understated look, at the same time it has great fitness & health features, it’s built like a tank, and has a flashlight.
Personally i'm at the gym 5 days a week and I also dive recreationally several times a year. While i have taken my submariner on a couple dives (just to say I did it lol), let's face it, 99.9% of Rolex "dive watches" don't end up anywhere near the ocean. For that, i have my Ultra 2 with the yearly dive app subscription. It works well enough because I can't be bothered with a dedicated dive computer for my hobby where most of the time I'm chilling at 20 meters depth. So i'll alternate between the Apple watch for the gym days or water activity days, and the Rolex the rest of the time :)
If you're in the Apple ecosystem, nothing even comes close to the Apple watch in quality, performance, and capability. It's a rare instance of Apple really destroying the competition in every way.
I do the same with my Apple Watch Series 7, but with the Apple Watch on my palm side up. Love having my fitness data and only have notifications for certain phone calls, package tracking and home security notifications turned on.
@@DjentleDjiant That's cool. I do lots of texting for work, so super handy to get notifications if my phone isn't right near me. Love the health data too. May start wearing my Garmin Instinct more again though. 40+ days of battery life versus 1-2 with the Galaxy Ultra
The comments are very fun and bring a lot of good points. However, one detail that people have been ignoring, is that an AW is much easier to wear as an everyday watch because it’s very lowkey compared to many more expensive watches, and less likely to be stolen
Smart rings aren't really practical e.g. for working out and stuff. But also, why the heck would you want to bring back conventional watch-wearing? It's such a tacky trend, like tophats but somehow still a thing.
@@darkwoodmovies Valid. With conventional watches they have movements that have gears and springs that modern technology don’t take a second glance at. It’s like asking why do you like typewriters If you have a computer? I’m not saying to make people start using one. I just enjoy the technology and want to share the joy. In the end of the day smart watches and rings are fitness placeboes. Look at Dr. Mick’s opinion about them.
I had an Apple Watch Series 4 that I wore daily for about 2-3 years. I got sick of the constant notifications that I turned all them off and basically turned it into a normal watch. I sold it and got an Omega Speedmaster
1. Your explanation of why you own and wear Rolex watches is spot on. I have a great collection of watches that I wear for myself. I don’t like to get noticed, and I often wear different watches in a day when staying in. 2. I had an Apple Watch and sold it. It was taking precious wrist time away from my watches, which I already feel self-conscious about not wearing enough. 3. I thought about getting the Apple Watch Ultra for fitness purposes, but I have the Garmin Fēnix 7S that has watch presence on the wrist, and it’s an amazing tool.
Ditched my smart watches and Fitbits years ago for mechanical pieces. Recently started using a smart ring (ultra human) and it’s a good middle ground. No notifications, but has step and sleep tracking, plus I get to wear my collection of traditional watches everyday.
I can vibe 100% with your sentiment. As a fellow horology enthusiast I have a small (but quite valuable) watch collection that took me a little over 2 decades to create. On top I have an Apple Watch that I also love. Here’s the thing though. When it comes to sport activities (gym, running, cycling, weightlifting climbing, walking, circus training, cardio etc) the Apple Watch is a whole league by itself and it’s glued on my wrist being my personal trainer, helping me develop and manage my physique and my energy levels. The very minute I come out of the shower, following the activity, the smart watch is forgotten and the mechanical watch comes into play for the rest of the day. One is used as a tool for a specific purpose with zero emotional attachment. The other has a soul and an attachment which I cannot part with. Note: I have classic G-Shocks with more personality and emotional attachment than the Apple Watch
I just can’t give up the practicality and overall usefulness of an Apple Watch. After starting to use Apple Watches, I only wear a mechanical watch when I wear a suit.
@@latinballa88the series 9 41mm in my use case lasts 30 hours or more! I do a 90min workout, and most of the time have the AOD off. Usually I charge it while I shower and by I’m done it’s around 90% charged.
I get a lot of flack for ignoring texts, calls, and emails until it’s convenient for me. Putting on a smartwatch only happens for workouts or hiking, and then it comes right back off again. However, Rolex is not a true GADA watch in my way of life. The comparison just isn’t there. I like wearing a watch that can take and show wear while serving an actual function throughout the day. If I had money tied up in a $7-10K+ watch, you better believe I’ll be babying that thing, which takes away from the joy and utility of what it’s meant to do. Are Rolex watches beautiful and significant? Yes, absolutely. But I want the watch to serve me, not the other way around.
As a person who wears both a Apple Watch and mechanical time pieces, I gotta say that people who hate on smart watches and don’t think the Apple Watch is “ a real watch” have a very outdated mindset. The future of horology should be embraced and mindfully advanced.. while the past should also be cherished and appreciated. Time and technology is gonna move on regardless if you agree with it or not. Imagine what us as human beings are capable of creating rather than being stuck in the past.
In a time when everything degrades and is disposable (mainly due to battery issues) there is a very special charm in mechanical watches, when a glimpse of your descendants wearing your watch hits, it’s something special.
It's not. Most mechanical watches are mass produced, in an assembly line, and if you still need to maintain them, and if there are parts broken there are simply tossed out. You are very prone to marketing it seems.
Rolex is to convey status or make a statement. It is expensive jewelry. The Apple watch is more functional, is affordable, and serves purpose beyond just telling the time.
I lost 14kg because of my Apple Watch. But I am a Rolex collector since 2006. I sometimes wear my Rolex but I have fallen in love with my Apple Watch Ultra. I have a whoop now and since a couple weeks ago Whoop does step tracking as well and now I’m wearing my Rolex en whoop. But I must say that even then I miss my apple watch when I’m not wearing it. It’s the convenience of that watch. I use it a lot, messaging and calling. Changing songs on my Sonos, I workout everyday and I am addicted to the 3 rings..
I feel as if the Apple Watch got me back into watches. I got used to having a device on my wrist. But after a couple years and the novelty of its health features wore off, all the notifications just became an annoyance and I went into the world of analog watches. I didn’t want the Apple Watch on my wrist 24/7 anymore, but I got used to telling the time from my wrist and would feel like something is missing if I didn’t wear a watch. Surprisingly , I’ve heard similar experiences from some of my friends. They get excited with their new wearable device only to experience burnout from the notifications after a few years of use.
I bought and repaired the Apple Watch ceramic series 2 which cost 2000 dollars at launch. It’s worth 200 bucks now and the battery is impossible for most people to replace.
Rolex watches are often seen as symbols of success and achievement. People frequently purchase them to commemorate significant milestones in their lives. Wearing a Rolex can serve as a personal reminder, and a subtle signal to others, of one's accomplishments. That’s something you can’t get from an Apple phone.
I had the Ultra and gave it to my son. Since retiring, I don’t need to be so connected. Fitness is my thing, so I now use a Garmin Epix for that function. I wear that all the time on my right wrist. I always wear a mechanical watch on my left wrist unless I’m out on the bike, where I would be worried about damaging my Rolex or other nice watch.
Personally I think Rolex’s are stupid when you can wear an Apple Watch Ultra which is a zillion times better. But hey, that’s just me. Whatever turns you on.
To me it's not seeing more and more people with Apple Watches (even in First class) - it's the other way around, I see more and more people wearing mechanical watches. But this just started in 2024, yet to me it's noticeable
Because it's due to the current, but in my opinion also not fading, watch hype. Let's be honest: only a few people are watch enthusiasts. Most of them probably don't even know the difference between quartz and automatic. It's all about status here.
It’s actually hilarious the amount of people who don’t truly realize the purpose of the ultra 2. If you take the media ads of the ultra 2 to heart, then yeah you will be bombarded with everything your phone does. BUT, if you actually use it for what us folk in the secret society use it for, then you’ll be rewinding time to about late 90’s-early 2000’s when all you did was call/text. We use the ultra 2 to disconnect and ditch our phones. It’s a breath of fresh air.
I’ll take the Ultra 2 over a Rolex any day of the week. I want to stay connected, and there are times that I don’t want to carry my phone around. I have my Verizon plan on my watch, and it allows me to go out for a hike and listen to a podcast or go for a run and listen to music without having to lug around my phone. I can sleep track and check the weather or send a message to someone. I’ll take functionality over design any day of the week!
Used to be a mechanical watch guy, until I watched to Ultra. It Isn’t meant to be for fashion or just a normal smart watch, it’s meant for the outdoors. If you don’t hike, run, bike, swim etc… you won’t enjoy or appreciate the top-notch engineering this product has.
I don't understand the redundancy of smart watches. Other than some fitness related functions, like heart rate, etc, what is the point of a smart watch when you are already carrying your phone everywhere? (Disclaimer: I DID talk my elderly mother into a smart watch that could detect a fall and call for help as she is not in the habit of carrying her phone.) If traditional watches are "unnecessary" because "your phone has the time," what does that make your smart watch, which is basically the phone you're already carrying duplicated on your wrist? THAT'S redundancy. My G Shock won't tell me that I was just sent a spam email, but it WILL receive a radio signal making its time as accurate as any smart watch/phone, it WON'T run out of power if it's away from an electrical outlet for a day, thanks to solar charging, and it doesn't have to be "babied" - if I'm in an environment extreme enough to harm my G Shock then I have bigger worries like trying not to harm MYSELF, because I am somewhere pretty dangerous, more dangerous than a door knob or kitchen counter corner. Those are real world reasons to wear a traditional watch.
I recently sold my AWU and purchased a Seiko Automatic/Mechanical GMT 5 and I love it. I just wanted to get back to the basics. The funny things is, is that I suspect 99.9% of people carry the phone and watch with them, so how is the AW more convenient? Can you not hear the notification sound/ feel the vibration on the phone and pick it up? Don’t get me wrong, the watch does a great job of sleep and exercise tracking, and does work as a positive reinforcer to keep exercising. Though there is a plateau that you reach, and then it seems to be about an abnormal obsession about the data. Most people have routines.. they run/walk/bike/swim the same courses/distance whether daily/ weekly etc. You are in essence looking at the same info on average every day? That’s why I believe a ring may be the best balance. Most can track your sleep pretty well, do a decent job with tracking exercise, and they are pretty inconspicuous.
Same argument u spend hundreds or thousands of pounds to just tell the time. Smart watch does that but can be more convenient than using ur phone all the time
@craigmalcom6294 But someone spending thousands of dollars on a watch isn't buying a watch to tell the time - it's jewelry. I don't own expensive watches, I own gshocks. Gshocks, and other reasonably priced watches, are still practical for the reasons I mentioned. Smart watches start to lose that practicality when you compare them to PRACTICAL traditional watches.
I'm quite tech savvy and I have to admit the idea of buying a smartwatch has tempted me for years. But I still don't own one because I'd only use it as a watch and don't need any other features so it'd be a waste of money. I collect and wear mechanical watches and you can argue that the money I've spent also far exceeds my need. But I like them because like fountain pens, they are not products that you "consume". With a smartwatch, you'd have to keep spending hundreds every few years to upgrade and replace. Even a quartz watch usually doesn't last beyond a decade or two. But a mechanical watch is a time piece that truly lasts.
Bro talking like electronics, software , technology , sensors , chips , network, are not complex and some mechanical moving gears are more complex 😂. An oled display is more complex than that spring loaded toy Can you build an apple watch from scratch? You could definitely build a mechanical watch after few courses.
Apple Watch Ultra is a beast, it has so many features like it’s materials / thermo compensation / depth rating / strap changing that people go nuts about on other watches plus 200 things more for a reasonable price. Yeah it might have a 10 year lifespan but this nonsense how an affordable watch will last a lifetime is marketing BS. No one has picked up a sports watch from 30 or 40 years ago and thought wow. This is one durable mechanical instrument and I must go diving with it 😂
As a kid wearing a Casio it made sense. Needed to keep track of time like school classes, lunch, church, meet friends, rides and home check ins. At a certain point time pieces around the wrist became non essential. A clock can be found almost everywhere and of course the majority now carry a phone that tells the time. As someone who works around machinery 99% of jewelry is a no no. Up until the smart watch I had no need to keep track of time and still don’t, I have a drawer with several old mechanical watches lying dead inside. Health tracker, seeing if a message is from the kids or spam, nature navigation, being able to control music/videos without having to take out my phone are the advantages of the smartwatch. Just because I’m not a jewelry guy doesn’t mean I don’t get it, I see cool looking mechanical watches that for a split second I think I need. As a collector of things I also get that aspect of a Rolex but I need more than just the time and looks to wear a collar around my wrist.
I remember with iPhones first came out, it was kinda exciting. The iphone4, being square, and friends would look at it in the pub. Nowadays, an iPhone 11 is identical to iPhone 16. An Apple Watch is just another disposable item. I had one, it now sits in a drawer. Back to my Rolex. It never really replaced it.
Had an Apple Watch. It wasn’t for me. I gave it to my son. I felt like the only way that I would wear it regularly was if I wore it opposite an analog watch. That just felt weird.
I own a 2002 Rolex Submariner and an Ultra Watch 2. I'm also in IT. I wear the Rolex on weekends, nights out, or other formal occasions. My daily wear is the Ultra2, and rely heavily on it (2FA, notifications, etc). I also have two wedding rings. A simple, thin, platinum band that I wear most of the time. Also have a custom platinum ring with a gorgeous deep blue sapphire in it as the center piece. Much like the Rolex, I wear that on date night, and special occasions.
I see a lot more people wearing Apple watches than mechanical or quartz watches. but I NEVER see anyone look at it for the time, let alone anything else.
every device with an internet connection adjusts it clock (and date) when it goes online. you don't have to adjust dates, leap years or daylight savings.
I have a Garmin Fenix that is black with silver steel rim, silver buttons, and silver screws bolting the bezel down. It's the best of both worlds. It is both jewelry and does incredible smartwatch things. Plus a battery life of a week+. I don't get why people buy the all blacked out versions of watches. You can't tell what it is and all just look like the same cheap $100 knock off from Walmart. I also have the Garmin 945 - an incredible sports watch for triathlon. But it's all black and slimmer and lighter and doesn't stand out as cool in any way. So I wear the Fenix to work, events, and daily stuff, and the 945 for working out.
I’m surprised you don’t use a metal bracelet with your Apple Watch. I wonder if that would step up the aesthetics of it for you to bring it even closer to the Rolex.
I’ve gone back and forth on this. Started out wearing an Apple Watch years ago, then gave it up completely in favour of my (then) new mechanical watch obsession. Now, I’ve purchased an Ultra 2, and I regularly find myself double-wristing when running errands or in informal situations. Yes, I look stupid, but who cares? It provides utility. I also wear the AW alone, when sleeping, running or at the gym. Naturally, I drop the AW when in formal settings, and sometimes when I just… want to. I dunno. I’ve disabled almost all of the notifications, including the rings because I don’t wear it enough to capture all my movement properly and the incompleteness would drive me nuts. I only have it track my workouts, deliver critical notifications, track my sleep and monitor my health in the background. Like most things, the answer isn’t black and white; it’s a dull shade of grey.
A great smart vs mechanical watch video. It’s funny that, 10 years after the first Apple Watch, the debate about « is it a watch ? » still rages in the comment sections on UA-cam. Bottom line, the thing that matters is that even guys in suits in Business Class wear Apple Watches, making the choice to wear a mechanical timepiece even more exclusive. Being a snob, I like it.
“I get uncomfortable when someone notices I have a watch on that costs more than what they have in their retirement account” Whenever anyone looks up ‘weird flex’ this should be the sentence that’s used as the primary example lol
I'm 22 and i've been wearing Apple Watches since at least 2017. This past summer i bought my first mechanical watch because I grew tired of my Apple Watches. I bought a Seiko presage open heart and i've never noticed so many eyeballs on my wrist as i walk around and compliments on my watch for the last 4/5 months since i've started wearing my seiko then in all the 7+ years since i've been wearing my apple watch instead. It has been nonstop eyeballs en complements from all age groups. It would be nice if i can expand my mechanical watch collection because im NEVER returning to digital/apple watches... EVER
The Rolex is like the old classic car that is a manual you drive on the weekend on twisty roads, the Apple Watch is your EV daily driver you take to work.
Rolex is passe to me. 1969 Bulova Accutron spaceview for me.
You don't have to Charge Rolex everyday , don't forget this !! . After using apple for many years i can tell now it is a rubbish useless not a practical. Casio Make a lot better watch than Apple watch at least it is running with solar.
Exactly! The Rolex is a Sunday wear. I gave up on Rolex because of the maintenance cost. In place of my Submariner, I wear an Apple Ultra 1 and a Garmin 965. The cellular connection of the AWU s an important safety feature.
In my 7 years of wearing an apple watch, I've never had battery issues ever with my apple watch even with heavy use and 12-18 hour days. Battery has always lasted. But I do love a good mechanical watch @MohamedAlnuaimi71
I disagree about the Apple Watch entirely because I want less connected time. Smart Watches are an additional tether to a screen and internet notifications. If you turn all of that off, it's still annoying to charge and ugly to look at compared to pretty much any watch. I tried an Apple Watch for a couple years and ultimately much better off. I have an inexpensive watch and I would never go back.
I have stopped wearing my Ultra and plan to sell it. I have gone back to only wearing mechanical watches. I just don’t need more “data” about my life and more alerts to emails/texts/calls that i havent responded to yet. It just feels invasive, and creates more anxiety for me. Leave me alone!! (Yelling at the clouds…)
You mean iClouds?
@@fhujf damn that’s excellent, how did I miss it! (Shaking his cane….)
I’m right there with you. I actually keep my phone on silent 95% of the time.
I don’t wear my Apple Watch 99% of the time for the exact same reason 👌🏻
Exactly this. After a few years, my Apple Watches were driving me nuts. I keep it for workouts though, that’s it.
I am 50 yo man. About 2 years ago I had a phase with mechanical watches, for the first time in my life, and I was so into it and almost purchased a several thousands dollar watch. Luckily I didn’t and my interest in mechanical watches cost only $500 on a Seiko. This phase is now over. It makes 0 sense to me investing all this money and carrying so much weight on your wrist for something that does so little. I purchased an Apple Watch Ultra (2) and this thing makes my life so much easier in so many ways. Just the perfect amount of extra help in day to day life when you need it.
Some people like luxury items
As someone who is 25, I’m the exact opposite. I grew up with computers, phones, internet and tech absolutely everywhere. For me, it’s nice to have a disconnect from tech that is literally around us everywhere we go. A mechanical watch provides exactly that, plus a mechanical movement is just an engineering marvel.
It's jewelry.
Why do women wear so much makeup and jewelry when it makes them heavy?
I'm a Software Engineer and I'm exhausted with tech (desktops, laptops, phones, etc.) at the end of the day. Starting at a bare mechanical watch with no battery is a relief knowing it's not spitting out radiation...even light.
yeah, your not a " watch guy" , and thats fine.
@@samarianosans there is nothing like a watch guy, you just like luxury in general and its stupid unless its for investment purposes
Counter point, you could argue that the engineering of an Apple Watch is far more impressive than a Rolex. Billions of transistors in such a small package.
@@engineerPilotMechanic The best quote I heard about Rolex Vs Apple Watch is “An Apple Watch tells the time, a Rolex tells others how valuable your time is” and I think at the end of the day this is true for most people
This, but literally a million times. I have two industrial design degrees with a focus on manufacturing. The R&D that goes into these watches is incredible. Not to mention to then manufacture them in the amounts they do, with the suppliers and qc they have. A mechanical movement, especially hand built, is literal child’s play against that. Don’t even get me started on the chips in there. It’s just romanticizing old watches because we love to do that.
But you need to charge them all the time...
@@simplyfrancois An Apple Watch charges in the time it takes to have a shower. You’d take your mechanical watch off for that same amount of time.
@@simplyfrancois who cares when a lifetime supply of Apple Watches costs a fraction of 1 Rolex
The main difference is you wear a Rolex, and you use an Apple.
There is an infinitesimally small number of people who are both 1) independently wealthy 2) divers, who wouldn't mind using a submariner for it's original purpose.
@@diemes5463 LOL, yes I imagine that venn diagram has a tiny intersection!
@@diemes5463 Its, not it's. Basic grammar.
Just wear both at the same time. You have two arms
That sounds like some absolute tosh from a z grade marketing company that makes no sense at all.
Rolex = Timeless.
Apple Watch = Outdated after a year.
Casio F-91W = GOAT.
Serious question, how is an AW outdated after a year? You do not have to get each new model year after year, just like you don't HAVE to get the BB54 when your BB58 is only a couple years old. The hate against actual tool watches is really weird.
Says the watch snob😂
@@Mackster248I think the same message stands if we replace “a year” with “a few years”. We just simply cannot expect any apple watch to out last a mechanical one, or even a Casio.
@robinhook37 it’s not supposed to? A mechanical watch eventually needs a service and an Apple Watch can easily last you 5+ years. Plus only one of em is an actual tool watch. I love both types of watches, but the hate for smart watches by us watch nerds always confuses me.
@@Mackster248it is not confusing to people who are annoyed with their own phone and don’t want to strap one on their arm as well. It’s just overkill to some of us. There is no hate, it’s just a preference.
"Yes, this video is a stupid idea and yes, it's happening."
I love this channel.
Same here!
Agreed.
here for the comments. Didn't even hit that play button.
I did, unfortunately. Now my YT recommendations will go bananas with lousy vids...
(delete YT history? YES! LOL)
As an Apple Watch Ultra owner I can confirm a few things:
1) YES IT IS A WATCH
2) I DONT HAVE TO SELL MY KIDNEY TO GET IT
3) I DONT HAVE TO GROW OLD UNTIL I GET THE CALL FROM THE AD
4) IT IS THE UMLTIMATE TOOL WATCH - Can do billion things at once and NO ROLEX CAN EVER DO THAT.
Not surprised to see that there are more Apple Watches going around. I am not a hater, I own a mechanical watch. This is exactly why I love this channel.
And that's why you got a Gin as your pfp
Garmin begs to differ.
I absolutely love my Apple Watch Ultra. I love all my mechanical watches more - but nothing beats the ultra for, well, running an ultra marathon. They also have great industrial design.
Except a Garmin..
When my Apple watch tells me to stand up I stand up. And when my Rolex AD tells me to bend ov… no. You just can’t.
Edit: I feel compelled to add that this isn't a comment on Youreterrific. I gather he bought his Rolexes before the prices went nuts and the AD shenanigans began. And even if he didn't, good for him! I would love an Explorer I and II but I won't do the AD games and the prices are too steep for me. :)
Actually the Rolex will always remind you that you had to bend over to have the privilege to queue or pay over MRSP for one 😂. The ultimate humiliation reminder.
That’s so hilarious😂
Turn off the notifications?
@@Jedimaster36091 buy rep rolex and while you will have to explain that these watches arent genuine, at least you didnt overpay or wait 👍👍
You just have to get lucky. On the AD nearest to me I have been on a list for years without a call. I went to an AD a few hours away I was able to buy two Rolexes within 18 months.
The biggest “flex” is no watch. (So rich you don’t care what time it is).
A watch suggests you have somewhere to be.. which is an insult to your host
@@mitchelljack1590 lol, no.
@@MayTheSchwartzBeWithYou Okay, waste your money
@@mitchelljack1590 😂
Even by Internet standards, your comment is unfathomably dumb.
as an engineer and a former smartwatch wearer. I struggled with the practicalness and utility of wearing a mechanical watch. This video helped me find that purpose; it's just men's jewelry that also tells the time. I get it now
Engineer here too. Love my 🍎 watch, but it’s always buzzing and needing to be charged. There’s something magical to me about a mechanical watch like the Explorer II that doesn’t need batteries and does it what it says it’ll do, so simply.
Quartz is the best of everything. The most fuss-free, practical timekeeping, and you can still get a great looking watch as well.
@@TimothyW8 yea but then you have a quartz 🤮
@@Hydrogen101Are you restarted or acoustic? What's wrong with quartz watches?
@@Hydrogen101 am I the only one in the world that enjoys both quartz and mechanical watches?
I'm looking forward to reading the comments
I’ll bring the popcorn
I’m a pilot and Rolex owner. There’s NO WAY I would wear anything other than Apple when on the road, certainly not a GMT. Apple functionality is 100x better. We aren’t flying for Pan Am in the 1950’s anymore using sextants to navigate, etc, not to mention a GMT is so much more likely to be damaged or stolen away from home.
You mention sextants of the past. Do you use your Apple watch for anything navigation related in your flying now? Or just to get email and text notifications alongside time. Because if it's nothing pilot related then why even bring that up? Curious.
For me the Apple Watch has been the gateway drug in to real watches- because after some time of enjoying the healthier lifestyle I achieved with it, it felt obsolete and I didn’t want my 'watch' to tell me what to do. But I liked the idea of having a watch on my wrist and fell down into this watch rabbit hole. Fast forward to today, I have a Junghans Max Bill Automatic on my wrist- quite the antithesis to the overloaded Apple 'Watch'. I enjoy the convenience of not having to pull my phone out to check the time and instantly being bombarded with notifications. And even after a year of owning it, I still enjoy its thoughtful Bauhaus design every time I look at it. This watch has enhanced my life in a way that I didn’t think it would. You just couldn’t convince me to go back to strapping a mini computer onto my wrist.
Switched to wearing the Apple Watch at night for sleep tracking & at the gym. Back to wearing Rolex & AP during the day. Life is too short to only wear an Apple Watch.
I’m still playing around with sleep tracking. Not sure the date does any good for me. It might do the opposite.
@@YoureTerrificare you saying sleep tracking is making your sleep worse? Explain
Or wear them both
@@JJayJayJJJayif it becomes an unhealthy fixation when there isn’t a problem that needs solving it certainly can be. Your mileage will vary on whether having sleep data is actually useful for you.
So whats stopping you from wearing both, life is too short right
I’m an guy too and used to be an Watch guy, then it hit me (as you eluded to in your vid):
A Rolex or any other mechanical watch, in 10-20 years will still be a watch while the Watch will be a paper weight.
If that’s the metric, then no it’s not a watch or at least not in the long term. It’s a brilliant, useful, mass appealing, on wrist computer that mimics the functionality of mechanical watches in the short term.
I stopped wearing one for two reasons:
1. I got sick of being alerted by my tech from 3-4 different machines at once.
2. I got tired of spending my money on temporary tech when my money can go toward something that will last and build memories.
Not an option with a laptop.
Not an option with a phone.
Is an option with a watch.
So I stopped buying them. Started buying mechanical watches and have no regrets.
That said, it takes me a few days to get over the announcement of the new shiny thing every year. Once a nerd always a nerd. 🤷
There’s cheaper and better options to build memories than buying watches. This is such a lame reason. It’s funny how people try to justify their actions to themselves.
@ It’s also funny how people jump into a particular conversation and make assumptions based on limited information.
@@UltraDoug The memories thingy is a widely used excuse used by watch people. My argument is that we choose to associate memories with objects. It's not specific property of the object.
@ I don’t disagree. I would push back and say that it depends on the person. Some wear to impress, others for quiet sense of achievement.
In the same vein, there are those that create memories and enjoy that their watch was a part of the experience and subtly reminds them from time to time.
Others will run back in the house to make sure they have the right watch before driving their wife to the hospital to give birth (Ref: old Hodinkee article). The former being reasonable the latter being irrational.
@@mains-im that’s a fairly uninformed statement.
I recently stopped wearing my Apple Watch, the feel of a normal watch cannot be beaten for me
I haven't worn a regular watch even once since I bought an Apple Watch.
Bros impressed of the engineering behind a mechanical watch, and completely forgot the fact that Apple Watch has microengineering with chips, displays, sensors, etc
Real watch on your wrist and Oura ring on your finger. Best of both worlds!
Doing that with the Samsung GalaxyRing. The only thing I miss from my GalaxyWatch 6 classic is the ability to see the weather in a quick glance at the screen.
Y'all are forgetting a proper penis ring too
Or whoop
@Thexcalibur then you'll frack up the band. And how do you do it with a bracelet? A ring is more practical on that matter.
Is there any silver oura ring?
0:58 Those numbers aren’t the same. Rolex achieved that revenue with significantly fewer sales due to their higher price tags, while Apple generated the same revenue by selling far more watches. It’s a different scenario.
I have an Ultra 2 and wear it more than any of my mechanical watches. It's a tool for me. I use it at the gym 6 days a week and it has become my work watching M-F. Mechanical watches are functional jewelry. I used to be the guy who would do everything in his Rolex but it was more romanticism than anything else.
I have both - Ultra 2 and a Rolex Sub (black dial). Function? Hands down the Apple Watch - I use timers and alarms all the time. Also, I have a son with special needs and get alerted every time a door to the outside is opened. I have cellular so when I am hiking, biking, paddling, I can leave my phone behind. It's nice to see "we're still good" texts from my wife, on my wrist, at over 20mph while biking. Any event I got to? Rolex Sub - it's functional art. Plus, I love the mechanical nature - complications based on tiny gears and springs. It feels special, looks great, will last a lifetime, and is an heirloom. Going out with my wife and my son has a caregiver - Rolex. Cost? No, I don't buy a new Apple Watch every year - but every 3-4 years? Sure. At almost $1k? yup. So you've got to look out a long way to compare prices, and the value of my Sub has actually gone up. Apple Watch is a "tool watch" killer, but I still love the design and craftsmanship of an automatic watch. When I die and leave my watch to my older son, what's going to mean more? A 40 year old well maintained Rolex, or 40 year old technology? they are just different things....
Its like comparing a Rolls Royce with a tesla
More like comparing a Rolls Royce to a Rivian.
Comparing a Rolls Royce to a Tesla is more like comparing a mechanical watch to a quartz watch. They do the same thing with a different power source.
This is more like comparing a Rolls Royce to an electric fighter jet car. Probably a bad analogy but you get the point.
If the Rolls Royce was a horse buggy.
@@lucamendes5755 dont comment just to comment
The real question is: Do you wear your apple watch and mechanical watch at the same time (on different wrists ofc). This question has held me back from purchasing an apple watch.
Apple Watch on the left, mechanical on the right when I’m at home. It’s my tool watch for my tech job, I like getting 2FA prompts on my wrist, checking the weather, activity levels, controlling my Apple TV. Since I WFH, I just wear my analog watches on my right so I get to look at it and it winds.
If heading outside, I pick one depending on the activity and it goes on the left.
A minivan is awesome. it has more cargo space, then an SUV, better gas milage, more comfortable to drive, easy to load, and when not in cargo mode, can haul 7 people comfortably. A Porche 911 convertible is awesome. It's fast, fun around corners, amazing on nice days. Not sure I need to say much more about the 911. I am married with no kids, and I own both of these vehicles. I also own a Rolex, and an Apple watch. Much like the cars, they both have a time and place, where each one is far better than the other one. Horses for courses.
Terrible comparison
@@JJayJayJJJayhow
Stop bragging
Have you considered some individuals wear an Apple watch instead of their Rolex when traveling because they fear it might get stolen
The Apple watch is today’s ultimate tool watch. I find it immensely useful. It’s good for a backup dive computer, getting notifications, and sleep tracking. But it’s just a tool. Mechanical watches now are mostly a luxury item/jewelry that also tells the time. When I’m not working or trying to be active, I trade my Apple watch for a mechanical watch.
I bought my first Apple Watch earlier this year.. it changed my life by helping me lose an almost 20kg of weight and set in place some good habits. My goal was to get fit and the reward was to discard the Apple Watch and wear my Rolex’s. That’s where I am now. I’ve sold the Apple Watch after 6 months, absolutely loved it for what it did for me.. and now I daily an Explorer 1 + wear a Batman - just like in your video!
True story, had a large collection of G-Shocks, and then bought a Tudor Black Bat Pro, because I'd aspired to own something swiss and mechanical and expensive. Bought an Apple Watch Ultra shortly after and haven't really worn anything else since. It's unfathomably brilliant, that and I can wear it in public without the fear of it getting ripped off my wrist ...
I'm a mechanical watch fanatic but have two identical apple watches with the same band that are 2-3 years old. I typically buy two of a previous version at half the price with 95% of the features. One is always charging and I swap them out like clothes. I view them as a tool watch for modern living: unlocks my doors, lets me listen to music while I run, tap-to-pay groceries/nyc subway, and notifies me of meetings. On the weekends and evening parties I switch to something personal from my mechanical collection. The balance is perfect for me.
I wear mechanical watch when I go outside and my Garmins at home and during training. Would be great to have high-end smart bracelet so that it would be acceptable to wear together with the mechanical watch
We share that one brain cell.
THIS
They do. It’s called a Whoop 4.0
A Whoop 4.0 or a Oura 4 ring
I want something that resembles a very simple thin bracelet. Not a whoop or a ring.
This is one of if not my favourite watch channel. Video quality is superb and the thoughtfulness and dry self-deprecation are on point.
That sums up me too. I have a GMT Master and a black Ultra. Exactly the same reasons
The apple watch can be everything. It can be classy with a nice leather/metal band and a analog watch face. It can be useful with a digital watch face with a lot of information. Your settings define how much it will communicate with you. You can use it for sport and for dinner. Also streaming music and have a timer on my wrist is so damn useful, that I can leave my phone at home. :)
I recently switched to a Garmin fenix. Looks more like a mechanical timepiece, Mip display has an understated look, at the same time it has great fitness & health features, it’s built like a tank, and has a flashlight.
Personally i'm at the gym 5 days a week and I also dive recreationally several times a year. While i have taken my submariner on a couple dives (just to say I did it lol), let's face it, 99.9% of Rolex "dive watches" don't end up anywhere near the ocean.
For that, i have my Ultra 2 with the yearly dive app subscription. It works well enough because I can't be bothered with a dedicated dive computer for my hobby where most of the time I'm chilling at 20 meters depth. So i'll alternate between the Apple watch for the gym days or water activity days, and the Rolex the rest of the time :)
just get a Casio Duro and dive.
When you want a smartwatch, and are into sports. Buy a garmin instead. Also a way better design with the Fenix 8 or Marq-series.
If you're in the Apple ecosystem, nothing even comes close to the Apple watch in quality, performance, and capability. It's a rare instance of Apple really destroying the competition in every way.
The spec comparison preface into immediate spec comparison got me 😂
I always wear a mechanical or quartz on the left and my Garmin or Galaxy Ultra watch on the right. I have room for both in my life
Looking like a real goofball doing it
@@danielmeier8321 clearly I couldn't care less. You should worry less about what people think of you. Life is much more enjoyable
I do the same with my Apple Watch Series 7, but with the Apple Watch on my palm side up.
Love having my fitness data and only have notifications for certain phone calls, package tracking and home security notifications turned on.
@@DjentleDjiant That's cool. I do lots of texting for work, so super handy to get notifications if my phone isn't right near me. Love the health data too. May start wearing my Garmin Instinct more again though. 40+ days of battery life versus 1-2 with the Galaxy Ultra
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The comments are very fun and bring a lot of good points. However, one detail that people have been ignoring, is that an AW is much easier to wear as an everyday watch because it’s very lowkey compared to many more expensive watches, and less likely to be stolen
With smart rings I hope people bring back the conventional watch.
Smart rings aren't really practical e.g. for working out and stuff. But also, why the heck would you want to bring back conventional watch-wearing? It's such a tacky trend, like tophats but somehow still a thing.
@@darkwoodmovies Valid. With conventional watches they have movements that have gears and springs that modern technology don’t take a second glance at. It’s like asking why do you like typewriters If you have a computer? I’m not saying to make people start using one. I just enjoy the technology and want to share the joy. In the end of the day smart watches and rings are fitness placeboes. Look at Dr. Mick’s opinion about them.
With one of them, you have to take it off to charge; with the other, you have to wear it to charge 🤣
I had an Apple Watch Series 4 that I wore daily for about 2-3 years. I got sick of the constant notifications that I turned all them off and basically turned it into a normal watch. I sold it and got an Omega Speedmaster
Speedmaster is a beautiful watch.
1. Your explanation of why you own and wear Rolex watches is spot on. I have a great collection of watches that I wear for myself. I don’t like to get noticed, and I often wear different watches in a day when staying in.
2. I had an Apple Watch and sold it. It was taking precious wrist time away from my watches, which I already feel self-conscious about not wearing enough.
3. I thought about getting the Apple Watch Ultra for fitness purposes, but I have the Garmin Fēnix 7S that has watch presence on the wrist, and it’s an amazing tool.
Ditched my smart watches and Fitbits years ago for mechanical pieces. Recently started using a smart ring (ultra human) and it’s a good middle ground. No notifications, but has step and sleep tracking, plus I get to wear my collection of traditional watches everyday.
Very smart
I can vibe 100% with your sentiment. As a fellow horology enthusiast I have a small (but quite valuable) watch collection that took me a little over 2 decades to create.
On top I have an Apple Watch that I also love.
Here’s the thing though. When it comes to sport activities (gym, running, cycling, weightlifting climbing, walking, circus training, cardio etc) the Apple Watch is a whole league by itself and it’s glued on my wrist being my personal trainer, helping me develop and manage my physique and my energy levels.
The very minute I come out of the shower, following the activity, the smart watch is forgotten and the mechanical watch comes into play for the rest of the day.
One is used as a tool for a specific purpose with zero emotional attachment. The other has a soul and an attachment which I cannot part with.
Note: I have classic G-Shocks with more personality and emotional attachment than the Apple Watch
I love my Apple Watch. I wear it on my right wrist and my mechanical watches on my left. It tracks your heart rate, your sleep schedules and steps.
Do you wear the Apple Watch nearly 24/7? Does anyone comment or ask why you are wearing a watch on each wrist?
Same
@@mden2490in my case no one really asks and the people that know they already know that I wear 2 Watches and they became kind of a Signature
Same
I just can’t give up the practicality and overall usefulness of an Apple Watch. After starting to use Apple Watches, I only wear a mechanical watch when I wear a suit.
I have the smallest Apple Watch, sleep with it, and use it as an alarm clock. Honestly the most useful use.
Honest question. When do you charge it?
@@latinballa88 during the day I wear mechanical watches.
I use a G Shock for sleeping and alarms. If you’re a light sleeper it’s enough
@@latinballa88the series 9 41mm in my use case lasts 30 hours or more! I do a 90min workout, and most of the time have the AOD off. Usually I charge it while I shower and by I’m done it’s around 90% charged.
Which one can tell time better?
I get a lot of flack for ignoring texts, calls, and emails until it’s convenient for me. Putting on a smartwatch only happens for workouts or hiking, and then it comes right back off again. However, Rolex is not a true GADA watch in my way of life. The comparison just isn’t there. I like wearing a watch that can take and show wear while serving an actual function throughout the day. If I had money tied up in a $7-10K+ watch, you better believe I’ll be babying that thing, which takes away from the joy and utility of what it’s meant to do. Are Rolex watches beautiful and significant? Yes, absolutely. But I want the watch to serve me, not the other way around.
thats what service is for...
I wear both. Left for the Mech, Right for the Elec (as a small black fitness tracker, timer, calendar extension of my phone.)
Apples to Oranges. 😆
This. Video is a garbage opinion. People need to wear what they’re comfortable with.
As a person who wears both a Apple Watch and mechanical time pieces, I gotta say that people who hate on smart watches and don’t think the Apple Watch is “ a real watch” have a very outdated mindset. The future of horology should be embraced and mindfully advanced.. while the past should also be cherished and appreciated. Time and technology is gonna move on regardless if you agree with it or not. Imagine what us as human beings are capable of creating rather than being stuck in the past.
or sticked to the screens everywhere like Matrix
In a time when everything degrades and is disposable (mainly due to battery issues) there is a very special charm in mechanical watches, when a glimpse of your descendants wearing your watch hits, it’s something special.
It's not. Most mechanical watches are mass produced, in an assembly line, and if you still need to maintain them, and if there are parts broken there are simply tossed out. You are very prone to marketing it seems.
“Necklaces and braces in some cultures and places“ beautifully said
Bought an Ultra, returned within 2 weeks. A screen doesn’t have the soul, reliability or toughness of a mechanical watch
Rolex is to convey status or make a statement. It is expensive jewelry. The Apple watch is more functional, is affordable, and serves purpose beyond just telling the time.
I wear my Apple Watch Ultra more than my Submariner. Just more practical
Appreciate the uncommon comparison between watches and non watch devices 😁
I lost 14kg because of my Apple Watch. But I am a Rolex collector since 2006. I sometimes wear my Rolex but I have fallen in love with my Apple Watch Ultra. I have a whoop now and since a couple weeks ago Whoop does step tracking as well and now I’m wearing my Rolex en whoop. But I must say that even then I miss my apple watch when I’m not wearing it. It’s the convenience of that watch. I use it a lot, messaging and calling. Changing songs on my Sonos, I workout everyday and I am addicted to the 3 rings..
I feel as if the Apple Watch got me back into watches. I got used to having a device on my wrist. But after a couple years and the novelty of its health features wore off, all the notifications just became an annoyance and I went into the world of analog watches. I didn’t want the Apple Watch on my wrist 24/7 anymore, but I got used to telling the time from my wrist and would feel like something is missing if I didn’t wear a watch.
Surprisingly , I’ve heard similar experiences from some of my friends. They get excited with their new wearable device only to experience burnout from the notifications after a few years of use.
I bought and repaired the Apple Watch ceramic series 2 which cost 2000 dollars at launch. It’s worth 200 bucks now and the battery is impossible for most people to replace.
Rolex watches are often seen as symbols of success and achievement. People frequently purchase them to commemorate significant milestones in their lives. Wearing a Rolex can serve as a personal reminder, and a subtle signal to others, of one's accomplishments. That’s something you can’t get from an Apple phone.
I had the Ultra and gave it to my son. Since retiring, I don’t need to be so connected. Fitness is my thing, so I now use a Garmin Epix for that function.
I wear that all the time on my right wrist. I always wear a mechanical watch on my left wrist unless I’m out on the bike, where I would be worried about damaging my Rolex or other nice watch.
I CANNOT STOP LAUGHING.
Personally I think Rolex’s are stupid when you can wear an Apple Watch Ultra which is a zillion times better.
But hey, that’s just me. Whatever turns you on.
To me it's not seeing more and more people with Apple Watches (even in First class) - it's the other way around, I see more and more people wearing mechanical watches. But this just started in 2024, yet to me it's noticeable
Because it's due to the current, but in my opinion also not fading, watch hype. Let's be honest: only a few people are watch enthusiasts. Most of them probably don't even know the difference between quartz and automatic. It's all about status here.
I prefer the apple watch. It is more useful and less expensive.
It’s actually hilarious the amount of people who don’t truly realize the purpose of the ultra 2. If you take the media ads of the ultra 2 to heart, then yeah you will be bombarded with everything your phone does. BUT, if you actually use it for what us folk in the secret society use it for, then you’ll be rewinding time to about late 90’s-early 2000’s when all you did was call/text. We use the ultra 2 to disconnect and ditch our phones. It’s a breath of fresh air.
I’ll take the Ultra 2 over a Rolex any day of the week. I want to stay connected, and there are times that I don’t want to carry my phone around. I have my Verizon plan on my watch, and it allows me to go out for a hike and listen to a podcast or go for a run and listen to music without having to lug around my phone. I can sleep track and check the weather or send a message to someone. I’ll take functionality over design any day of the week!
Used to be a mechanical watch guy, until I watched to Ultra. It Isn’t meant to be for fashion or just a normal smart watch, it’s meant for the outdoors. If you don’t hike, run, bike, swim etc… you won’t enjoy or appreciate the top-notch engineering this product has.
I don't understand the redundancy of smart watches. Other than some fitness related functions, like heart rate, etc, what is the point of a smart watch when you are already carrying your phone everywhere? (Disclaimer: I DID talk my elderly mother into a smart watch that could detect a fall and call for help as she is not in the habit of carrying her phone.) If traditional watches are "unnecessary" because "your phone has the time," what does that make your smart watch, which is basically the phone you're already carrying duplicated on your wrist? THAT'S redundancy. My G Shock won't tell me that I was just sent a spam email, but it WILL receive a radio signal making its time as accurate as any smart watch/phone, it WON'T run out of power if it's away from an electrical outlet for a day, thanks to solar charging, and it doesn't have to be "babied" - if I'm in an environment extreme enough to harm my G Shock then I have bigger worries like trying not to harm MYSELF, because I am somewhere pretty dangerous, more dangerous than a door knob or kitchen counter corner. Those are real world reasons to wear a traditional watch.
I recently sold my AWU and purchased a Seiko Automatic/Mechanical GMT 5 and I love it. I just wanted to get back to the basics. The funny things is, is that I suspect 99.9% of people carry the phone and watch with them, so how is the AW more convenient? Can you not hear the notification sound/ feel the vibration on the phone and pick it up? Don’t get me wrong, the watch does a great job of sleep and exercise tracking, and does work as a positive reinforcer to keep exercising. Though there is a plateau that you reach, and then it seems to be about an abnormal obsession about the data. Most people have routines.. they run/walk/bike/swim the same courses/distance whether daily/ weekly etc. You are in essence looking at the same info on average every day? That’s why I believe a ring may be the best balance. Most can track your sleep pretty well, do a decent job with tracking exercise, and they are pretty inconspicuous.
Same argument u spend hundreds or thousands of pounds to just tell the time. Smart watch does that but can be more convenient than using ur phone all the time
@craigmalcom6294 But someone spending thousands of dollars on a watch isn't buying a watch to tell the time - it's jewelry. I don't own expensive watches, I own gshocks. Gshocks, and other reasonably priced watches, are still practical for the reasons I mentioned. Smart watches start to lose that practicality when you compare them to PRACTICAL traditional watches.
I'm quite tech savvy and I have to admit the idea of buying a smartwatch has tempted me for years. But I still don't own one because I'd only use it as a watch and don't need any other features so it'd be a waste of money. I collect and wear mechanical watches and you can argue that the money I've spent also far exceeds my need. But I like them because like fountain pens, they are not products that you "consume". With a smartwatch, you'd have to keep spending hundreds every few years to upgrade and replace. Even a quartz watch usually doesn't last beyond a decade or two. But a mechanical watch is a time piece that truly lasts.
I attended the Singapore Grand Prix this year and the two most popular watches were the Apple Watch Ultra and Rolex.
Sounds about right
Split down generational lines too?
After 12 years of Omega and Rolex,... sorry.. I just pick up a Garmin, and love it :O
Bro talking like electronics, software , technology , sensors , chips , network, are not complex and some mechanical moving gears are more complex 😂. An oled display is more complex than that spring loaded toy
Can you build an apple watch from scratch? You could definitely build a mechanical watch after few courses.
its not even close I mean
Apple Watch Ultra is a beast, it has so many features like it’s materials / thermo compensation / depth rating / strap changing that people go nuts about on other watches plus 200 things more for a reasonable price. Yeah it might have a 10 year lifespan but this nonsense how an affordable watch will last a lifetime is marketing BS. No one has picked up a sports watch from 30 or 40 years ago and thought wow. This is one durable mechanical instrument and I must go diving with it 😂
Friends don’t let friends wear Apple Watches! 😅
As a kid wearing a Casio it made sense. Needed to keep track of time like school classes, lunch, church, meet friends, rides and home check ins. At a certain point time pieces around the wrist became non essential. A clock can be found almost everywhere and of course the majority now carry a phone that tells the time. As someone who works around machinery 99% of jewelry is a no no. Up until the smart watch I had no need to keep track of time and still don’t, I have a drawer with several old mechanical watches lying dead inside. Health tracker, seeing if a message is from the kids or spam, nature navigation, being able to control music/videos without having to take out my phone are the advantages of the smartwatch. Just because I’m not a jewelry guy doesn’t mean I don’t get it, I see cool looking mechanical watches that for a split second I think I need. As a collector of things I also get that aspect of a Rolex but I need more than just the time and looks to wear a collar around my wrist.
Great video. I use a Garmin for exercise and a Rolex or Omega all other times. They all have a part in my life.
I remember with iPhones first came out, it was kinda exciting. The iphone4, being square, and friends would look at it in the pub. Nowadays, an iPhone 11 is identical to iPhone 16. An Apple Watch is just another disposable item. I had one, it now sits in a drawer. Back to my Rolex. It never really replaced it.
For me non smartwatches watches are just jewellery. I’m not into wearing shiny baubles that can only tell time.
But does the Apple Watch have a cool name like Pepsi or Batman? I think not
Had an Apple Watch. It wasn’t for me. I gave it to my son.
I felt like the only way that I would wear it regularly was if I wore it opposite an analog watch. That just felt weird.
Both maxi case, both ugly and not easy to wear. No, thank you.
While I’m not a Rolex fan, the Explorer is a statement of quiet elegance that upstages everything else in this video.
Well done video! Sums me up to a tee, by the way. On a separate note, I happen to appreciate your dad humour…but, then again, I’m a dad.
Not a stupid idea but worthy of discussion. I’ve never been into watches until the Apple Watch appeared. It’s not the style it’s form and function.
I own a 2002 Rolex Submariner and an Ultra Watch 2. I'm also in IT. I wear the Rolex on weekends, nights out, or other formal occasions. My daily wear is the Ultra2, and rely heavily on it (2FA, notifications, etc). I also have two wedding rings. A simple, thin, platinum band that I wear most of the time. Also have a custom platinum ring with a gorgeous deep blue sapphire in it as the center piece. Much like the Rolex, I wear that on date night, and special occasions.
I see a lot more people wearing Apple watches than mechanical or quartz watches. but I NEVER see anyone look at it for the time, let alone anything else.
What a load of crap
This is probably a dumb question but does the Apple watch have a perpetual calendar or do you have to adjust?
every device with an internet connection adjusts it clock (and date) when it goes online. you don't have to adjust dates, leap years or daylight savings.
@@viktorreiter8811 Until the year 2100
it's like your phone it adjusts automatically
I have a Garmin Fenix that is black with silver steel rim, silver buttons, and silver screws bolting the bezel down. It's the best of both worlds. It is both jewelry and does incredible smartwatch things. Plus a battery life of a week+. I don't get why people buy the all blacked out versions of watches. You can't tell what it is and all just look like the same cheap $100 knock off from Walmart. I also have the Garmin 945 - an incredible sports watch for triathlon. But it's all black and slimmer and lighter and doesn't stand out as cool in any way. So I wear the Fenix to work, events, and daily stuff, and the 945 for working out.
I’m surprised you don’t use a metal bracelet with your Apple Watch. I wonder if that would step up the aesthetics of it for you to bring it even closer to the Rolex.
I’ve gone back and forth on this.
Started out wearing an Apple Watch years ago, then gave it up completely in favour of my (then) new mechanical watch obsession. Now, I’ve purchased an Ultra 2, and I regularly find myself double-wristing when running errands or in informal situations. Yes, I look stupid, but who cares? It provides utility.
I also wear the AW alone, when sleeping, running or at the gym. Naturally, I drop the AW when in formal settings, and sometimes when I just… want to. I dunno.
I’ve disabled almost all of the notifications, including the rings because I don’t wear it enough to capture all my movement properly and the incompleteness would drive me nuts. I only have it track my workouts, deliver critical notifications, track my sleep and monitor my health in the background.
Like most things, the answer isn’t black and white; it’s a dull shade of grey.
A great smart vs mechanical watch video. It’s funny that, 10 years after the first Apple Watch, the debate about « is it a watch ? » still rages in the comment sections on UA-cam.
Bottom line, the thing that matters is that even guys in suits in Business Class wear Apple Watches, making the choice to wear a mechanical timepiece even more exclusive. Being a snob, I like it.
“I get uncomfortable when someone notices I have a watch on that costs more than what they have in their retirement account”
Whenever anyone looks up ‘weird flex’ this should be the sentence that’s used as the primary example lol
I'm 22 and i've been wearing Apple Watches since at least 2017. This past summer i bought my first mechanical watch because I grew tired of my Apple Watches. I bought a Seiko presage open heart and i've never noticed so many eyeballs on my wrist as i walk around and compliments on my watch for the last 4/5 months since i've started wearing my seiko then in all the 7+ years since i've been wearing my apple watch instead. It has been nonstop eyeballs en complements from all age groups. It would be nice if i can expand my mechanical watch collection because im NEVER returning to digital/apple watches... EVER