Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.::With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

    • grayman@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      My G Shock is super reliable and will never need a battery. No way I’m swapping it out for some fragile piece of junk screen that mostly displays a clock that dies every few days.

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        11 months ago

        Yup, some great g-shocks out there. I have dw5600. Awesome watch. Some day I will get the 5610.

        • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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          11 months ago

          I have had the same automatic (self winding) for over a decade. Wear it almost everyday, it gets beat up and used hard but still works great. And no batteries is nice.

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            11 months ago

            Nice, what brand?

            I like mechanical watches a lot although I don’t like the service cost lol.

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              11 months ago

              Well this one is more of a happy accident. It is a Fossil, and was a warranty replacement for a battery watch I bought. Have had not much luck with the battery Fossils but they seem to make a solid (or did not sure if they still do) automatics.

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        11 months ago

        This is peak “smart” watch for me: Sony-Ericsson MBW-100

        Having something similar with modern technology the battery life would be much longer, I don’t need a wrist phone.