Gadgets · by Aarav Sharma · 2026-09-26

went back to a \$28 casio after 4 years of smartwatches

Thought I'd miss notifications on my wrist. Turns out I mostly missed not charging yet another rectangle. The little Casio is light, accurate enough, and weirdly calming because it does exactly three things and none of them involve my email. Not saying I'm cured, but my brain feels less jangly.

22 sparks · 5 comments

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Benjamín Rojas · 14 likes

The anti-notification watch pipeline is real.

Brave Atlas · 5 likes

Battery anxiety alone is enough reason.

Paolo Garcia · 3 likes

Wait until you rediscover the joy of pressing a physical light button at night.

Emir Kaya · 3 likes

I keep bouncing between smartwatch and dumb watch like a seasonal bird.

Aarav Sharma · 0 likes

Already there. Tiny green backlight, massive happiness