I was fortunate enough to get the first generation Apple Watch on launch day, so I’ve worn the watch for two weeks now. To get the watch on day one, I had to preorder at 2am as well as choose a sport band model instead of the leather loop that I originally wanted. The leather bands seem to be more supply constrained than the rest which makes sense since they come from a more finite natural resource than the rest.

I chose the stainless steel model which considering the watch is a piece of technology is not necessarily the most practical decision, but after seeing the watch in the store I was won over by its appearance. The stainless steel has a magnificent shine to it, and I am interested to see how the scratch resistance of the sapphire crystal on the screen holds up. So far, my Apple Watch looks like it did on the day I got it.

When first getting the watch, there was a different kind of experience than that of other Apple products. I got this long-awaited shiny new device and I wanted to be entertained by it. However, with the Apple Watch I quickly found that most things I would do for entertainment were a much better experience on the iPhone. My appreciation of the Apple Watch came with day-to-day use. There was the time when my watch face saved me from missing a meeting I had totally forgotten about. There’s also dictating text messages from my wrist and that slight disruption to my concentration when I am prompted to stand and move around for a bit.

Fitness and activity tracking have been one of my favorite features of the Apple Watch. The watch encourages you each day to burn a set amount of calories by moving, to exercise for at least 30 minutes, and to stand and move around for 12 different hours. The stand goal has been the trickiest so far, as I often found myself approaching bedtime with several hours with standing left. The heart monitoring is nice to have but takes a while to get a reading. If I hold my watch up to my eye while the heart-rate monitor is active, I can see a Borg-like green light flashing as it monitors my blood flow.

Overall, I think the software of the Apple Watch is solid. There are occasional bugs, but they aren’t the embarrassing things we saw in iOS 7. I don’t use the Digital Crown a lot unless I have to. I find scrolling by touch works equally as well, and I’m used to it. Force Touch is incredible. It is a gesture that makes you feel physically in control of the device, and it’s easy to remember and quick to access.

Third party apps are fairly slow right now; however, the speed somewhat depends on your distance the paired iPhone. I’ve found the Instagram app quite impressive and more useful than trying to digest a Twitter feed on the watch. The brain training app Elevate has a nice watch app and its great translation between platforms.

As a first generation product, the Apple Watch is quite impressive. I think the industrial design is beautiful and the software is on a great start. There are so many ways to get value out of this product and because of that I can’t seem to take it off my wrist.