I have a confession. I had little interest in the Apple Watch when it first went on sale 10 years ago. With a starting price of $349 — or roughly $472 by today’s dollars when accounting for inflation — and a rather clunky design, that first watch neither agreed with my bank account nor my sense of style.
Back then, the Apple Watch was more of a companion to the iPhone than a standalone device in its own right; the original model didn’t even have GPS. With no desire to be inundated with digital notifications on a clunky wearable screen, I didn't take it too seriously.
