Adam Kos Are we slaves to technology? Everyone can have it differently and they can easily throw their iPhone in a corner for the weekend and find it again only on Monday. But it is quite possible that these are only exceptions. I didn't ditch the iPhone, I ditched the Garmin Forerunner 255 and put a good old mechanical watch back on my wrist. Just one weekend was enough for me to know that there was no turning back.
It doesn't really matter if you relate the situation to an iPhone or an Android device, if it's a Garmin, Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch or other smart watch. I personally tried all the mentioned, and in the end I ended up with the simplest solution, but the only one that really forced me to be active - Garmins. But after almost a year of constant wearing, I longed for a classic watch, so I tested for myself if I could still manage without such smart solutions.
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Prim, Certina, Garmin
I used to be fascinated by the production of classic Czech Prim watches, so I started collecting them. But I didn't want to wear them, because I just felt sorry for it - after they had lasted so many years, I just didn't want their functionality to end with my use. That's why I bought another watch, a slightly more durable Certina DS PH200M. These watches are certainly not among the most expensive, on the other hand, there is a wide range of more affordable mechanical automatic "dive" watches.
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But when the Apple Watch and other smart watches didn't appeal to me, only the running Garmins succeeded, whose intelligence remained somewhere halfway. You can install applications in them, but certainly not to the same extent as in the Apple Watch. And paradoxically, that suits me. Secondly, there is also a community that is not only dependent on the use of iPhones, so you can compete in various activities and challenges with those who have an Android device.
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I didn't have any extremely active weekend planned, so I put the Garmins away and put the good old Certinas back on my wrist. But their advantage now is only that they are pretty. From my point of view, the production of the Garmin brand has not taken away too much beauty, which is why the classic watch simply looks better. But the sobriety from the digital detox did not appear. I missed counting steps, tracking sleep quality, vibrating alerts for notifications and, of course, measuring strength in weekly challenges, even though it was clear in advance that I wouldn't win this time (that's why I could also put the Forerunners aside for a while).
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The result of this short-term experiment is clear. The American company is holding me hostage to its technology, from which it does not want to let me go. And actually, I don't even wish for it. So the Garmins are back on my wrist and the Certinas I have photographed and placed on bazaar sites, and are now up for sale as I already know they won't get my hands on them. I still hold the Primek portfolio, but the question is for how long.
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The collected money will clearly go to a new generation of smart watches, despite the fact that they are consumer goods. A classic mechanical watch will last for decades, you can replace a smart watch in two to four years. It's sad, but they still have a higher utility value for my needs now. Maybe someday I'll scratch my head at how stupid I was once, but now I see it clearly and distinctly.
"Maybe one day I'll scratch my head at how stupid I once was, but now I see it clearly and distinctly."
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I also went through a similar process. After three years of wearing an Apple watch, I bought a Certina DS PH500 and the Apple watch goes out into the world. Maybe I'll hide the Certins later and buy an Ultra 😉