It’s become an issue these days – seemingly, apparently, ostensibly it is a thing and everyone talks about it. Some envy others’ brand choices, others believe having the latest gadget is necessary, but there really is almost no way around wrist watches as a subject, much more so than “what mouse”, “what keyboard” or “what cell phone” – but the excess visuals and gagdetry are not a part of a real man*<\/span> world performing real work**<\/span> – there is no energy or time for such idiocy.<\/p>\n In particular, these points stand out as objectionable or problematic when naming the quintessential “Apple Watch” or another type of smartwatch, particularly in the context of discussing modern options with other people, under the aspect of a particular type of disability (I am almost<\/em> sure you did forget – but, do check the blog title, will you?):<\/p>\n So, it was never about you, was it. It was always about me, and people with similar restrictions. Even if you did not keep track. Many years ago, I played around with a Pebble smartwatch, and I was astonished at how little quality it added to a few days of my life experience. It also was really bad at counting swim strokes – not that anyone needed these. But, granted, if there was a smartwatch that would count freestyle, breast, butterfly, backstroke, with obsessive precision, why not – but they do not. None of them do. And then, swim training is fine without any watch on at all – in fact it is a lot better actually, ever tried accidentally banging hands\/wrists against someone that wore a watch? When lane swimming? Along the same lines, why would you use paddles? (…) There are therefore very distinct reasons for a no-nonsense choice here.<\/p>\n Real men*<\/span> never wore any of that type of nonsense – nor did real men*<\/span> with a unilateral below-elbow amputation ever truly prefer myoelectric arm junk [link<\/a>], particularly if real work**<\/span> was at stake. – That much? That much was clear from the get-go, decades ago.<\/p>\n But, what do<\/em> we wear?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The wristwatch clearly has to…:<\/p>\n 1) run a long time<\/em> without me having to take it off and put it back on all time, so either it’s a solar-powered or mechanic automatic watch, and its band is super comfortable; quartz seems ok, but batteries are a hassle and since there are better options there seems no true need;<\/p>\n 2) show the time always<\/em>, also at night, either with a motion sensor activated light or with luminous hands, but without any fiddling,<\/p>\n 3) be sufficiently precise<\/em> so I don’t have to set it all the time, so it’s either a good automatic movement, or it’s radio-controlled,<\/p>\n 4) be sufficiently waterproof<\/em> to survive cleaning with a brush and showering every day,<\/p>\n 5) be cheap enough<\/em> to allow for drama free replacement,<\/p>\n 6) really elegant<\/em> — from a real work real men*<\/span> view though, as a robust industrial design, not as a design catastrophe.<\/p>\n *<\/span> Obviously, “real men”<\/span> is a tongue-in-cheek term and denotes a hard-working and healthy attitude, not primarily the male sex<\/em>. The opposite of “real men” is “quiche eaters” [link<\/a>].<\/p>\n **<\/span> Maybe also “real work”<\/span> is a term you do not relate to. That is fine. It was reworded as “physically demanding work”, whereas I still look into some better specifications with that regard. Usually, if you wear a stock part prosthesis and it breaks, or breaks soon, then we may be looking at real work [link<\/a>, link<\/a>].<\/p>\n A few things won’t work:<\/p>\n So, my experience is that these brands work, for real men*<\/span> doing real work**<\/span>:<\/p>\n – CASIO solar-powered radio controlled model; particularly the G-Shock series seems a perfect fit for the criteria;<\/p>\n – HEIMDALLR automatic watch (NH35 or NH36); a perfect fit of the criteria;<\/p>\n – INVICTA, P\u00d6TGER-PIETRI, BERGMANN, AEROMATIC, STEINHART automatic watch; they tend to be a bit less precise, maybe, but in return, some models also may be found cheaper;<\/p>\n – BELL&ROSS, SINN, as well as LUMINOX automatic watches, are nice looking and robust but a bit too expensive; they aren’t too precise either.<\/p>\n Here’s my HEIMDALLR Chinese microbrand watch from Shenzhen, also super luminous, after heavy garden work before, keeping time well over ~4-6 weeks (NH36 movement):<\/p>\n So, if you get yourself a silly brand, such as IWC, Tissot, Rado, Omega, Breitling, Tag Heuer, Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Breguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Zenith, TAG Heuer, or Rolex, an Apple watch or other silly dress parade junk, you may as well wear earrings and other bling. I’m not<\/em> saying there’s anything wrong if that’s your choice and you like that style – but it’s what one may also wear to show off that one can get by doing just symbolic “work” instead of real work [link<\/a>], and by and large show off how one manages to live life with long fingernails and wearing e.g. a Hero Arm [link<\/a>]. So that’s not what real men*<\/span> wear for real work**<\/span>. It’s a style thing too, like, I also don’t wear a wig – and that’s not because I find something intrinsically “wrong” with that. Nonono – if wearing an Apple watch, earrings or a wig is what you stand for, by all means. It is just obstructive to hot sweat generating physical work, and we may agree that when you cut hedges for two hours at 30 degrees C ambient temperature then you go for gear that suits that environment – and it is the “real men”<\/span> paradigm that also appears to have programmers were hiking shoes at all times when they are at work (in case a mountain should suddenly spring up in the middle of the machine room). There are also people that pour millions into what I see as utterly useless junk level research [link<\/a>], and what can I say – as long it’s their own money<\/em>, who cares.<\/p>\n But I don’t think any of that’s what I need as a real man*<\/span> fixing to do real work**<\/span>. And maybe, it’s also a captain thing that you wouldn’t understand.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n
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