{"id":19010,"date":"2021-01-03T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itismadeineurope.com\/?p=19010"},"modified":"2024-03-27T04:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T04:53:54","slug":"how-to-choose-your-watch-the-alternative-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itismadeineurope.com\/watches\/how-to-choose-your-watch-the-alternative-way\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Choose Your Watch – The Alternative Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How To Chose Your Watch – The Alternative Way<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When buying a watch, people usually make their choice based on the looks or the brand. But there is also another way – why not go for the one that matches your lifestyle the best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each watch company represents individual sets of values and ideals through their investment in innovation, features to help you do what you do, their history and even a location. So, can you match it to your life, values, admiration to its engineering or a place that potentially means a lot to you? <\/span><\/p>\n

So here are some different watch ideas. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If you had to think for a moment, what are the most important things to you in your life, at the moment? What group of people do you want to ‘hang out’ with, in your ideal life? What does your personality say about you? Here are some examples to get you going:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Watch Ideas For The Outdoor Adventurers<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For such person Suunto would be the obvious choice. It is one of the few companies founded by an engineer. Tuomas Vohlonen was an adventurer who enjoyed orienteering in his spare time. To help him with the navigation through the forests, he invented the first liquid-filled compass. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since then (1936), the company has innovated all sorts of useful ‘outdoorsy’ technologies for wristwatches. And it paid off big – many explorers and adventurers use it all around the world.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I have one of these watches, and I am blown away by the number of features it has. It is not the place to list all of them, but the most jaw-dropping abilities of Suunto Ambit 3 watch include the storm warning (can be life-saving when climbing mountains), ability to track all types of sports and a GPS tracker which shows your way back to the pre-set point.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems that the location of the company also matters. Scandinavians love outdoors, so you can be sure that those Finland-based engineers are personally testing their innovations on those frequent trekking and sports trips across the wild mountains and forests. <\/span><\/p>\n

Another plus is that this part of the world is a leader in nature preservation and recycling. In turn, this is reflecting their manufacturing processes, material selection and ease of access to the repair service, instead of just throwing away and replacing.<\/span><\/p>\n

See our <\/span>Suunto Ambit 3 review<\/a> <\/strong>for the full list of features and capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For A Technology Geek <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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There is no other company in the world with a more compelling story as Apple. Steve Jobs’s embedded innovation and passion in the company’s culture. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most high-tech lovers do and will love Apple Watch for years to come. Get one, and you are part of the latest trend, part of the massive movement that gets lots of new features to test and (let’s be honest) brag about, with every new release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mind you, there are also other technological discoveries made by other watch companies. You can see more and more smartwatches coming to the market, including those issued by the traditional watchmaking companies. <\/span><\/p>\n

So don’t stop discovering, there will be (or potentially is?) a time when the Apple Watch is still the most popular, but not “the latest” any longer. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For The Funky People Who Like Sports <\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I always felt that smart watch designers have neglected funky people to like to add colour to their style. And no, I don’t think that changing a wallpaper on your Apple Watch is not it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to kinda boring looking Apple Watch, you can go with the Fitbit which has some colour but not much of a style. You can go with a dedicated, usually chunky and masculine looking sports watch. Some of them are quite nice, but you would rarely use them on a social night out. For most of us, it does not work as a main daily-wear watch either. <\/span><\/p>\n

Creative Withings team from Paris has finally come up with an interesting idea on how to design a hybrid watch that is smart but does not look anything like sports watches. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Withings Move is a second generation or hybrid watches that does the job of a smart watch while looking like the ordinary analogue watch. The display of information to you happens through activity tracking bar 0-100% that you can see on the face and through their dedicated app. <\/span><\/p>\n

This watch has all the functionalities you would expert from a sports watch: <\/span><\/p>\n