First, I think there is nothing wrong with the way the Ultra looks for its intended market. Rugged sport watches should look like this. And they pretty much all do. The things I dislike about the Ultra have practical reasons for being. I used to wear a humongous Garmin sport watch for running.
BUT…I was never wanting to wear my Garmin to work or out on a date. And I don’t think I’ll ever want to wear this Ultra whenever I’m dressing up either.
There are 5 things I hate about the design when I consider wearing it as a normal everyday watch.
There is nothing that can be done about the first 3 but the last 2 are solvable.
I got out my trusty Dremel this morning and forever rid my Ultra of that nasty orange on the action button. Then I proceeded to give the watch a brushed finish like my old Titanium Series 5 Edition has. I gotta say, I’m really liking my Ultra more after this.
I still won’t ever wear it with a suit, but I’m more likely now to use it when going out and about in town in jeans.
There are 5 things I hate about the design when I consider wearing it as a normal everyday watch.
- The ”tallness” on the wrist
- The hunchback which is the crown guard
- The holes everywhere
- The orange button
- The finish which looked like Starlight aluminum.
There is nothing that can be done about the first 3 but the last 2 are solvable.
I got out my trusty Dremel this morning and forever rid my Ultra of that nasty orange on the action button. Then I proceeded to give the watch a brushed finish like my old Titanium Series 5 Edition has. I gotta say, I’m really liking my Ultra more after this.
I still won’t ever wear it with a suit, but I’m more likely now to use it when going out and about in town in jeans.
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