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Smart watch or mechanical watch? How to choose?
2020-0 1- 17 09: 12:28
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Smart watches are on fire, and news anchors, fashionistas and people wearing smart watches can be seen everywhere. I've seen people say that wearing thousands of mechanical watches will make people feel embarrassed, but not wearing thousands of smart watches. You can show off so-and-so functions, so-and-so latest technology and so on. So, can smart watches be compared with mechanical watches?
My answer is no, although smart watches are very popular now, they look very advanced, sound cool and even sell well (according to reports; "In the third quarter of this year, Apple's Apple Watch shipments reached 2.8 million pieces, accounting for nearly half of the total size of the smart watch market"), but I still think that smart watches cannot be compared with traditional mechanical watches. It is even more impossible to replace mechanical watches in the future.
First of all, in terms of decoration, smart watches are inferior to mechanical watches. Although smart watches seem to have become a fashion item now, they are very avant-garde and are loved by some fashionistas. But I don't think fashionistas can represent the public. There are many fashions that ordinary people can't understand. Not to mention that smart watches are relatively simple in appearance. But mechanical watches are different. Not to mention its appreciation, as far as decoration is concerned. Mechanical watches are accepted by people all over the world. You can choose exquisite, elegant, simple and cool ... It can be said that there are mechanical watches for smart watches, but many of them are not. From the decorative point of view, smart watches are too single, not as many as mechanical watches.
As far as its appreciation is concerned. No matter how good the smart watch is, it is also a digital product, and a good mechanical watch is a work of art, which gives people unparalleled charm of smart watches, whether it is walking the needle or running the movement. Tourbillon, composed of small parts, has a unique perpetual calendar, which is a stunt of three questions. A light touch is like having a soul, which is fascinating. And those mechanical watches that are hollowed out or have a transparent back, you can also clearly appreciate the complex movements, and the mechanical world seems within reach. Run quietly and feel the passage of time.
In addition, mechanical watches have an incomparable advantage over smart watches, which is inheritance. We often hear about a watch left by grandpa's great-grandfather, but smart watches, like mobile phones, are updated quickly and eliminated quickly. The realization of complex functions of mechanical watches depends on exquisite craftsmanship and extraordinary technicians. Some mechanical watches even take years or more, so they are not only products, but also handicrafts. Sometimes the production time of mechanical watches may be replaced by smart watches.
More importantly, even though the functions of smart watches seem powerful, they are far from mature. Unlike mechanical watches, they have stood the test of time and experienced ups and downs. First of all, the power problem of smart watches has not been solved. Just like a mobile phone can tell the time but still can't replace a watch, power is the biggest problem. On the other hand, smart meters are powerful, but miscellaneous but not refined. Some functions, such as checking whether fitness and health data are necessary, are inhuman, and many other functions overlap with mobile phones. Do you really need time to take out your mobile phone? Generally speaking, smart watches are in their infancy, while mechanical watches are mature.
Modern people, or many people, wear watches more to show their status and aesthetic temperament. Wearing smart watches is easy to associate with electronic enthusiasts, serious internet addicts and fashionistas. But mechanical watches are different. Different brands and styles of watches contain different cultures and values. Wearing a mechanical watch conveys people's values in a low-key way, shows their status and shows their aesthetic taste. This is the core value of mechanical watches: an implicit and elegant communication tool.
Wrist is one of the few places that can prove identity, status, temperament and taste, and the luxury property of mechanical watches can perfectly meet this demand. The IT gene of a smart watch determines that its performance and users are completely different from mechanical watches. The unique charm of mechanical watches, the sense of vision, inheritance and collection of perpetual motion machines are incomparable to smart watches. Since its birth, mechanical watches have experienced ups and downs, twists and turns, and despite setbacks, they have stood firm and proved their value with time. Smart watches have to stand the test of time.