I don't think the HN crowd is a fan of watches in general, and this doesnt seem like it will be the exception. The question is if in general people are going to buy this thing.
I like watches myself (have quite a few, have collected american pocket watches in the past). I don't think this has a lot to do with the demographics of the viewers as much as it has to do with Apple not changing much about the watch. If this actually is a complete re-design, I view this as Apple Watch 1.0 v2. They haven't meaningfully expanded what the watch does or introduced new ideas around how it could be used.
The Series 2 is a better Apple Watch, but it's not much more than the Apple Watch was. I don't see many reasons for someone who passed on the first to buy the second. I think that's the source of the reaction here.
I don't know, I own 4 watches of varying functions/prices. Those who love horology treat it like car nuts -- it's less about practicality and advancements and more about the sentiment behind it. I'd take my 21 jewel seiko SKX007 over any smartwatch any day of the week. To me, and many other watch lovers, the Apple Watch really is just a watch by name only.
Well the Gen 1 version suffered from ever decreasing sales. So right now it would seem as though the HN crowd and general public are in sync when it comes to interest in the watch. I guess you could argue GPS support could create a strong use case with the fitness vertical and that is not well represented here but not sure if that's true.
But for how long? "Apple Watch shipments were a different story, with Apple being the only company to post a year-on-year decrease in shipments - almost 58% down" That's from IDC's 2nd quarter report. I appreciate that you might be a big fan but I seriously doubt Rolex is going down 58% YoY.
This is a perfect distillation of otherwise intelligent people losing their capacity for reason when it comes to anything Apple-related. Just ... just "lol".
