My Apple watch dilemma vs my Rolex Daytona.

[richard371]

Im a huge fan of high end mechanical watches. Ive had many over the years including Rolex, Panerai, Omega, Zenith etc. What I'm am finding is that its harder and harder not to want to wear my AW5. I find the tool so functional and useful. I use the notifications, complications, health metrics etc. Yes its not a piece of high end mechanical jewelry that will last generations and looks nice but the functionality is now almost perfect with he AW5 and it will only get better. The DLC coated Titanium case, with sapphire/ceramic is not too shabby from a materials stand point.

My Daytona 116500LN white is such a beautiful watch and my grail but useless functionality wise as I don't need a watch just to tell time. It's mechanical, collectable, and will last years not to mention one of the hottest watches in the world. Obviously I like it in that respect 1000x more then the AW.

My problem is I'm starting to find the AW a must wear due to its form follows function design. I want to wear the Daytona every day but the AW is far more useful in my day to day life. I can't bring myself to look like a douche and wear one on each arm lol. Right now I can glance at it in any light condition and easily tell the time, temp, timers, messages, notifications, date, GMT, HR. I have 9 complications on the face now that I use everyday.

Its to my understanding that the Swiss watch market is booming and so is the smart watch market but most people I know now are wearing an AW. Are people just buying all these high end mechanicals and saving them only to wear during special occasions or is the Swiss watch industry fudging there sales numbers? Anyone else stuck in this situation? First world problem I know lol.

And no I'm not giving up my Daytona :)