What kind of watch do you use ?

• Do you use a smart watch or just a regular watch and why ?
• Or no watch at all !
• Whats the brand of the watch ?

I use a normal watch, since the battery lasts more than 5 years and i don't see the value of any smart watch at all.

I tried a smart watch once, but it drains battery from your phone and needs to be charged every 3 days... well im too lazy for that.

I have a Lorus ( Seiko ) watch.

Quote from JonnyQuest

Like Morro for years, decades I didn't wear a watch until I moved my business into my house. It's a split level with my dental lab being on the lower level. There were about 2-3 occasions where one of my accounts called me but I forgot my phone upstairs when I took a break or two throughout the day. I did not like missing calls and calling them back, so I bought a Samsung Galaxy watch where it would sync to my Samsung phone and I could answer through the watch if I had left the phone upstairs. It saved me many times, and the voice quality was very good on their end, they said they couldn't tell the difference when I talked into the watch.

Even though I shut the business down, I still wear it for counting steps (I try for at least 7,000 a day if not more) and the "find my phone" feature (as well as "find my watch") both work well. I guess I'm just a little forgetful

So you are no dentist anymore, did you change jobs ? I know what you mean with "forgetfull" i always forgot to charge the smartwatch so at the end no watch to wear. I found out i do not use the Smart functions at all, just use it for a watch, then why not switch to an old skool watch with battery. The one on the photo is 10+ years old and now i just changed battery and wrist wrap for a new leather one. So after 10 years we see again.

Quote from JonnyQuest

I was a dental lab tech, I made crown and bridge (including implant cases) for the dentists. It was a bit of a forced retirement, as two of my main accounts (50% of my income) retired within about a 2 year span.

Ideally, I wanted to work until I was 70, I retired at 65. The dental lab business has really taken a hit with digital CAD/CAM leveling the playing field, compared to the more labor intensive hand built units (teeth) we used to do. Also, dentists are able to do more chairside with their CAD/CAM equipment taking away some of, if not a lot of work from the labs, except the more complex cases.

I am now 55 , still work in the IT, thinking about retirement but thats not easy.