GasBandit
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What's the battery life like?
Show me your watch!
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figmentPez
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I've had it less than 10 hours, so I don't know yet, but I'll post again when I've had a chance to use it for a while.
figmentPez
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I went from 100% to 20% battery in about 5 days. Most of that was at the lowest of 3 brightness settings, but I also drained like 10% of the battery using full brightness to play one of the games for about 20 minutes to test how fast the battery drained. I also futzed around with settings a lot, played more of the game at low brightness, used the "flashlight" function for a several minutes to see how useful it might be (not as completely useless as I would expect, but I can't see much of use case if you've got your phone with you), and generally used it a lot more than I will once the novelty wears off. I wouldn't be surprised if I could get a week out of it, though maybe less for someone who is out in daylight more and can't get by on the lowest brightness.
Aside from a not at all newbie friendly setup, sparse documentation (that's very disorganized), and a generally unpolished feel, it's doing what I expected of it. It's a bare bones smartwatch that tells me the time and buzzes when I get notifications on my phone.
figmentPez
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This time it took 10 days to drain to 20%. Not sure how much of that was from turning off the heart rate monitor, and how much was from not futzing about with it constantly.
GasBandit
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I ordered one for myself (shipping is taking forever)... I'm thinking it will be fun to tinker with.
figmentPez
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Shipping for me took about 3 weeks. 18 days in transit after it shipped out, and two weeks in the middle of that with no updates.
I've shown off this watch before, but it's still one of my favorites. The Hamilton Intra-matic Chrono. This one is a modern reproduction of the world's first automatic winding chronograph, produced by Hamilton Watch Co in 1969.
There is some argument that Hauer and Brietling unveiled their designs for an automatic chronograph first, but the Intra-matic was the first you could actually buy.
There is some argument that Hauer and Brietling unveiled their designs for an automatic chronograph first, but the Intra-matic was the first you could actually buy.
Also, fun fact: you can tell this is a modern reproduction as it says swiss-made on it. In 1969 Hamilton was an American company, and was the largest American watch manufacturer. They moved to Switzerland after the quartz-crisis of the 70's since Switzerland was basically the last place still making mechanical watches, and is why a "Swiss watch" is still considered a sign of quality today.
Hamilton formerly being an American company is also why the brand has a long history in Hollywood. Seriously, look at watches worn in movies, there's a big chance most of them will be Hamilton's just from tradition. Christopher Nolan especially loves Hamilton watches in his movies.
Hamilton formerly being an American company is also why the brand has a long history in Hollywood. Seriously, look at watches worn in movies, there's a big chance most of them will be Hamilton's just from tradition. Christopher Nolan especially loves Hamilton watches in his movies.
GasBandit
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I ordered it May 15. It didn't leave China until June 18. It got to New York June 19. Here it is June 29th and it's still in New York.
#ThanksObama
GasBandit
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It's still held up in New York. The USPS tells me I have no other recourse but to just wait. It's been just shy of 2 months in Customs. But government workers don't give a shit. And there is nobody I can contact to find out what the holdup is or get an ETA.
Of course you don't need it. I'm sure you have at least one other watch you could use in its stead.
--Patrick
The question isn't "do you need it?" because that's proof practically never true for hobby expenditures.
The question is, do I need this money for something else which I genuinely do need.
Spending your rent payment on hobbies? Bad plan. Spending your discretionary spending left over all the bills are paid on hobbies? That's what it's for.
The question is, do I need this money for something else which I genuinely do need.
Spending your rent payment on hobbies? Bad plan. Spending your discretionary spending left over all the bills are paid on hobbies? That's what it's for.
Tissot is a very affordable brand when it comes to quality swiss made automatic watches, meaning they tend to be around a thousand dollars and under. This particular watch retails for around $800, but I found someone selling this particular one, unworn, for under $600.
Ultimately I decided to pass on the deal, primarily because it's in gold and I just don't wear a lot of gold jewelry.
I’ve been into mechanical watches for a while now—they just have this cool vibe that feels so different from the techy stuff like smartwatches.