GUESS WHO

[FUJI]

GUESS WHO? ;-)

FUJI

[Black Pearl]

I'll be online at 5pm today for the Apple Watch Event and will be in store the day it launches.

 

Just need to decide if I'd prefer the classic stainless steel band or the milanese option.

[Korky]

My lips are glued, zipped, stuck, sealed and welded.

 

Got to hand it to Apple though, they know how to do the big build-up!

 

Korky

[Black Pearl]

That said I'm very tempted by the newly announced Pebble Time Steel. Still no touch screen and it won't be as fully integrated as the Apple watch but it is now colour and still lasts a week like my original Pebble.

[FUJI]

Mine is a GARRARD ...auto winder, with a date panel that needs adjusting if there are 28, 30 or 31 days in the month.....

It was a 25 Years Service presentation watch .......an old friend left it to me.

FUJI

[kev7d]

The Iwatches look awesome to me.

[ChrisLumix]

Haven't worn a watch since 1986. Can't say I'm tempted by something with a screen the size of a ... watch!!

[Black Pearl]

Mine is a GARRARD ...auto winder, with a date panel that needs adjusting if there are 28, 30 or 31 days in the month.....

It was a 25 Years Service presentation watch .......an old friend left it to me.

FUJI

 

 

I have a Tissot Automatic Day/Date watch which sounds very similar. Its a lovely plain dress watch that I hope will give me a lifetime of service - it cost more than the Apple Watch will set me back so I don't class the Apple as being expensive. I also have a manual wind Rotary watch that I use on occasions though its a little small (probably 32-35mm) for my liking but still a nice thing to wear. I have a Breil Chronograph quartz movement watch that is quite large and chunky, its great with more casual clothes and being electronic it keeps good time and is always right - not needing to be wound and set. 

Day to day I do tend to favour the Pebble smart watch as I have found it is very convenient and a great aid to my busy day. I can't have my phone on me at work but I still get notifications and can see who is calling from the watch. It is also superb while driving. I have to say I'm a watch fan and if I had the money I'd have thousands of pounds worth of them so another one in the offing is for me an exciting purchase.

[Black Pearl]

Bugger - its a bit more expensive than I though so I won't be getting the stainless steel one with the Milanese strap.

 

I can afford the Alloy version though and could add the fancy strap later as they're all interchangeable. 

 

Won't be splashing out on the solid gold one - not at £8000-12000 

[JohnP]

I'll just stick with my trusty old Seiko Kinetic watch I purchased in Tenerife in 1996, it's been back to Seiko just the once for a new capicitor, that was about 5 years ago. It cost me about £175.00 in Tenerife, the cost in H Samual at the time was £350.00. It could easily out last me.

 

[Black Pearl]

Nice.

I love my Tissot Visodate Automatic but I still fancy the Apple one for the fun of it.

 

[FUJI]

WATCH IT!!

You two ;-)

FUJI

[JohnP]

Just found this on the internet.... mine is in better nick than this example though.

 

 

 

[Black Pearl]

Love watching mine tick

[JohnP]

Very nice BP!

[Black Pearl]

Seiko Kinetics are superb and your titanium one should be rock solid but light.

[JohnP]

Seiko Kinetics are superb and your titanium one should be rock solid but light.

 

68 grams (2.4oz)... imagine if it was stainless steel.

[ChrisLumix]

Bugger - its a bit more expensive than I though so I won't be getting the stainless steel one with the mildness strap.

 

I can afford the Alloy version though and could add the fancy strap later as they're all interchangeable. 

 

Won't be splashing out on the solid gold one - not at £8000-12000 

 

I actually sat through a live Apple keynote stream for the first time. Those watches could be all right if they do all the remote control and payment whizzery stuff that's touted.

 

What really grabbed my attention though was those new MacBooks. Gorgeous or what? Though with only one (universal) connector, you'd better not want to recharge the battery while doing a Time Machine backup! I have to say though, they seem to make the MacBook Air redundant overnight. 

[Black Pearl]

Those MBP's look stunning and would be the sort of laptop I'd be interested in - won't buy as I don't need one - as they are just about as portable as an iPad. 

As to TM backup you can do that wirelessly with the right NAS drive (I do) and with AirDrop connecting all my other devices I wouldn't even need to plug a USB stick in to move files. 

 

Properly nice bit of kit.

[ChrisLumix]

Those MBP's look stunning and would be the sort of laptop I'd be interested in - won't buy as I don't need one - as they are just about as portable as an iPad. 

As to TM backup you can do that wirelessly with the right NAS drive (I do) and with AirDrop connecting all my other devices I wouldn't even need to plug a USB stick in to move files. 

 

Properly nice bit of kit.

 

So much for my being taken in by Timmy and Jonny ... I've now discovered that the Great New processor Intel M in the new MB is actually quite a bit less of a cruncher than what's in the MB Airs currently. However, in a couple of years...