My Pixel Watch 2 survived many bumps and falls; what about yours?

With information of the approaching Pixel Watch 3 fusing left, proper, and heart, I’ve been taking a look at my Pixel Watch 2 a bit extra attentively and pondering of every little thing I recognize about it and all of the small or massive modifications I’d prefer to see in its follow-up. However one side slipped my thoughts till I bumped my Watch 2 in opposition to the door simply 20 minutes in the past, and I believed, “Rattling, this should’ve scratched it!” Then I regarded on the show and, nicely, nothing.

It occurred to me that this has been a frequent theme during the last 22 months with each Pixel watches. I’m a slipshod individual by nature. I hit my fingers in opposition to doorways, furnishings, and random objects about as soon as per week. Most of them are easy bumps, however some are actually thudding collisions. I’ve additionally scraped my hand — and thus my smartwatch — in opposition to pocket and backpack zippers extra typically than I’d prefer to admit. I hate to confess it, however I’ll have additionally dropped the watch a few instances earlier than carrying it, whereas taking it off, or whereas charging it.

And each single time this has occurred, proper earlier than I checked the watch, there was that sinking dread that I’d simply smashed that massive bumpy dome. I’ve seen sufficient photographs of shattered Pixel watches to get a chilly backbone shiver at that psychological picture, particularly figuring out that Google can’t restore the Pixel Watch; it may possibly solely exchange it. Contributing to extra e-waste just isn’t one thing I try for.

Besides that — knock on wooden — this hasn’t occurred to me but. Each time, after each bump, thud, and scratch, I’ve discovered my unique Pixel Watch and my Pixel Watch 2’s rounded domes in pristine situation. 12 months with the unique, 10 months with the Watch 2, and all I can see is one teensy superficial scratch on each watches that I can’t even present in any picture. I’m high quality with that.

My Android Authority colleague, C. Scott Brown, who additionally wears his Pixel Watch 2 on daily basis, hasn’t had any show scratches, however the matte black on his watch has been scraped in a single spot. Mine has a silver physique and has survived all scuffs in an immaculate state.

However what about you? Has your Pixel Watch or Watch 2 survived some respectable abuse? Or are you much less clumsy than us? Or did you expertise a giant scratch or break within the watch? Let me know within the ballot beneath and go away a remark!