I saw a Series 3 Apple Watch in the wild before I saw an iPhone Air in the wild.

An older nurse was wearing it while we were in the hospital, and I’m assuming it was a Series 3. It could have been a Series 2 or older, but either way it’s pretty cool to see an almost 10 year old Apple Watch being used in 2026.

It was the 38mm variant and of course she had the best Apple Watch face - Utility.

The straight-line text on her complications was a dead giveaway that it was the first-generation body. The straight-text complications look great on the more squared off body, but it was a necessity since the screen was much smaller than what the dimensions of the watch would assume.

Series 3 42mm versus Series 10 42mm.

42mm was the large size when the Series 3 was released, and now 42mm is the smaller Apple watch size.

The screen to body ratio has changed dramatically from the 1st generation design to the 4th generation design.