Ask Mike: The death of the wristwatch
Hey Guys,
Consider for a moment the wristwatch. For centuries (or at least a whole lot of decades), it’s been a mainstay. For some, it was a fashion choice. For others, it was a necessity–people needed a way to know what time it was. But now, with cell phones everywhere, are wristwatches going the way of the typewriter?
Anecdotally, the evidence certainly points that way. In meetings, at malls, and on planes, I notice fewer and fewer people wearing watches and checking their phones instead. I did some research on the Web to see if the statistics backed up the observations.
I’m hardly the first to postulate this theory. Back in 2005, the St. Petersburg Times ran a story on the growing trend of young people shunning watches in favor of phones. A story from ABC explains that watch sales fell 10% from 2005 to 2006 among the “price category most frequently purchased by teens and young adults.”
Slate hosts an interesting article that focuses on Fossil watches–in 2005 and 2006, sales fell with a moderate thud. And MSNBC reports that nearly two-thirds of teenagers never wear a watch. Makes sense–as the article points out, you can now get the time not just from your phone, but from your computer, your cable box, and the clock in the car.
I also found an official UK report on watch sales. It’s a little dense, but from what I can tell, they’re on the decline. Whether that’s due to cell phones, the economy, or both, I’m not really sure.
What about you guys? Do you still wear a watch or has your cell phone rendered it obsolete? Please leave a comment below.
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I still wear a wrist watch, I can’t be without it!
I would prefer to wear a wristwatch over using a phone. I would have to dig my phone out but instead look at my wrist.
I still wear a watch, but I also have a cell phone. However, I usually don’t need to use it to check the time. I agree that people are converting from watches to cell phones very rapidly, but it is obvious people just don’t think watches are as useful as cell phones.
I still use a wristwatch, but that’s probably because i dont have a cell phone. But you gotta admit, some watches are pretty darn sexy.
I agree with you. Less and less of my friends wear watches. I mean, I still do wear a silver wristwatch because I don’t always have my phone with me for school and wear it as an accessory and a necessity. I’m a very punctual person, and I still don’t think I could make it without my watch.
i used to have a watch back in 2005 but ever since 2007 i haven’t had one since
i always just use my phone
I don’t think a cell phone battery can beat a watch battery. For me the battery in my watch lasts over 5 years opposed to my phone lasts about 1 day. So I carry a watch on me because its more reliable and less maintenance intensive (I don’t have to worry about recharging it). However that is also why I don’t like my cell phone. (battery life and having to buy new batteries).
I’ll never part with my watches.
I have a whole watch collection. My parents won’t let me have a cell phone so I have to wear watches to know what time it is. I don’t really like carrying around a cell phone in my pocket anyway, makes a big bulge. Being as how I’m going to be driving soon though, I’m going to have to talk with them about getting a phone so I don’t end up stranded on the side of the road or something lol.
Runners still want to wear sport timers, and the easiest place to have one is on the wrist.
I still wear a wristwatch. Even though I carry my cell phone every where. It’s more trouble pulling out the phone than to twist my wrist over.
I use to be an avid watch wearer. But about a year after I got my first cell phone I ditched my watch (it was easier at work) for the time on my cell.
No, I would never give up my wristwatch, I feel naked if I’m not wearing it.
Usually I do wear a watch, but a couple months ago the leather band broke and I’m trying to build up the cash to invest in a really nice watch I can keep for a long time. As for now, the cell phone is my time-keeper.
I wear a wristwatch everyday but only because of xc. So I don’t think I’d be wearing a watch otherwise.
Personally, I need to use a watch for work. Using the stopwatch on my cell phone just isn’t practical for timing at patient’s pulse/respirations, plus it’d get blood or some other bodily fluid all over my phone!
Nope, not anymore. That was the first to go after I got the ubiquitous cell phone. I never wanted a cell phone, but once I started dating it was a necessity. I wish I could ditch the cell phone entirely, but I always worry that I might get stuck on the side of the road…and wonder what time it is.
That’s rather interesting though I’ve never thought of much of it. I can understand people fishing out their cell phones from their pocket to find out the time, and it’s more convenient to run around with a phone rather than just a watch since you can do so much more with it.
I myself find drawbacks using your phone as a watch. In school, classes and certain volunteering sites phones are prohibited or a kept out of site because of peoples tendencies to text or play games, diverting their own attention and irritating others. Thus, using you phone in is hard and if you caught with it out, whether just looking at the time or not, it most probably will be taken away (mostly in school). Then, phones die, and quickly, especially for me because I forget to recharge my phone, and it becomes useless. I also find it annoying that I have to press a button or slide my phone so the lights go on to see the time, and it was easier just looking at my sports watch.
Nowadays my sports watch is in disrepair, but I’m not entirely depending on my phone, for now I have a pocket watch, which if anything else, are starting to grab some minority’s appeal. Yes, phones are in the majority, but I don’t think the watch would be totally wiped out either.
I had to do a report on this, once.
i still like watches and i have a cell phone
but i know it IS true less people are starting to use watches…
I still wear a watch, albeit a cheap one… it’s more convenient than looking at my phone constantly
i still use and like my wristwatch but i wear it for its aesthetics
I still wear a watch because my school doesn’t allow cellphones to be out, and the watch is a bit mroe accesible since its on your wrist..
I’d have to say not. I’ve never been one to use a wristwatch and frequently use my cell phone to see what time it is, however, my entrance into the nursing field has me now staring at the second hand my cell phone doesn’t have. It’s impractical to use a cell phone at all times to tell time.
I still wear a watch because I don’t have to take it out of my pocket and open it up. Also when the school clocks are malfunctioning and your not aloud to take your cell out the watch helps. Wrist watches also make you feel rich.
Yea I’ve noticed, I have 3 watches, 2 Bulovas and a Fossil (it was a gift)… I had a third Bulova but I sold it… At times I feel I wear my watch just as a fashion item, because when I need the time I quickly dig into my left pocket, which ironically is the same hand I use my watch on.
I love my watches though, I’ve had a bunch since I started working, when I was sixteen, like 5 years ago, I think their appreciation has faded because of technology… One of my watches is an automatic self-winding, I like showing the back of it since it has a “viewing window”, it let’s people appreciate the mechanics of it.
I only use my phone. I am allergic to nickle and it’s in everything metal almost. If it is up next to my skin for long, I get a rash. The cell phone has been a Godsend for me because I can’t wear a watch. I now don’t have to ask passers by what the time is because I can just look at my phone.
I wear a watch but there are so many clocks around now (cellphone, computer, appliances, car, billboards and signs, payphones, guy with watch) I could live without it but my wrist would feel naked. Plus I choose to wear a watch for style or for what it can do other than telling time.
I wear my watch everywhere….not necessarily for time, but just for appearance.
I use my iPod Touch, computer, PS3, or any other available electronic instead of a watch.
Haven’t worn one in the past few years.
I love the watch, still have use for it.
why cant i have both
I hate being teathered to a phone. I will move heaven and earth to look for my misplaced watch, but could do without cellphones. I need a watch at work (i frequently have to record times and am on the go all the time). I need a watch when I am outside working in the yard-oh yeah I forget the younger generation never goes outside, unless they are getting in the car to go to a friends house,-they sit and watch cable tv and play video games and have cell phones so of course they don’t need a watch. When I recently went shopping for a digital watch I was shocked to see the lack of selection at my local mass merchanidiser. guess it is because watches are a dying breed.
I use my phone pretty much all the time to check the time. Although the one place I can’t use my cell? Work…. Although I still don’t wear a watch because I’m a cashier and have the time conviently displayed on my computer, if I weren’t a cashier I would definetly invest in a watch… not knowing the time and not being able to use my cell to see that would drive me crazy. So I honestly don’t think that watches will ever be completely useless. (Plus I agree with the comment about battery life in watches versus cell phones… what if you’re out camping or something? no power to charge your cell…)
I used to work in jewelry/watches in a department store up until recently. Watches are still incredibly popular for gift-giving and back-to-school. Mostly, I’ve found, it’s used as more of a fashion statement (the Guesses and DKNYs) or as a statement of status (the Movados and Rolexes).
I own 3 watches, and if I had the money, I’d have so many more. I don’t really use them to tell the time, they’re more like jewelry to me (and to many people as well).
Cell Phones > Wrist Watches.
Unless it’s made out of Gold.
Not only do I still wear a wristwatch, it is my grandmother’s. I wear it everyday and I feel lost without it. In my opinion, it is much easier than pulling out your cell phone.
I still wear a watch! They are so useful, and phones aren’t allowed to be on at school. Plus they look great!
I wear one constantly.
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My wristwatch is more convenient than my cellphone.
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The demise of cursive writing is also predicted.
In China, there are many teens and young adults who don’t like to wear a watch that they needed a way to know what time it was by mobile phone. but some the whilte collar likes to wear a watch that it was status symbol.
In my view, if you know what time it was anywhere that you shoud be taken a mobile phone becuase of two good way for you. firstly anywhere you can use mobile to contact with anyone to know what time it was , i think that’s very good .
I still use my Victorinox wrist watch when I remember to put it on. It’s not always necessary nowadays because I do have cell phone and car clock. My cell phone has an advantage in that assuming the battery has power, the day and time will always be accurate. With your watch, even if you have a high quality one, you never know, because when the battery starts to go, it slows down.
My brother has never worn a watch, even before cell phones came out. Some people just don’t like wearing watches.
My wrist watch has the advantage of being smaller and lighter than a cell phone. When I’m jogging and/or hiking, I can more quickly judge how far I’ve gone by looking at my watch as opposed to pulling out my phone.
nope
i dont use a watch i use my ph. much easier to use my ph. I think that the watch is going to be pretty much obsolete i think that pretty much the only purpose it serves to most young people now is a fashion accessory
When they develop cell phones that fit on your wrist, or are implanted directly into your brain (such that you will automatically be aware of what time it is) then wrist watches will be obsolete – though they may last a long time as jewelery. Some people like to have things on their arms, but a bracelet is too gay.
I agree that a lot of people use their cellphones now and it is more practical.
But people who really care go for watches and for people who really care, they go for good stylish watches. I usually don’t mind my clothes as long as they are clean and look decent. But I never go anywhere without my watch and when I get compliments or people asking about it, that is my reward.
I have a beautiful automatic Longines Chronograph. And it means more to me than a cellphone anyday
a watch is like a girl that is always with you. good looking and good to look at. it shows class.
i never wore a wristwatch ever. and yes i use my phone.
i never actually realized this event. wow.
I have a cell phone, but still wear a wristwatch every day. The phone is usually either in my pocket or purse, so it’s easier to just look at my watch. Plus, I feel naked without the watch. I’ll never part with it.
You know. There’s a 100 year old watch found in a 400 year old tomb. It baffles experts. Here’s the youtube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOeU7cBN8TQ
no dude wrist watches are jewelery, thats like saying that necklaces are getting replaced by Ipod’s its and accessory piece therefore it cant die unless it becomes less cool like for example pocket watches
I use it when sometimes. Mostly for running, as the timer is nifty. Mine is only a cheap one, though I would love to own a pocket watch. Those things are really interesting looking!
I never actually use my wristwatch. I only tell time off my phone, which is always with me where ever i go.
I have my wristwatch only when I get dressed up to show off because it’s really nice (expensive).
Call me old-fashioned, but I will continue to wear a wrist watch as long as I need to know the time. I have worn watches since I was a teenager. I like my cell phone, and I do check my watch against it for the correct time, but there are times it is best to turn the cell phone off (such as in church or school) and the wrist watch is acceptable anywhere.
I work in a shop where I am just about the only person who wears a watch and people are always asking me what time it is–and most of them carry cell phones.
My current watch, by the way, is a self-winding Seiko that was a gift from a dear friend. It has a transparent back cover, so you can see the balance wheel, springs and gears. Very cool. If I didn’t have it I would wear a battery-powered quartz watch with day and date.
To look at time on phone:
dig phone out of backpack
turn phone on
look at time
turn phone off
put away
To look at time on watch:
turn wrist, maybe shoot cuff if hidden
My phone replacing my watch? I don’t think so!
I agree that people aren’t wearing watches. I work in IT, and when I started 20 years ago, for some reason, IT people all wore Seiko watches, almost exclusively – now no watch.
I wear my rist watch at all times. I would never be on time without it. My cell phone is always somewhere other than on me or turned off because I don’t like getting annoying calls every second. I see most professionals and businessmen still wearing them. It gives you more of a professional look. Not so sure about women but for men it is still fashionable. I think it is mostly the younger generations who have stopped wearing watches.
I find my watch to be invaluable. AND iI also find that the time om my computer and my phone are often wrong!
A wristwatch can be used as a fashion statement. A nice watch can make you look sexy. I have a cellphone but still wear a watch because i look damn sexy with a watch. People tell me so.
There are phone watches.
I wore a wrist watch from 1984 till 2006 since then I havent had one on exept for going out to
dinner and half the time it is just gawdy jewelry for me to go *bling*if it works at all. I am a watch killer now. They die while I am wearing them fresh battery and all.
My phone wakes me up sends documents calls the wife and everything. plus tells time though I am rough with them I rely on it
I don’t think watches will go away completely. It’s much faster to turn your wrist and look at it than it is to dig in your purse/pocket, pull out your phone, and flip it open.
Plus, you can’t overlook the fashion aspect. Some people would probably still wear watches even if they had a clock in front of them 24-7, because they just look so sharp.
I still wear a watch, in fact I feel naked without one. But then again, I’m a 60 year old fossel myself.
I’m 18 and almost always wore a watch in high school. I did notice that I was usually the only one who was wearing one. I’m not wearing them nowadays though cuz they’re all either broken or need a new battery which I’ve yet to get haha. I find watches more conventient than phones. I can just look down at my wrist, rather than opening up my bag, and possibly digging through it. In college I’m always carrying books so I’d rather not have to go through all that just to check the time
I wear a watch because Ican’t see my cell phone time without my glasses…
I usually wear it when I go to school, I find it more convenient to lift my arms and look at a clock, then go pulling out my cell phone out of my overstuffed bag. It’s also handy when you’re in class and you don’t want to be seen pulling out your cell phone to check the time in front of a teacher (who doesn’t want to see cell phones in class).
Today my friend couldn’t tell what time it was because her cell phone was out of power, she’s now thinking about getting a wristwatch of her own now.
I love my watch , have had it for 15 years and still going strong. Occasionally I forget my watch and then I have to rely on my cell phone…..What about the public pay phone? Since everyone has a cell phone , there is no need to put up public pay phones at the gas stations,libraries, or other public places. and the same goes for phone booths. What a shame.
as long as there are runners, there will be wristwatches. well, the cheap ones anyways.
How do you generate these interesting topics day after day? I wish I had your logic for my college papers lol
I don’t wear a watch because I’m in the habit of losing them. I always find myself a big old clock on the wall to look on. Otherwise I ask someone else, who is actually wearing a wristwatch often and only rarely checks their phone.
I don’t usually carry around a cellphone.
I am sixteen and never without my watch. If I don’t wear it, my wrist feels weird! I have to wear it for school, considering phones are banned to limit cyberbullying, but I never use my phone for that anyway. I love my watch to bits.
I gave up the watch when the last battery went, couldn’t be bothered to buy a new one and the time is on my phone anyway. I guess I trust my phone, it doesn’t slow down when it’s battery is getting low, it just goes off. So it’s either right or it’s not working.
I wear a watch. As someone else mentioned, it’s much easier to look at my wrist than dig through my pocket. Although, I honestly wouldn’t have owned one unless somebody didn’t give me this one for Christmas. I’ve had it for four years on the same battery and it hasn’t lost a minute. It’s been a dependable time piece.
Cell phones aren’t necessarily phones anymore, now they are computers, cameras, mp3 players, gps devices, the whole shebang. I like to look at it as if pocket watches are coming back in style.
I carry a pocketwatch, what century am I in?
I never like wristwatches, I would carry a pocket watch, but now that I have my cell in my pocket there is no room for the pocket watch so it gets left at home and has been for almost 10 years now, thats when I got my first cell phone, so yes I feel watches on wrist and pockets are a thing of the past, unless they make a wrist cell phone.
Many jobs won’t allow employees to use cell phones while on the clock. (Text messaging and Net surfing are distractions I guess). Watches can still be worn for those jobs, though.
I still wear a watch, and I’ll check my phone if I happen to forget my watch, and sometimes even when my watch is on and my phone is out my eyes will just flick down to my laptops little clock. So…yeah. Plus it’s easier on a regular basis to just look at your wrist rather than pull out your cell every time you need the time.
I’m a Swiss trained watchmaker. I make watches with Swiss movements and repair Swiss watches. I really don’t care what the kids are doing. It’s a passing phase. The brand you spoke of and others like it are cheap pieces of Japanese junk assembled in China. All of those brands that people think are American like Kenneth Cole, Guess, Diesel are made this way. The only Japanese watch worth having is the Casio G-Shock simply because it is the world’s toughest watch, flight qualified by NASA. A ‘real’ watch is Swiss and mechanical, either wind-up or automatic. I have a collection of them and they are all more accurate than a quartz watch. The Swiss are good at it. An atomic quartz is the only thing more accurate. Get a real watch. It will last you a lifetime.
I still wear wristwatches,I have four,from sport watches to fashion watches.I can’t live without them.I am a cyclist and I have to check the time on the go which I can not on a cellphone,also sport watches have features that are useful for sports addict like me
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I don’t have my cell phone with me all the time (especially inside the house), and it’s inconvenient to have to take it out of my pocket every time I wanted to check the time, so I have to use a wristwatch instead.
My wristwatch is a mechanical wristwatch with an automatic winding mechanism. In other words it has no battery, no quartz crystal, and nothing electrical at all – it keeps time solely by using springs and gears. It winds itself up automatically with the normal movement of my arm so I never have to wind it or replace the battery. Automatic watches have been known to run non-stop for 30 years if they’re worn at least once a day. So if I ever get stuck on a desert island, my watch will keep running long after everyone else’s mobile phones run out of battery!
P.S. Some chinese manufatcurer has managed to make a wristwatch that doubles as a mobile phone, so that’s what might ultimately become the compromise of choice…
Yes. I still wear a wrist watch. A Type A-11, U.S. Army Air Forces wrist watch from 1944. It belonged to my Grandfather, who was in the Army Air Force in WW-II. He gave it to my dad when he went into the Air Force and shipped out to Vietnam. My dad gave it to me when I joined the Air Force and I plan to give it to one of my sons if they join the Air Force. I don’t think wrist watches will die, there are always occupations where you can’t take a cell phone. Besides, Pocket watches, which pre-dated Wrist watches, are still around…just not in great numbers. Wrist watches will still be around a 100 years from now.
Yep! The cellphone have rendered it obsolete as in my case. My cellphone had a reminder and other function that we used in our daily lives. Just like the case with typewriter, computer with printer is the choice over it..
No most certainly not.
Phones are not allowed to be used in a lot of places, particularly important bussiness meetings and exams.
Besides all of that it just looks really bad to be looking at your phone for the time.
Digital watches didnt completely overtake analog and that was for a good reason, quality watches with top of the line japanese or european movement are very accurate and you can do a lot of nifty things such as time hacking where you can sychronise your watches like in the old WW2 movies.
Yeah I have to agree with that. My mindset has always been on the watches favor, but I find on those days I am wearing a watch I instinctively reach into my pocket to check the time before I even think about flipping my wrist. I can see how people like runners and doctors have the need for a sports watch but day today the ‘cosmetic’ watch is becoming an unnecessary weight on our arms that people today just don’t feel like inconveniencing themselves with.
im never without my watch, its just as much a fashion statement as convenience, who wants to pull a phone out of their pocket when ever they need to check the time?
Any mobile phone’s battery will be down after a few days unless connected to some source of electricity, also the clocks of mobile phones aren’t very precise.
My wristwatch runs on solar energy and regularly gets its time signal from the DCF77 station, so it’s always right and never runs out of battery. It can also be used on board an aeroplane and wherever else it’s forbidden to switch on mobile phones, and as it’s always on the wrist, I don’t have to worry about taking the mobile phone with me. And I can even wear it in the swimming pool.
So while it’s possible to see the time on a mobile phone it cannot replace the wristwatch.
I quit wearing a watch when I got a cell phone. I keep the phone in my pocket and it is always handy. I’m a large person and cheap watches never fit and I am too cheap to buy an expensive one. The cell phone has provided me with all I need. And I can even set an alarm if I need it.
Actually, I find more people in school wearing wristwatches then getting caught playing with their phone. Since several teachers won’t allow us to use our phones during class time, we simply wear a wristwatch.
The irony? A timepiece can be timeless.
Nothing is quite the same as a ticking piece of art on your wrist.
Watches don’t just tell the time. They are more than accessories.
I don’t think that anything can beat the convenience of looking at your wrist for the time. Give me another decade before we have your cellphone project the time holographically to the corner of your eye. But before that happens, the watch remains a convenient timekeeper.
I’ll just get a watch phone. How `bout THEM apples!
How dull, looking at the digital readout on a phone. Do people have no sense of style these days?
A watch, especially the face can be like a piece of art, besides, how much quicker is it to look at your wrist, than fumble about for the brick in your pocket!
Also, if you want to see the time in say, the cinema it’s a lot less intrusive than lighting up the whole row with your phone screen.
Suppose it proves that technology isn’t always for the better!
Although young people don’t wear watches. I think they don’t know the convenience of having the time right on there wrist. You don’t have to fish around in your pocket for your phone. With a slight turn of the wrist and the time is right their. Besides, I’m looking forward to the gold watch you get when you retire.
I have a mobile but I want a watch so i can tell the time without having to get my phone out of my pocket… you are allowed watches in tests, but not phones…
hey man i dont wear my watch anymore i stopped wearin it in 2005 when i got a cellphone with accurate digital clock!
I stopped wearing wrist watch 3 years back. I’m using my cell phone to know the time. As my marriage date is near, i’m planning to buy one.!!
I always wear my wristwatch! It was a present from my mother and I never take it off (unless I shower or sleep) I’m forever looking at it, and if I do take it of I still look at my wrist to check the time, force of habit!
Yes, I still wear one and wouldn’t be without one. I take it off to shower and to go to bed…aside from that, nearly always have a watch on. I certainly check the time on other devices, even my phone on occasion, but I see these less as a substitute for a watch and more as an alternative option at a particular moment in time.
A watch is more than just a timepiece; it is an extension of us, our style and tastes. For men, it is one of the few accessories we have that allows us to show our style, be it conservative or progressive, or anything in between, often regardless of the environment we live and work.
Granted, I’m beyond the age demographic of much of the focus and future watch buyers. While the tides may change a little, I truly hope that watches do not fall out of favor…would be a said day.
I also own about 20 watches and picking the watch for the day is one of the fun parts of the morning.
Ask those with upper end professions, premier league footballers and those who think they are premier league footballers those who think they are upper class or those who think they got money (and on the verge of bankrupcy). They will always need watches (expensive ones) to show everybody that they got money and status, in a honest term to, professionalise themselves
Thats my opinion pof what some own these watches for, though for myself it would be nice own one of these watches as a chronograph enthisiast myself but I got other things to spend my money on – I don’t personally think wristwatch will ever go extinct, 1 because I have tried and I have trouble keeping time, also IMO making wristwatch extinct in favour of mobile phones is akin to stepping back to 2 centuries when we had pocket watch – do we want to make wristwatch extinct and go back 2 centuries
Well of course it will remain, but more so as a fashion accessory I suppose, though it sometimes provides more information then a handphone such as temperature altitude date day etc in a much more conveniet way.
I can’t think of going anywhere without my wristwatch. If it’s absent from my wrist, i feel incomplete.
I know people with iPhones that would ask me for the time because I have a watch. Something about taking out their phone…they just don’t think it instinctual, or rather, they don’t consider it to be quick. I myself tried going without a watch for quite some time, but having bought a phone that requires me to open it to see the time (unlike the previous phone), I just know that I will likely not part with my watch soon.
I own three wristwatches, and about a dozen antique pocket watches. I still like the old things that are mechanical. I also like the fact that a watch is water resistant. A phone is not.
I haven’t worn a watch for years. I have a mobile phone, but I don’t carry it around with me. Personally I find it annoying to have this thing strapped to my arm or something in my pocket, like an umbilical cord to the rest of the world. Let go.
Nope, still wear a watch. In fact, not only is my wristwatch a necessity for checking the time, but I still enjoy wearing them as an accessory. It’s easier [for me] to glance at my right arm, than it is to pull out and disable the screen lock of my phone, just to see the time. I doubt you’ll see a decline in wristwatches.
I think a wristwatch is often more convenient than using a cell phone or computer. I can glance at my wristwatch without holding something in my hands. I don’t have to pull my wristwatch out of a bag, holster, or pocket. I don’t need electricity to keep my wristwatch going; just a battery with a long life. I don’t need to carry cords, cables, or chargers to keep my wristwatch going. I don’t have to push any buttons to keep time with my wristwatch, I can use the second hand. I don’t worry about getting my wristwatch wet if it is raining or I am at the beach, it’s unlikely that I’d drop my wristwatch in a puddle, but if I did it would still work. I can swim or dive wearing a wristwatch. I can use my wristwatch in a theater, a meeting, at dinner, or other quiet places without offending anyone else.
So, yes, I still wear a wristwatch; not everyday, but most days.
I have both a cell and a calculator watch (casio 150). I have been wearing the same model for nearly 15 years.
I would be lost without it. In fact my family knows that I have a calculator watch and ask me to do calculations on it (car loans, etc).
I’ve actually never been big on wearing watches and have only done so when I’ve received them as gifts. I do now use my cell phone most of the time, but I honestly think if I liked wearing watches, I would (because some of them are just so cute!). I cannot have my cell phone on my person at work, so I do use a clip-on type watch there. Even though I prefer my phone to a watch, I have to agree with the person who said that it’s impractical to use a cell phone at all times.
I think If they released a watch that acted like an iPhone then everyone will come back to watches. Also most teachers confiscate phones so a watch is more safe at school.
I still wear a watch. I have a watch that is solar and sets itself to the nuclear clocks (via radio) every night so I don’t have to worry about it.
Car clocks are notoriously wrong, cell phones are close bug differ, too. To each their own.
I allways use my wach, and im a teenager. But im the only one in my school, most of them just use thier phone (against the rules o.o) and then they get it tooken away and ask me for the time, and theres very few of them who can even read a 24 hour clock like my wach, or read a regualar clock insted of digital. So they pretty much must have a 12hour digital watch or theier skrewd, but they dont get one, idk why, maby were getting so pampered and spoiled that our IQ is goin down? i might just be normal, but compaired to all these reatrds (excuse my slang, not REAL retards, just somthing i say) i might just be normal, just the only one not getting dumber…or am i….are we all??
I have a watch on a beltloop. For me it’s much more convenient Wristwatches can get in the way and are too easily damaged. Same with cell phones.
I don’t wear a wristwatch, and not many people I know wear them either. And some other those who do only wear a watch as a piece of jewellery. I always have my phone with me, so I’ll always have the time. So why do I need to spend more money on a watch, when I have a phone that does more than just tell the time?
My sister worked at a summer camp and bought a watch for two reasons, the first being she was told to cover her tattoo, and the second being she had a walkie-talkie, so carying her cell phone around seemed silly, especially with the sudden chances of rain, and being a life guard.
My boyfriend wears a watch he inherited from his grandfather, but i still see him chesk his phone for the time.
The only time in my life I wore a watch was when I was learning to tell time, It was pink and plastic and had Bell from Beauty and the Beast on it. My mother would stop me at any given moment, ask me the time, and I couldn’t do anything else till I told her.
I know people younger than me, but still old enough that they should be able to do this second nature, who will not read clocks with hands, they say that they cant, and will wait till someone gets them a digital one or tells them the time. Is this pathetic? Yes, but its a product of the generation we are raising, and in my opinion a foretaste of how ignorant and helpless the next generation will be.
I still wear a watch even if I have a cell phone. I prefer the analog watch to the cell phone or digital watch. The main reason I still wear is because cell phones are useless when the battery dies. Also its easier to look at your watch for time than to take out the cell phone.
My Mother keeps a watch with her since she is a nurse and knowing the time of an emergency and also keeping up with how many seconds something happens is critical.
I, on the other hand, own a watch simply because my Mother bought it for me. She bought it about 6 mos ago and it is still in the original packaging. My siblings own watches from her purchasing them, but again, they do not wear them.
I would go without a watch if not for the cell phone policy where I work. I work in a retail store. If anyone is caught taking out their cell phone while working for any reason whatsoever, that person gets written up. Management even said that if we need something to help keep track of time, get a cheap watch.
I use my mobile to cheat in exams by pretending I’m looking at the time
I still wear a watch, but then I think I am not as attached to my mobile as a lot of people seem to be, especially in my generation. None of my friends wear watches.
At a family gathering a few years ago, my mum pointed out that the difference seemed to be generational : I was the only one under 30 wearing a watch (there were ten of us under 30), whereas my parents and all of my aunts and uncles were wearing watches.
I’ve always worn a watch, I dislike cell phones unless they are used for emergencies. Ever see people who yack, yack on cells while their children run wild around a store or parking lot? That makes me crazy!
What ever happened to those trendy Swatch watches? I had one once, and I don’t see them selling anywhere. Cool fashion statement if you find one that fits you persona.
I would never be without a wristwatch, at least I know where I can find the correct time without havng to search for my cellphone first.
I have quite a collection of watches. Like shoes, I consider my wristpiece to be a fashion accessory. The good part is, they don’t wear out like shoes or cost a fortune. Fossil is my current addiction.
Mike,
For athletes, a DIGITAL wristwatch is a must!
You cannot use a cell phone as a timing device for 100M swim splits.
With a watch you CAN: check your heart rate, measure your cadence, calculate pace, and in some cases determine your location via GPS or have a heart rate monitor function.
In many instances where seconds count, the second hand/digital readout on a wrist watch trumps the phone.
Ask any athlete and you’ll get the same answer unless they’re on a bike. And even then, most cyclists hate answering the phone in the middle of a workout to be reminded to pick up some bread on the way home.
I use my watch for telling time and all the things athletes use it for. I use my phone to talk to people and just happen to check the time when I pull it out.
Cheers!
I have worn a wristwatch since I was 8-years old, and I will be 52 in October, so I am not going to change now. I carry a cell phone, but I use it to make telephone calls. If I want to know the time, I look at my wristwatch. It is much easier and more natural to do it that way.
I’ve been wearing a watch pretty much every day for 55 years, but your post gives me something to think about. I’m never without a cellphone these days, and the time on it is always accurate. Maybe the next time the battery on my watch goes, I won’t replace it.
The only time I have taken my wrist watch off over the past 5 years is to replace it with a new one. I’m 17, and I love watches, not to mention that they are so much more conveinient. I feel like it is part of my body.
I always wear a watch! I keep my cell phone/mobile phone in my bag because female jeans have much smaller pockets which phones don’t fit in (or they’d just bulge and look weird), so it takes too much effort to dig through my bag just to check the time. Maybe this is why there seems to be fewer boys wearing watches than girls, as they can keep their phones in their bigger pockets.
During schooltime we’re not supposed to use phones, so a watch is extremely useful, esp. during a test, when I need to know how much time I have left (the classroom clocks are often wrong, don’t work, or non-existent).
What I also like about analog wristwatches is that they have a face with the minute/hour hands actually showing you a visual image of how much time you still have left, while digital numbers on phones are too abstract. But maybe I’m just a visual person or I’ve already gotten into the habit of wearing watches. ^_^
I will always rock my g-shock watch.
pulling out the cellphone to check the time is annoying.
Well, I use both. Sometimes I check on my phone and sometimes I check on my watch.
Still, it’s more practical to just move your hand a little bit then take a look at the watch than to get your phone in your pocket.
Watches are on the decline, yes.
The reasons are many, and I am sure cell phones are an influence in this, but we will not see the obsolescence of wristwatches any time soon. Cell phone usage is so prevalent and detrimental in industrial (and other labor) settings today that most places have a walkout policy with them. “Open your cell phone, close your employee file.” is what they said at recent meetings in a factory nearby. A friend got walked out of the plant for using his cell phone while he was using the bathroom. A foreman was in the same restroom and heard the sounds the phone was making as he text-messaged someone, and as he stepped out of the stall to wash his hands, the foreman greeted him and said “You know there won’t even be a conference on this. Why? Why did you do it? Now I MUST terminate you. You’re a strong worker, but I have no choice. … Let’s go…. Get your things…”
And he walked him right out of the front door. No Union conference, no stopping to generate paper, just OUT, right now.
As long as this persists, and time schedules are important in the workplace, wristwatches will still be selling.
Watches are generally much more water-resistant than cell phones. My phone comes with a warning not to get it wet…at all! I got it barely damp last year and had to buy a new one. It was rendered inoperable.
Other than that, the watch is more of a classic fashion accessory than a useful device for a lot of people. But it’s curious that the cellpone isn’t generally inside the watch. We saw that coming in the Dick Tracey era, but it never quite panned out…the buttons are too small I guess, although we have voice recognition. People want video games and a word processor in the cellphone as well.
I stopped wearing a watch quite a while before I got my cell phone. I do occasionally now use my cell phone to see what time it is, but no where near as many times as I use to check my watch when I wore one.
I just discovered that knowing what time it was at all times was not a high priority. Looking at my watch when I’m running late doesn’t get me where I’m going any quicker.
i have to wear a watch as my job doesn’t allow cell phones on the factory floor
Until they make cell phones as attractive as watches, I’m sticking to the prettier accessory
I don’t usually wear my watch these days, because the battery died, and I haven’t gotten around to replacing it. I used to until recently, though. Also, if I’m out, I’m usually with my bf, who always wears a watch. He says he feels naked without it.
I still have a kinetic watch my grandfather gave me as a graduation present. I love it, but I have not worn it in the past three years. Part of it is due to having a cell phone, yes. However, I stopped wearing a watch because of regulations at work — not allowed to wear any jewelry or loose clothing above the waist. Since starting work, I’ve gotten used to not wearing a watch. It’s unfortunate because I have three, one from my grandfather and two from my girlfriend. I love ‘em all but alas, they are not as practical as a cell phone.
Funny, I was sitting in class wishing I had my watch on so I could inconspicuously check the time without digging my phone out of my pocket under the professor’s all seeing eyes and I looked around to see if anyone was wearing a watch and out of 10 people, only one guy was wearing a watch. I just need a nre band for my watch and I’ll be wearing one.
I will always wear a watch. i find it very rude to pull out your phone flip it open, check the time, then whatever else you might want to do. It’s quicker and easier to look at your wrist, done.
Would NEVER trade my watch for a phone. I’m pround to say that I don’t have a phone in my pocket! Most folks talk way too much anyway!
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i never liked wrist watches, i feel like time is being cemented on my wrist so yea who needs em’ lol
I must have my wrist watch at all times, I can’t go without. I don’t own a cell, and I don’t have any need for one, except occasionally when I wonder where the heck my ride is.
Surprise I don’t have a cell phone and have no need of one, my watch I wear it on my key ring clipped to my belt. And I’d find it more convenient to check the time that way than like most people ask them the time and they’re stumbling through their stuff to find the cell phone. It has been and always will be foolish to put all your eggs in one basket.
I’m an 18 year old male and I have to say I couldn’t stand going a day without my wristwatch. Half the time when I look at my phone I don’t even notice what time it is, it is so much more convenient to just look down at my arm. I have quite a few watches, and other than sleeping, I wear one all the time. Even when I sleep I often wish I had one on, so when I wake up in the middle of the night I don’t have to roll over and strain to see my clock. As long as watches are made, I’ll be wearing one.
While it is true that far less people buy watches for the purpose of telling time, there is still a huge following of folks, like myself, who buy watches for style and function. I don’t doubt that the days of Casios and drugstore brand rubber-strapped wristwatches are numbered, but REAL watches, with their intricate hand built machinery, top quality materials and long histories aren’t going anywhere. People will keep spending $20K on Rolexes and $75K plus on Patek Philippes and IWC’s, as these are on the same level as high quality diamond jewelry. I have an Omega Speedmaster I bought for a hair under $5000, and yea it tells time, but I bought it for its craftsmanship and beauty. I’ll admit it too, I’ve had that one on, or one of my Bulovas or my Brietling, and STILL looked at my phone to check the time out of habit. Long story short, ‘wristwatches’ may and eventually will die out, but ‘timepieces’ aren’t going anywhere.
I couldn’t be without it. Even if I forget it (very rare) I am lost. Although I carry a cell phone with me, sit in front of a computer all day with the time of day instantly accessible.
I probably have 10 or more wristwatches in my nightstand drawer. Haven’t worn one in years. I always use my cellphone if I need the time. True it is more of an effort to pull it out of my pocket, but on the other hand, the time is automatically adjusted, don’t need to worry about time zone settings, and also I can see the time in the dark. Most watches (especially analog watches) do not have these features, But they are fashion accessories. Oh yeah, so are iPhones, Blackberries, Razrs and other cool phones.
i agree that i use my cell phone to check the time the majority of time but am an avid athlete who enjoys pretty much every sport and a cell phone just doesn’t cut it when checking your splits while running or swimming or being able to check the time or tides while surfing. the wrist watch will never die altogether for those reasons. it is still common courtesy in the business world to use a watch over a cell phone because it is seen as more professional. i am in the military and a wrist watch is just more practical especially with the long battery life as compared to the cell phone.
I’d like to wear a watch, but I’ve just never gotten round to getting one. When I find one, and have it on me, i find it much handier than the phone. But, usually I’d look at my phone.
I don’t think The watch will be lost when other technology take over. Because, unlike typewriters, watches can be worn for fashion purposes too.
As a vet tech, I need to wear a watch with a second hand to check pulse and respiration. But the watch stays in my cubby at work. I actually find watches very uncomfortable to wear. Even at the clinic a watch is irritating because you must remove it constantly to wash your hands, and you must be concerned about anything the watch could have on it (remember I work with animals which are pretty messy!). So I am relieved at the end of the day when the watch finally comes off for good. I just peek at my phone if I need to know the time. I try not to worry about the time too much anyway!
I guess it depends. It’s true that nowadays, with almost everyone having cellphones, there’s no need to have wristwatches. But what happens if you don’t have your phone on you, i.e. you lost your phone by some chance?
I think having wristwatches is also part of fashion & function.
I have worn wristwatches since middle school days (now in Grad school) & I feel lost without it.
I have expensive watches that coordinate with my clothes, they are also a part of my watch collection.
It’s also more practical to have a sport watch on your wrist when exercising rather than to have a phone in your pocket that might fall out.
I don’t carry a cell phone that much so a watch is still useful to me. I actually have much less use for the phone than I do for the watch. I very seldom call people and when I do, it’s alway for a specific reason. I don’t like the text message features on the phones because of the tiny buttons and screens and most messages aren’t important anyway.
I haven’t worn a watch since I started using cell phones. I don’t see a point in it anymore if I can just look at my phone.
I use my cell phone but Ive never worn a watch. My husband uses his cell phone for the time while at work (hes a mechanic) but always wears his wristwatch when we dress up to go out.
The wearing of wristwatches in America was restricted to women, especially nurses, until the doughboys came home from Europe after World War I (aka “The Great War,” “The War to End All Wars”). They needed a way to keep time, but quickly discovered that pocket watches were extremely impractical in the wet, muddy trenches of the European battlefields. So the wristwatch was adopted, and pocket watches became an artifact of old-timers and the hold-overs who hadn’t served in the war.
I wear one still. I think it is less rude to just look at your watch rather than taking out your phone to look at the time if you are in certain settings.
Often times I’m in a situation where it would be very impolite were I to use my phone to check the time, like at the symphony or a dance performance, so i still use a watch, and plus it makes my wrists more slender.
My watch wins against my phone, hands down. All the watches I’ve owned have been given specially as gifts so there’s more of a traditional and sentimental value than with my phone.
It’s also more of a fashion statement than a phone, at least, to me it is.
The battery lasts longer on a watch and can’t accidentally reset itself like phones have the habit of doing.
I don’t tend to wear my watch at home but if I go out then I won’t leave without my watch.
I see people in the younger crowd wear them less and less. But in a group interview they sure looked silly going, “anyone know the time?” They reply, “I don’t know, let me check my cell” and women started purse digging by the bunches. I think at a job interview a watch makes you look punctual and professional.
I agree with the first commenter, using a wristwatch as opposed to a cellphone is way more professional. And watches are a never dying trend of completing a nice outfit/suit. As an athlete, i’d prefer the wristwatch because its more durable ( i go butterfingers with cellphones), convenient, and trendy. definately not on the extinction list. (:-P
I’ve always hated wristwatches and never had one… if I need the time I just check my iPod.
My husband gave me a beautiful Movado Museum watch for my birthday two years ago. I’d always wanted one, and you’d better believe that I’m going to keep wearing it.
I’ve always worn a watch, and it’s faster to glance at my wrist to check the time than to use any other means.
As a female, my phone is never quite accessible enough to make it a good substitute for a watch. I often use the phone in place of an alarm clock, but rarely in place of a watch.
I work as a whitewater raft guide and I wear a wristwatch to work. The same Seiko mechanical watch has served me well since I bought it over 25 years ago. It has gone down the river with me every summer weekend for 17 of those years. A cell phone wouldn’t last through the first set of rapids.
I still wear my Nike ID wrist watch. I actually think the wrist watch is going to make a come back with teens now that the CASIO G-SHOCK is an urban trend.
I think the watch wearers have developed a habit of checking the time, all the time, that the phone owners don’t have.
I don’t find it inconvenient to get my phone out and check the time, I only do it when I actually need to know what the time is, not just to auto-tweet my day. I might look at it waiting for the bus, and at dinner time to see when I have to go back to the office, but other than that, my computer has a clock, the office wall has a clock and the video machine has a clock – so once I am home it’s covered in every room and situation.
I too, have many watches and believe sales will continue to decline. However, as soon as the cellphone technology is better, will we integrate them into our watch and use bluetooth headsets with them? Time will tell!!
It seems as if most people no longer know how to tell time on an analog watch today anyway, so don’t get all Wound Up about it!
I still use my wristwatch because a) It’s so much easier to set them compared to phones (my phone doesn’t do Daylight Saving automatically, then I have to go to menu-> settings ect… and plus when I set my watch I put the crown in just as it ticks on the hour so it’s more accurate, which you can’t do with a phone I don’t think)
b) for the phone you have to dig it out of your pocket/purse, press a button so the lights come on and then put it back where it was. The watch is just a quick glance at your wrist, which you can do when you’re still walking.
The wrist watch is antiquated. It’s outmoded and it’s long overdue that people let it go already. Cellphones have taken away the necessity of such an item. Still, cellphones are a pain in the jackass at times. While it’s good for situations like being stuck on the side of the road if your car breaks down and the such it’s like a ball and chain …. especially if you have nosey relatives of a control freak significant other that has to keep tabs on you every second of your existance.
I’d much rather see someone take a glance at their watch, then to be draggin out their phone just to see what time it is. and then get involved with replying to a text message or what not.
But then again thats just my biased view of despising mobiles to begin with lol
I still wear one, got an incredibly nice one for my 18th, bit of a family tradition, I couldn’t be without mine. Plus I believe that it will always be, at the very least, a fashion item for many
I still wear a wrist watch and I do have a cell phone but rarely use it for the time. I am in the medical field so a wrist watch is like part of your uniform. When you have to take a person’s pulse, it is much easier to use a wrist watch. Also the company that I work for does not allow cell phones to be on you.
I prefer my watch over my cell phone for the following reasons.
1. I don’t have to pull it out of the case. I CAN’T use an open holster. Experience shows I WILL bump something and knock it out.
2. The solar cell keeps the battery charged. The cell phone must be charged anywhere from daily to weekly, depending on use.
3. In tight spaces, the phone gets in the way. The watch rarely does.
The convenience of a wristwatch will always beat the cell phone; a flick of the wrist, or the digging for a cell phone? That is, until they learn how to build cell phones into our wrists…
Always found wearing a watch to be annoying. I do prefer a clock on the wall over having to pull out my cell phone but I’ll take the cell phone over a wrist watch.
I’ve never used a watch (28 now). I never liked the way they looked on me. I can’t think of any of my girl friends that have a watch either now that I think about it.
With the exception of a wedding band, wristwatches are one of the only forms of jewelry for men. Due to a metal allergy I have never been able to wear one, but I wish I could. This knowing even very nice ones don’t keep time as well as a cell phone.
I only use cellphones with a constant time display. Then I don’t need a watch. I prefer cellphone time because it’s always correct.
But digital watches have lost market share for 20 years, and cell phone time is digital. Why? The strength of the analog wristwatch is the key: at a glance, an analog display can tell you the amount of time elapsed or remaining in an hour or an afternoon, both AS A FRACTION and SPATIALLY (the “analog” component). It takes time and effort to convert a digital display to such perceptions; why bother with that plus the inconvenience of forbidden phones, turned-off phones, and schlepping it in and out of your pocket, bag, or purse when the analog watch can give you more information, more conveniently, in a tenth of a second? YOU tell ME which is faster; I have timed it.
That’s why we keep consulting our watches: to get quick updates. People think in terms of proportions, so fractions rule our ordinary experience: how much of a day is light; how much of summer is left; what part of my morning do I have to do this thing? No digital display can do this at a glance. I travel in my work, and to save space I use my phone as an alarm clock. And every time it wakens me, I find that I have to mentally convert the digital display to find out “what time it is,” when I’m still brain-dead from sleep. If you have a digital alarm clock, consider what you do when it wakes you; then borrow an analog clock and see how much easier things are. The “exactness” of digital living isn’t a virtue all by itself–how much time do you waste every day figuring out “what time is it”?
ABSOLUTELY NOT OLD. wristwatches are some of the creations ever. i cant be without mine, they will never be old.
I’ve been thinking this exact same thing for a long time now, and have noticed many fewer people wearing watches.
I think,though, they’ll hang on for awhile, more as a fashion accessory than an actual need.
I still wear my Ironman watch for track workouts and races. Other than that, I rely on the phone.
My youngest son (age 26) is totally into his Blackberry for everything, but has more watches than I do. To him, they’re a fashion accessory.
I love my watch, I barely ever take it off but to shower. I rarely take my cell phone from my pocket, for it’s far more convenient just to glance at my wrist. But all of my friends seem to be watchless, which rather upsets me, because I couldn’t live without my watch.
Watches are a fashion accessory that will not be replaced
I totally wear a watch all the time… but, then, I don’t have a cell phone.
I have this beautiful watch that my dad gave me when we were at Disney World. Has Cinderella on it. Very classy looking too.
When I get the battery replaced, I may wear it once and a while, but my cell phone is my clock.
I don’t go digging in my purse for it aneways. It’s either in my pocket or in the small pocket in my tote bag. Prevents scratching =)
I use my phone & iPod to tell the time. I’m looking out for a nice & unique watch, though. The wristwatch just needs to evolve. Needs something to make it more special – something as simple as a bottle-opener wristwatch or something could stand out easily.
For me, watches are someone obsolete. I solely use my cellphone now. I never preferred wearing a watch to begin with, since my wrists are small, and it was hard finding a good fit. I even used to wear a watch necklace pendant, but the battery does not last long. So I still used my cellphone to check the time!
I’ve always worn watches. At first they were the ones with the digital LCD screen, but I got a Seiko one with hands for my birthday about 5 years ago. I love it when people try to tell the time. They are so used to seeing numbers, that when they look at mine they see the markers where the numbers should be and give up. I love wristwatches and nothing will ever replace them.
I use a wrist watch when I get dressed up – and only as a nice compliment to what I wear. I get the time from everything else around me – my phone, computer, the wall clock, etc…I think watches look really nice tho
Another question to ask is if people still know how to tell time on a face watch or clock, since everything now is so digital…maybe that’s why watches are on the decline…hmmm…..
I usually wear a watch, but then again I don’t own a cell phone. Unfortunetely I think you’re right that wristwatches are getting pushed out of the way of cell phones.
It’s impossible to take vital signs with a cellphone, so the watch will never be completely obsolete.
I still wear a wristwatch. Its like thinking that a book would go obsolete because of ebooks.
I always use my wristwatch i hate to dig my hand in my pocket just to see what time it is
i never wore a wristwatch, i always use my phone. I kinda noticed that wrist watches are fading
I have to wear a wrist watch for my job, Nurse.
Wristwatch wins all the way. All I have to do is glance at my wrist and I know the time. Better yet, I have people that are talking on their cell phone ask me what time it is! Get real people, you can buy a cheap watch, with a twist of the wrist and a glance.. you know what time it is.
No way. Watches can be worn for style, and are easier to get to to see the time when a cell phone may be in a pocket or purse. Watches will never be non-existant like typewriters are today…
active people wear them < who wants to fumble for the phone while running/walking/whatever
yes, i still wear watches. i feel wierd if i dnt have it on my wrist… it is much more convinient than a cell phone…
I sleep with my watch on, it has a face and hands, I am appalled to think that the ability to even tell time is going the way of the dodo, let alone wristwatches…
I even prefer a wind-up watch and own several, just because they don’t rely on batteries.
However if technology and civilization go tits up, I doubt I’ll worry what time it is.
I never liked a watch on my wrist, and instead used to carry a pocket watch. Ever since I got a pager, then a cell phone, I only needed one clock in my pocket. Cell phones also take care of setting themselves and changing for daylight savings. While some wristwatches do this, it is still hardly standard. I’ve already been saved several times by waking up to my phone’s alarm when the time has rolled back and I didn’t even realize it!
I wear my watch faithfully as I feel without it like I am missing an important piece of clothing & kind of exposed some how. I can sit in front of the computer or have phone in hand & still refer to my watch for the time. It is a good old Swiss Army & watch & my 3 year old grandson has to had grandmas watch every time he comes over so when he turned 3 He got his own so all hope is not lost for the watch’s future
in my school, the administrators/staff keep our cellphones for a week if we take our cellphones out, so we depend on the smart kid who syncronized his watch to the school’s bell system.
Nope, I’d say about 3/10 of my friends wear watches just to know the time. 5/10 wear them for as an accessory. I wear one occassionally, but its a 10,000 Breitling, It looks nice with my chuck talors… and yes, I’m a college student.
The watch is just so much more convenient… I have a waterproof watch so when I train swimming I don’t short-circuit my phone trying to check the time. Plus you don’t have to make a big scene when you want the time… you just look at your wrist.
I have a few wristwatches, but rarely wear them. Why not wear them? Because I tend to bang them around and sometimes crack the crystal on the face. For the past 15 years I have relied on pocket watches to tell me the time of day. And, they are fashion statements. Sure, everyone can get their time from a cell phone, or from a wristwatch, but when you pull out a 17 jewel Hamilton Railroad Pocket Watch, people look twice – they are a fashion statement.
I don’t carry my cell phone on the sales floor because it looks unprofessional to be checking your phone while you should be waiting on customers. Since I work in paint, I buy a cheap watch and wear that.
When I was younger I would but now that I think about it its absoulty true, cellphones have taken over the place of watches.
I still wear watch, and will continue wearing them. As a matter of fact, I have three of them. When these kids start to work, or go to job interviews, they will see how necessary a watch is. And I still see people with watches.
i jus tuse a wristwatch for fashion nowawadays aha
I stopped wearing a wristwatch in 2004, but I still find myself getting irritated at times because I don’t know what time it is.
For instance, when I go into work I usually leave my cellphone in the car so I won’t b playing with it at work and kill the battery. But that means I have no way of telling the time in the lunch room! Argh!
But no, I don’t think the wristwatch will ever become obsolete. Not completely, anyway. Not until another invention comes along.
Well as a paramedic i cant take my phone out of my pocket with bloody gloves… a watch is easier.
I wear a 1985 Swatch watch and prefer it over the mobile phone any day.
I like wearing a watch and I have a cell phone.
The other day someone said I’m rare for my generation. I was puzzled until they said it’s because I wear a watch. I spent a couple summers as a camp counselor with only a cell phone to check the time, but after a while I figured a watch would be faster to check, harder to lose, and less fragile especially in water. I don’t think my phone has a stopwatch either.
My wrist is much closer than my pocket, and my phone has an unlock screen I have to wait through to see the time, so technology hasn’t made my watch obsolete yet.
More than 10years since i don’t use them,but still love/have beautiful decorative Swatch watch bracelet.
I stopped wearing a wristwatch in the mid-90′s when I started carrying a pager. The cell phone took its place as a timepiece a few years later.
My Rolex and Patek Philippe haven’t been worn for many years.
I gave up on wristwatches years ago. The last time I wore one was when I was a school bus driver and knowing the time to the minute was important.
I hate wearing anything on my wrists, as it bothers me, and I haven’t been in a room without a clock in it since 1985.
Furthermore, since the demise of the wind-up watch, I noticed that any watches I did buy the batteries would wear out in a matter of months. Then, God forbid, you didn’t buy your watch at Target, you have to go to a jewelry to get the battery replaced, only to have that battery wear out in a few months. Bleah.
On the downside, I do have trouble at malls, but I have become an expert at surreptitiously ‘stealing time’ from watch-wearers. But I have never been late anywhere because I don’t wear one, and I simply do not want to be that time-conscious.
Absolutely. The cell phone is the new pocketwatch. Haven’t worn a wristwatch in about 5 years.
I can’t wear a watch
if I do I feel that I’m a time slave
I believe that wristwatches will eventually become obsolete as did the pocket watches, but will not become extinct. There is still plenty of interest in the out-dated pocket watch, and there will be continued interest in the wrist watch.
I think the only thing keeping wrist watches from being obsolete is that cell phones haven’t completely filled that gap. There are still plenty of places where you can’t have a cellphone ( working in a prison, quite a few classrooms), and then places where carrying around a cellphone just isn’t feasible.
When they make little water proof wrist phones ,with very visible time and wristwatch-like functions ,that connect via bluetooth or something else to your ear piece, then maybe we can talk about wrist watches being replaced.
Maybe the next evolution of telling time will be implants placed on the back of your hand, water and everything else proof, any function you’d want, like a little, tiny i-Phone display, powered by your movement, body heat, and electrical synapses.
I don’t own a cell phone. Wear my wristwatch always.
I wear a wristwatch but that’s only because I don’t have a cell phone. I do have to admit I see it more as an accessory, usually I get the time from the person next to me or if there’s a clock nearby.
Watches are so much more convient. With a wristwatch, you can check the time during a test, meeting, or rehearsal without being accused of cheating, ignoring the speaker, or not paying attention in class.
I havent used a watch in 3 years. but i dont think they will ever completely go away.
Us old folks’ habits die hard. Teenagers just look at the phone; one less thing to keep track of. My teens tell me they didn’t know anyone still wore watches.
In some occupations a cell phone will never replace a wristwatch- like in the military.
Unfortunately, yes. However, on special occassions, I still pull out my fancy watch.
The watch has also become a symbol of wealth, I don’t often see people with the cheap $30.00 timex watches. Instead, I see people with Rolex’s or other brand-name watches that are big and shiny.
I’m one of those “fossils” who wears a watch because almost everyone I know — and especially my “significant other” — seems to insist that I be on time. (A former boyfriend even gave me a metronome!) My cell phone is usually buried in my bag, so my “wrist” is easier to read.
I read somewhere that the #1 thing that people do with their cell phones isn’t making calls, its checking the time! And that was by a wide margin too.
I stopped wearing a wrist watch years ago,before I even ever got a cell phone.
I live in a three bedroom house.
There is a clock in the south end bedroom and a clock
on my computer screen which is in this bedroom.
There is a clock in my bedroom which is the middle bedroom.
There are two clocks in the living room as well as a clock on the dvd player.
There is a clock on the wall in the kitchen and a clock
on the microwave.
I have my mom living with me now.She has the north end bedroom.There is a clock on her wall,an alarm clock radio and a clock on her phone.
I have a clock in my car.
When I get to work,there is a clock where employees clock in for work,a clock on our PBX system,a clock on both computers at the front desk,a clock on our other phone,a clock in the employee break room,a clock in the housekeeping area,a clock in the maintenance office and a clock in our breakfast room.
So to add a wrist watch to all that would be in my opinion an idiotic hyper redundancy.
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As people grow up and make more money, they will buy watches to announce their success and to separate themselves from the mass of cellphone toters. It’s jewelry and a status symbol. A mass produced plastic phone will never replace the watch among people outside mediocrity.
That’s not the worst thing that’s been lost to the cell phone. When was the last time you had an uninterrupted conversation in person? When was the last time you didn’t hear one go off in a movie theater? I hate cell phones I think they all need to be gathered up, loaded onto a barge and shoveled into the ocean.
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oki i still have a nyc wrist watch as i have a cell fone also.but u know what the wrist watch make a somone personality so dashing just ….. imagine about and then obsreve it u will thought that ajwa was right abt…oki
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a watch is a two-ton impediment i do not need and for years could not tolerate and did not wear. now if a wallet could be digitalized- driver’s license on a mobile phone, credit-debit cards from the ol’ cell, cash payments from your phone, and other wallet junk. WOW!!!
I still where a watch because it’s the only non-uniform thing I’m allowed to wear at school. I added all sorts of stuff to it, and I have a separate mechanism from a pocketwatch on the strap. It looks awesome.
I’d have to say that the wrist watch isn’t going the way of the typewriter. Why? The average Casio G-Shock or other similarly constructed models from other companies (Brand loyal to Casio and do not know other offerings- Sorry) can work in places that the average Cellphone would be damaged in. Not to mention that there is the inconvenience of having to pull one out of a pocket (with potentially filthy/greasy/oily hands) or a holster, opening it up if it’s a flip phone or hitting a button to wake up the backlight.
Not to mention that for a parent, a cell phone is a nightmare since they can get lost or (from personal and costly experience) can be forgotten in a pocket of swim trunks when they jump off into the deep end of a swimming pool.
Chlorine and electronics are not a happy mating.
A water and shock resistant watch can be put on a wrist and forgotten without fearing the loss of timekeeping functionality.
A third area is style. There is something not as refined about yoinking out a cellphone to find out the time when you’re dressed in a suit at a formal function. Slightly lifting up a sleeve and looking at an elegant watch is more in keeping with the formality of the occasion.
The watch may not be as important as it was once, but dead? Not for a while yet.
I do wear a wrist watch but only sometimes… most of the times I check my cellphones instead.
I always just use my phone or ipod now, I used to wear a watch but as it got easier to find out the time without one, they became obsolete for me, but some of my friends still wear watches
The watch is not only for keeping time but also fo beauty sawa
I still wear a watch as there are so many places where my cell phone has to be shut off.
I’d rather look at my watch while driving, especially because cell phone use is illegal in many states.
Funny you should refer to the typewriter…what would Alexander Graham Bell say to the fact that his great invention (the telephone) has been turned into a typewriter (texting)?
i am so analouge illiterate i need something digital…and digital watches are going faster than analouge AND are so much uglier….i love my phone because its easy to read.
I have never liked wearing watches. Even before I had a cell phone I hardly wore them. People kept getting me watches for Christmas though so I have a few. I juts don’t like wearing things on my wrists. Wristwatches just annoy me and they always have.
Though I currently don’t have a wristwatch (I keep forgetting to have the batteries changed) and I’m using my phone to tell the time now, I can honestly say that my wristwatch was a lot more convenient. At least I don’t have to dig through my bag every time I want to know the time. Besides, cellphones will never capture the classic beauty of a wristwatch.
I *always* wear a watch! I hardly ever leave my cell phone even turned on, anyway, It’s there for me to use if I miss a bus or I need it, but if I leave it on, it either rings when I’m in class (bad, bad, bad) or the battery is dead when I really need to use it. The phone I have drops off precipitously in its battery status. One minute it’s fine, the next time I need it, it won’t turn on — almost no warning. By the time it says “low battery” it’s already too late, unlike my old one, whih still had a few minutes of use left when it signaled Low Battery.
What that means is that I use my watch constantly and my phone occasionally. Still have the same cheap Timex that I got about 15+ years ago, and I just keep replacing the bands as they wear out. I take it off and put it on the document camera and project my watch face on the wall when I give tests as there are no clocks in any of our classrooms. So my students use my watch, too!
Here I am still mourning the scarcity of analog clocks with sweep second hands when you come along and suggest that all watches, including digitals, are on their way out. I guess I’;d better start paying attention to how we keep messing things up or I may miss something.
I think Douglas Adams got it right when he said (over 30 years ago now) that the earth was populated by a species so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a “pretty neat idea”.
my husband wears a wrist watch, he started this actually very recently..it is much easier to turn your wrist over for the time than dig it out of a bag or pocket. I myself prefer my phone but i dont think watches will go out anytime soon.
I love wrist watches. I had one and then it broke. Now I’m trying to save for a new one. I have a cellphone but sometimes if u leave your cell phone at home, the wrist watch is more convenient. Here in South Africa its also safer to have a wrist watch rather than a cellphone which poses you at risk of being mugged
I have never worn a watch, even in college when I needed to pay close attention to time – and that was in ancient times, BCP (before cell phones).
When I am at work, I have the time right in front of me on both my computer and landline desk phone. If I am away from my office, I can grab my cell phone off its belt clip and check the time.
Well, sometimes people can’t stand wearing watches, so they carry something that tells the time (i.e. cell phone) in their pockets. Also, some people CAN’T wear them period, like my father. When he tries to wear a watch, it always stops working. I had to return a watch because it started running backwards, and I didn’t drop it. Sometimes people just have bad luck with watches. But for the people who can wear a watch, I don’t see why they don’t. It’s very easy to look at your wrist, instead of having to dig through your pockets to find your phone.
Dear Mike,
This is a very good article and a very creative thought. I was very interested in your specific statistics presented with the information.
While I agree that watches will not be ever as popular as they previously were, I do not see them going the same way as the typewriter for a couple reasons, which also happen to be the same reasons I wear a watch-
#1 It is not always appropriate to look at your cell phone. I am an international businessman and I meet with very important clients on a daily basis. On a typical day, I have roughly 3-4 meetings with clients and I am on a tight schedule. I will need to adjust my time in these meetings to either prolong or shorten them to fit with my schedule. Now, it is not appropriate for me to pull out my cell phone in the middle of the meeting to look at the time. Also for students in school, many times if their phone is even seen by the teacher, they will be taken up for the day and some students are even fined!
#2 It is a fashion statement. I have two watches that I wear regularly. First is gold watch that has my university logo and was given to me by my grandfather. Besides the fact that it has sentimental value, it portrays a sign of wealth and success and can be a potential networking tool to those that see the logo. I wear it to my business meetings (which I can sneak a peak at when they are looking elsewhere). Second is a solid white watch that I bought off the streets of Bangkok. Besides the emotional value of it as well, I cannot even begin to tell you how many compliments I have received regarding it. It is fashionable and I like it. So even if you still look at your cell phone, you can use a watch to serve as an accessory.
I need my wristwatch. I don’t know what I’d do without it.
I had thought that I will not be able to stay without a wrist watch. However I had a small problem with my watch a few days ago, and I stayed for more than a week without a wrist watch. That is a pointer to the fact that I can probably stay without it!!!!!!
well, i wear a wristwatch when i get the urge to, but for the most part i don’t, but i feel i make up for this by the fact that i’m 19 and have pocket watch i can wear when i feel like it ^_^
talk about outdated.
lol, joni you don’t take vital signs with a watch either, you can take the pulse, and if some one maybe injured or dead, the fact that you’ll be able to feel a pulse would be good, and all you really needed. not to mention i bet if you looked the iphone has a stop watch app so you could use it just the same as a regular watch.
I used to wear a watch, until i misplaced my favourite one in of the boxes i’ve yet to unpack whilst moving house. Even if i dont have my watch on me i dont usually think to check my iphone, i usually look for a clock because i’m more used to checking that style of ‘time-giver-thingy’
I’ll never be able to do without my wristwatch. I prefer it any day
I still wear a wristwatch and I have noticed people about my age (early to late twenties) using them as well. Most of the watches I have seen others wearing were analog watches instead of digital; I consider digital watches to be more popular with people who are athletic types. Interestingly, I am one of the few people who does not own a mobile device of any kind.
I use my phone mostly, but in school’s and at the workplace it’s innapropriate to whip your phone out randomlly, so I still need a wristwatch XD
I always have to wear a wrist watch. As much as I look at my phone, I usually look at the time on my phone if I don’t have a watch or if a watch is not around in the classrooms. I dont think people will replace watches with cellphones, its if a watch is around. A guy asked me what time it was because I had a watch on…even though he could have easily picked up his phone in front of him. I constantly look at my watch to see what time it is. I guess at the same time it is a good thing people dont have watches! Watches are more convenient, but cell phones make sure it is the correct time! especially when it gets around daylight savings time.
I wear a wristwatch and also have a cell phone with me, however the wristwatch (which I was given as part of my high school graduation present by my dad) is self-winding so I don’t have to worry about replacing any batteries, and plus it is easier to look at my wrist than it is to dig in my pocket flip open and turn on my phone then look at the time then turn it back off then put it back in my pocket again.
I really don’t wear a watch. I’m a bit prone to breaking them and the only one I have is an heirloom. If there’s not a clock around, my cell phone suffices.
I think that even if a cell phone is able to have as many functions as your wrist watch, they just can’t do it in a practical way. Functions like the stop watch, the countdown timer etc. For those who have a good digital watch that has these functions at the touch of a button it’s difficult to give that up. Cell phones are just not practical when compared to wrist watches. You can compare cell phones with pocket watches, which were later replaced by wrist watches
. Someday your wrist watch will make your phone calls and you’ll never run out of battery time because it will have one of those kinetic systems heheh. Fight back watches! 
I prefer a wrist watch for it’s easy access. Instead of awkwardly digging into your pocket, especially while sitting, you can just flap your chicken wings to see the time. Also, there are these cool new concepts of cell phones disguised as wrist watches, requiring a blue tooth headset for communication, that have been appearing at electronic shows, so watch out for those.
you can’t compare watches and cell phones to typewriters and computers. think about it, a typewriter was a keyboard without a screen to let you see what you’re typing. Whereas a watch is a convenient piece of jewelry that can easily tell you what time it is less than a second after you decide that you wanna know what time it is. with a cell phone, you’ll have to pull it out of your purse or pocket to see the time, then you’ll have to take time to put it back(making sure you lock the keypad if it’s not automatically locked, because we all know what happens when you don’t lock the keypad). It made no sense to continue using typewriters once people had ways of reading the stuff they were writing on a computer. However, with watches, many people will continue using them because it’s more convenient and it’s a great piece of jewelry.
I don’t have a cellphone. I use a watch.
i don’t think they will replace them.. there’s always going to be wristwatches.. there are very many situations it’s not appropriate to whip out a cell phone (in the middle of business meetings, church, most jobs in general).. but a watch, that’s a utility that’s universally accepted, and part of the fasion culture. picture a gentleman in a suit without a sleak, sharp wristwatch? or a lady with a small,elegant wristwatch. maybe it’s just me. you can take them anywhere, they are much more durable, most will last for years, and you don’t need to subscribe to anything.
most teenagers don’t need a watch. they wake up, are shipped off to school where there’s usually a big clock, or bells to dictate where/when they need to be someplace, and then they come home. it doesn’t surprise me.
I have never ever checked time on something that isn’t digital, even though I have several (really nice) wrist watches. I don’t think they will go the same way as the typewriter because a wrist watch also has decorative values which the type writer obviously doesn’t. So watches will still be worn but only as accessories since the newer generations grew up with digital times.
Only when phones become wrist phones, will they be in a position to replace the wrist watch. Don’t forget that we went from the pocket watch to the wrist watch. We’re not going back
I still wear my watch every day. I don’t own a cell phone, waste of money in my opinion. Plus I think luxury watches look awesome.
I’m 36, and have known for years that a metal banded wrist watch is necessary in the male manager corporate dress code: Button down shirt, slacks, nice shoes, and a metal banded wrist watch. You won’t see any man without one.
Feh. I’ve hated watches because I don’t like things around my wrists. 1987 was so in the digital age that I had to go after school to ask my Spanish teacher to remind me how to read analog clocks.
Watches are now becoming a classist symbol. Since it’s no longer a necessity, it’s becoming a distinction for those are that looking to be in a more upper or elitist class. It’s heyday is over. We won’t see Swatches anymore, only the higher end more expensive brands for those that can afford them.
Absolutely not. The wrist watch hasn’t been used to tell time for a very long time but Wrist watches are user for style, to match what you wear, and I think lots of people collect them as well. You have to consider the fact that cell phones are great for having the time on you at all times, but people can more conveinently raise their wrist to look at the time versus pulling out a phone and pressing a button to make it light it up. I personally love watches and and feel that there is no way watches will ever go extinct, as long as time exists!
I have both a wristwatch and a cell phone. If I need to know what time it is, looking at my wrist for the time is certainly more convenient than digging in my pocketbook for my cell phone to find the time. Perhaps when the cellphone becomes a wristband, both styles will then become archaic. But for now, each has a separate convenience of its own.
I’m still an avid watch-wearer. I didn’t get my first cellphone until I was 18, and I got my first watch at 9 (and have worn one nearly every day), so having one on has become more habit now than anything. Thus, when I go without a watch, it doesn’t feel right.
I used to be addicted to my wrist watch. In fact I have several wrist watches, including a very expensive Omega watch which I purchased in an impulsive moment one Christmas after I received a big bonus. However, I have not worn a wrist watch for months because I realized it is pointless — I just look at the phone. The phone has become a pocket watch, basically. I still wear my Omega watch on special occasions but for the most part — no watch.
That’s what I thought too, but then I bought a wristwatch to control my iPod touch. It’s actually a lot more convenient to use a wrist watch instead of my cell phone to check what time it is. I think if they could make wristwatches do what cell phones do, then cell phones might be obsolete. The wristwatch would be the new cell phone.
i’m 14 years old and i’ve been using a watch for quite a while now, several years in fact.
I rarely use my phone to check the time. I always use my watch!
I wear a watch as opposed to look at my phone for a few reasons.
First of which is that I don’t actually own a mobile phone. That, however, does not affect my decision.
Second, I would find it much more convenient just to look at my wrist than to take out my phone.
Third, we aren’t really allowed to use our phones in classroom anyway.
Also, I like to keep my watch at the exact time according to GMT. Almost all other sources of time I see around the place, not including official times like at a train station etc, are wrong.
Sometimes there may be people that ask me what the time is in a situation where we have to remain silent, like at a band rehearsal, so I just show them my watch. The display on my watch is much bigger than that of a phone.
There are also times where it would be almost impossible to take out a phone to look at the time, where this is almost never the case with a watch.
I am also a very precise person when it comes to being on time for things. Most of the time it comes down to the seconds, for example when I need to catch a bus. Most phone displays don’t show the seconds, and so are much harder to be accurate with.
I also find a watch to be a slight bit of a fashion statement, even though I’m not much for fashion myself, but my watch sort of displays what sort of a person I am.
The stopwatch facility is also very easily accessible and I often find it to be very useful.
Finally, the alarm on my watch is just a small beeping sound, which is much less intrusive and also much quieter than most phone alarms. I often need to have my alarm set to remind me of things such as instrument practices.
Well that’s about it from me. Wow, I must really have nothing better to do if I spend my time writing 350 word essays on why I use a watch =P.
I have both, but I couldn’t survive without my watch. It’s a lot quicker than trying to pull out my phone. Also, watches are allowed in school, phones aren’t. With a watch I don’t have to hide myself away to pull out my phone, quickly check the time, and then put the phone away again. My watch also serves as my alarm clock, and you don’t have to charge it either.
honestly, I dnt wear a watch to tell da time I just wear it fr style… and wrist watches are my ultimate accessories I cnt let go of em !!
I always wear my watch! And I have my phone with me all the time. People know me as someone they can ask for the time and I feel strange with out my watch. I even have a tanline on my wrist from it :L
I think the decline of the watch is a better description than its death. I rarely wear a watch (because I hate the tan line it leaves), but there are occasions when one is necessary. For example, on an airplane flight where you can’t use a cellphone. Also when I hike, my phone won’t give time unless I’m in range of a tower. Plus you should always wear one to an interview.
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Yeh, i NEVER wear a watch. I’m 14 so i suppose i’m the younger generation. It’s really weird now to see someon ewear a watch. I can actually only think of 3 people in my class who wears a watch.
yea i use my cell phone thats not even on at the moment to tell time. but i have noticed that i need a watch for work and school because cell phones cannot be used. thats funny i was just thinkin about gettin a watch. hmmm idk if i should get one, it would be beneficial for work and school
o yeah i had a ring that had a watch but i dont really like rings and that one was big and a little heavier than i would like. I dont even like jewlry much so maybe a watch wouldnt suit me
I wear a wristwatch and cannot imagine myself without it.
Binary watch ftw. ;o
ANY WISE MAN WILL NATURALLY DO AWAY WITH THE WRIST WATCH ( WHY CARRY USELESS EXTRA PIECE OF JUNK AROUND THE WRIST).
ANYBODY LIKE IT OR NOT WRISTWATCH DAYS ARE OVER. FACE THE FACT.
SOME PEOPLE SIMPLY DONT WANT TO MOVE AHEAD WITH TIMES.
THOSE PEOPLE WITH LOTS OF MONEY & TIME TO WASTE AND WANT TO SHOW OFF ARE WEARING A LOT OF OTHER TRASH AROUND ALL PARTS OF THEIR BODY , ANYWAY.
I use my cell phone for the time because it’s more accurate than a watch, and when travelling, I don’t have to change time zones on it. I can also rely on the battery more than I could my last few watches.
I discussed it with the nurses when I was in the hospital last and they need watches to take heart rate and respiration, but off work, they shed the watch for the cell phone also.
No because u cant have a gold cell phone.
but u can have a gold rolex
heh,i dont have a cell phone.im 15!too bad for wristwatches…theyre gonna be old news NOW in the future of awesome high techieness. BUT i heard that the japanese are making WATCH PHONES!!! A COMBINATION OF WATCHES AND PHONES!! hooray hybrid
i prefer to wear a wrist watch on the first belt loop on the left. it doesn’t get in the way and i can tell the time without digging in my pockets!
i dont think wristwatches are dying- i think they are coming back into style. at our high school almost everyone has a wrist watch because we get a strict 30 minute lunch break and we have separate building which have each our classes, so yeah you should really know the time.
but i dont see why you think no one wears wristwacthes just because there are cell phones
I’m bad with watches. I always tend to lose or break them. So I always use my phone.
Why wear a watch when you have a cell phone or ipod?
I agree you can have both and now you can actually design your own with your school logo, initials, degree, and or year on it. Very cool site if you haven’t see it before. http://www.TheClassWatch.com. Watches are more about style than telling time IMHO.
I have had a digital watch in my wrist since I was 5 years old (I’m 35 now), and I will never abandon it “just because cell phones have a clock”. I guess I’m little obsessed to always know the accurate time. I don’t care if digital watches went out of fashion so long ago; it’s what I prefer that matters. Luckily Casio still makes those 80′s style digitals.
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