I donāt honestly have a particular reason to want a smart watch now, besides gym bio tracking
But itās a wearable and thatās cyborg ish right?
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Nope, mechanical and automatic dive watch here!
No battery, always on time, always waterproof 
I wanted to like smartwatch, but I used one for a week and gave it away ā¦ Not for me ā¦
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Only if you wish that an implantable version was available. 
Iād love to have an implantable version of the Aftershokz bone conduction headphones, complete with an accelerometer based microphone right next to my larynx. You canāt get better ambient noise suppression than that. But batteries are a problemā¦
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I have a Shinola Automatic i love and wear daily.
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I absolutely loved my Pebble before fitbit bought them and killed them.
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Same, the pebble was great. After they killed it I bounced from smart watch to smart watch for a while, but ultimately daily drive a Hamilton khaki field
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Manā¦ trying to find a used Apple Watch at a fair price that isnāt a scam is a less trivial matter than I assumed
Iām wanting to try to find a used 7 or 8, hoping I can maintain blood ox sensor, refurb units are disabled
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I donāt trust a lot of places for refurbished.
However I have bought many of services from Swappa with great success.
And I recently bought a 3yr old iPad from woot and itās in immaculate condition.
They have a few apple watches too but I donāt know if the deal is any good.
(Apple Refurbished) [Cellular+GPS] Apple Watch Series 8 Smart Watch - $264.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://electronics.woot.com/offers/apple-cpo-cellulargps-apple-watch-series-8-smart-watch-fitness-tracker-bl-1?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app
(Apple Refurbished) [GPS] Apple Watch Series 8 Smart Watch - $249.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://electronics.woot.com/offers/apple-cpo-gps-apple-watch-series-8-smart-watch-fitness-tracker-blood-oxyge-1?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app
Apple Watch Series 7 (Grade A Refurbished) - $174.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://electronics.woot.com/offers/apple-watch-series-7-grade-a-refurbished-18?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app
Apple Watch Series 6 (Grade A Refurbished) - $144.99 - Free shipping for Prime members https://electronics.woot.com/offers/apple-watch-series-6-grade-a-refurbished-15?utm_medium=share&utm_source=app
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The problem is the refurbishment process, because of apples lawsuit they force the sensor to be disabled
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Well it lists it in the product description so Iād try it and if itās disabled return it.
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Try Swappa.com ā¦ I bought lots from thereā¦ itās just used not refurb but never got a DOA or anything
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Iām thinking that might be my routeā¦
Itās only 30$ more than what I can find used but Iām feeling like Facebook shadow banned me or somethingā¦ nobody I message on marketplace responds or even reads my messages
Coincidentally after I left a negative review for someone not including necessary parts and ghosting me
Marketplace always plays weird games and feels like Iām frequently gas lit lol
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Iāve had great success on marketplace but Iām also normally just buying tools
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Iāve had a number of watches over the years, but my daily driver used to be a dive watch.
My last watch before going to Smart watches was a Suunto D4i
Not pretty, but a good dive watch, and had Bluetooth connectivity to a pressure sensor
Thanks to this conversation , When I grabbed the image above, I see there is a recall on these units, I might need have to look at that when I am back home, although Iāve never had a problem with them
My watches since then:
Samsung Galaxy Frontier
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Ultra
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I have a few watches but the one I use the most is a cheap Casio. The o rings on some of my better watches have been in service for several years so I have a cheap watch that I can abuse without the need for pressure tests. My second most used watch is a Tissot Gentleman.
How long did the smart watches last?
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mmmm Tissotā¦
I only have two valuable watches. One a Speedmaster, and another is more sentimental. a Bulova given to my Grandfather from the city for almost 20 years of service.
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Iāve been using the Galaxy watch 4 classic for ~3 years now and its still going strong. I have AOD, location, and NFC turned off and the battery still lasts me about 2 days. I get a little over 1 day of battery with everything turned on.
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Iāve thought about getting a speedy but ultimately decided to go with the cheaper Gentleman. This Tissot was a bit cheaper and I like the silicon hairspring, freesprung balance, and automatic winding.
I like my nice watches and should wear them more often.
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I almost never wear my nice watches.
Iām far too careless and kind of a neanderthal. So I didnāt mind trashing my shinola. Itās been serviced now twice in three years.
The speedy is more of a bucketlist watch. Big sci-fi fan so of course I wanted the moon watch.
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I just dont trust electronics with life support ā¦ i had to many computer drown on a dive 
I still dive with dive slates and doublecheck teh computer decomp time.
high end watch with good quality quartz do not get scratched easily, I have dragged mine through hell and concrete and its still scratch free ā¦ im amazed how well its holding up.
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