How Apple Watch Is Really a Regression In Watchmaking

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 30, 2014 @07:00AM from the maybe-they-could-merge-with-timex dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes Apple design chief Jony Ive has spent the past several weeks talking up how the Apple Watch is an evolution on many of the principles that guided the evolution of timepieces over the past several hundred years. But the need to recharge the device on a nightly basis, now confirmed by Apple CEO Tim Cook, is a throwback to ye olden days, when a lady or gentleman needed to keep winding her or his pocket-watch in order to keep it running. Watch batteries were supposed to bring "winding" to a decisive end, except for that subset of people who insist on carrying around a mechanical timepiece. But with Apple Watch's requirement that the user constantly monitor its energy, what's old is new again. Will millions of people really want to charge and fuss with their watch at least once a day?

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How big a fuss is it, really? by daemonhunter · 2014-10-30 07:02 · Score: 5, Informative

I take my watch off at the end of the day. I put it on in the morning. How big a difference is it to set it "on a charger on my nightstand", instead of just "on my nightstand?"
Much ado about nothing.
Do you charge your phone every day? by mveloso · 2014-10-30 07:07 · Score: 5, Informative

Back in the day, you didn't need to charge your phone every day. Now you do. Big deal?
Re:Bleh by OzPeter · 2014-10-30 07:14 · Score: 4, Informative

This "article" could have just been jammed in the summary
Nerval = Dicevertisment
That says it all.

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Re:Bleh by Anrego · 2014-10-30 07:28 · Score: 4, Informative

Wow, I assumed you meant like he suspiciously makes a lot of dice related posts, but it's not even subtle.
Identified as "works for slashdot" and entire history seems to be nothing but dice.com posts. It's like this guys job is literally to post dice shit to slashdot all day.