WWho do you blame (for getting you into watches)?

[JonaG]

I ‘blame’ Apple, after receiving my Apple Watch in April 2015 I wore it pretty much consistently for 3 years. Before that, I wore a couple of Seiko’s and Casio’s. It dawned on me that the Apple Watch wasn’t a watch at all, it was difficult to read the time at a glance heading for a train on the Tokyo commute. I’d often get a congrats notification that I’d hit this or that for the week ( I know prob could be turned off but i never did). The gyro was not sensitive enough to handle a slight turn of the wrist to check time while holding onto a train strap (I’m a leftie but wear on the left wrist). In the end, I wanted a time only watch which led me to vintage Longines, a modern Oris and a 114270 Explorer. I do believe that if I had not had the Apple Watch I would still be happily wearing a Seiko. No regrets here, I am loving learning more about mechanical watches and I feel this will bring many a young person to Swiss mechanical watches in the future (am not young, 40+).

As for the Apple Watch, it’s great piece of tech in many respects, but it ain’t a watch as I know it Jim. I love it for cycling and still use it as my primary alarm clock.

What was the catalyst to get you into watches?