Subj : Re: Watch collecting
To   : Nightfox
From : Mindsurfer
Date : Thu Oct 23 2025 11:55:13

  Re: Re: Watch collecting
  By: Nightfox to Mindsurfer on Wed Oct 22 2025 18:20:44

 Ni> With a smartwatch, usually there's an option to toggle whether you want
 Ni> the screen to be on all the time or not, so you should be able to change
 Ni> that.  But yeah, smartwatches have a much shorter battery life than a
 Ni> traditional watch. I think it's funny to think that a smartwathc might
 Ni> last maybe 2-4 days on a charge (and it helps if you turn it off at night
 Ni> when you aren't using it), whereas some Casio watches have a 10-year
 Ni> battery life. :)  Also, a traditional mechanical watch doesn't even use a
 Ni> battery at all and will keep going as long as you wind it (and some have
 Ni> an automatic winding mechanism, too).

well yeah, i think smart watches are more like a gadget that also has a clock. Its surely cool if you travel alot and don't want to pull out your smart phone all the time. But it is also a second device (or third if you like wireless earbuds) that you should not forget to charge.

about mechanical automatic watches. i think i remember having a swatch watch that was loading the spring automatically via a little internal flywheel.
So for as long as you would move your arm, it would always be "charged".
should have been this one from 1993. Not that beatiful if i look at it today. But swatch was producing masses of different inexpensive designs back then. i dont know about swatch today. If they still are that brand with tons of designs per watch model. Maybe just for their lower price segment.

https://www.watchpapst.de/de/nachtigall-sak104.html

Mindsurfer
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