New Watch

[misshathaway]

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Originally Posted by W2R IMost days I know what day it is, because even as a retiree I need to know that most of the time. I need to know if I have an Amazon delivery scheduled for today.

Um yeah. You can stop there.

Now that you're going back to the gym don't you need some new workout gear? It could be motivating

[Aerides]

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Originally Posted by ugeauxgirl I like this and I'm looking for something like it- what brand is it and where did you get it?

I have something similar in my fitbit (model charge3 is around $150). My charge2 shows date and time, HR, steps, tracks time exercised, and prompts me to move a little at least every hour. The HR isn't perfect and hardcore athletes won't like it - anything without a chest strap is reading your wrist and has higher error rates. But it is good enough for someone who can live with a small margin of error.

There are similar other products to look through in this recent smartwatch thread.

http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...h-93067-3.html

(i like the looks of the samsung gearfit pro mentioned on page 3 of that thread, and might give it a go when my fitbit dies (they always die after about a year or two).

[street]

I never wore a watch a day in my life not saying they aren't a great thing, just wasn't for me. I must have got by some how, because I was on schedules each and everyday for 35 years. When I was in the office there were clocks, so it was never an issue.

[MRG]

When I w*rked I couldn't stand not wearing a watch. Never mind I was on a computer most the time, carried a cell or pager for 20+ years.

Took mine off the day I retired and haven't put it on in over 5 years.

[Ronstar]

I wear a Garmin 235, using it to track steps, heart rate, keep data on hikes and bike rides. Downloads to Garmin Connect where I can see the data/maps. It syncs with my phone so I can see who is texting/calling on my watch.

[Chapter 3]

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Originally Posted by Ronstar I wear a Garmin 235, using it to track steps, heart rate, keep data on hikes and bike rides. Downloads to Garmin Connect where I can see the data/maps. It syncs with my phone so I can see who is texting/calling on my watch.

Garmin Vivoactive 3 for me. Does great with the above and for my main two activities of running and golf. For me watches are about the activity tracking and that is it. Never wore a watch in my life before the activity trackers became available. I do recall getting pretty good at seeing other peoples watch faces when I happened to be at a place with no public clocks and I needed to know the time.

[easysurfer]

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Originally Posted by cooch96 Nice Citizen, OP! A good solar watch is the only movement not represented in my modest collection. I prefer windows over hands, but a day-date watch is super convenient for me.

My two watches that I use. The batteryless Casio I use about 99.9% of the time. The Pulsar if the cheap, Casio looks too cheap for formal ocassions like a wedding. But at a wedding, I'd probably wear the Casio anyhow as folks there are probably staring at their phones anyhow .

The Casio uses a capacitor, no battery. The Pulsar is solar, so I'm assume a rechargeable battery.