Opposite of smartwatch
What do you call a watch that isn't a smart watch? A dumb watch? Just "a watch"? Something else?
I checked Wiktionary and it didn't have any antonyms.
Solution 1:
You are looking for the retronym ("a new name for something that differentiates the original from a more recent form or version").
The adoption of a retronym requires two things:
- the new version being sufficiently popular
- time
In the case of the smart-watch, neither has happened yet.
Solution 2:
"Conventional watch" seems neutral and descriptive to me. I found several articles that refer to non-smart watches this way, usually in contrast to the Apple watch, as well as some use in forums:
Conventional watch sales slide after Apple Watch launch, NPD says (http://appleinsider.com/articles/15/08/07/conventional-watch-sales-slide-after-apple-watch-launch-npd-says)
"Its smartwatch looks like a conventional watch but a small dial at the six o’clock position provides the wearer of the Mondaine Helvetica No 1 Smart via an analogue representation the data that monitors activity and sleep." (http://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tech-gaming/how-fine-watch-brands-are-embracing-the-smartwatch-revolution-a3112071.html)
[Should I choose a] smartwatch or conventional watch? (https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/smartwatch-or-conventional-watch.283809/)
As Malvolio noted, there doesn't seem to be an accepted term in common use yet. I personally like "conventional watch" because it avoids the negative connotations of "dumbwatch" or "legacy watch", doesn't conflate types of watches with the history of types of phones (see "brick watch", "feature watch"), and avoids confusion with existing watch types (such as "analog watch" or "digital watch"). Compare with conventional art, conventional warfare, etc.
Solution 3:
The opposite of smartphone is sometimes called dumbphone, so by analogy you could call a non-smartwatch a dumbwatch if you want to accent the difference.