If you’re looking at the Wikipedia article, that photo was from like a decade ago. Age is catching up with her…

“Damn, Cindy Crawford is hot!”

Go ahead, look up photos of her now, age isn’t doing her former beauty very well…

Okay, fair enough. I’m still just not a fan of having to regularly recharge a watch.

Ever heard of the alarm function on a watch?

Yeah, some of us use the alarm, it’s kinda nice when the watch can at least have a few days charge, in case something comes up and I’m out of town longer than expected and didn’t bring my charger.

Given that the technology for clocks and watches that last upwards of a decade on a single battery has been around for quite a while, I don’t feel I should be bothered having to recharge my watch every day. Besides, smart watches just happen to be yet another tracking device.

I’m actually a fan of simple dumb watches and clocks that can last a long time, or basically indefinitely. Or just amazing clocks in general…

Atmos Clock (Powered by atmospheric pressure changes): https://youtube.com/watch?v=Jzl8HutWvw0

Automatic Self Winding Watch: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZiubuxAAsXE

Solar Powered Watches: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oHxyp_0rW5M

Lego Mangle Rack Clock: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GUdlSYC1cCE

Digital Sundial: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wrsje5It_UU

Of course you don’t have to watch any of those videos if you don’t care to, but if you have any appreciation for awesome timekeeping devices, you’ll probably find all those videos rather interesting.

Edit: This happens to be my current watch, a Casio WS-1300H. Mine has a custom modified spiked wrist band…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WVAO4_AfPEY

https://lemmy.world/post/22860120

Happy Holidays!

I’m gonna drop an addendum…

A wristwatch should be able to at bare minimum last at least 24 hours (you know, like a full day), before it needs recharge.

Apple Watch is like the absolute worst example of this, it has an expected battery life of around 18 hours. It doesn’t even function as a proper watch if it can’t even last 24 hours.

My watch (not my first merry go round with dumb watches), can at least perform their intended timekeeping function for 5 to 10 years, depending on how often you use the backlight button.

Sometimes dumb tech is nice, I don’t wanna talk to my watch anyways, it’s just there to tell time…

Gotcha, understood.

Still, why is it that an Apple watch can’t even last 24 hours without needing a recharge, when I’m literally wearing a Casio designed to last 10 fucking years on a single button cell battery (that ain’t even rechargeable no less)?

Meanwhile, Apple and Samsung are probably actively trying to sweep this under the digital rug. They can’t have devices out there that last more than 2, maybe 3 years…