I always find it funny when people call watches jewelry as if they aren’t still the most convenient way to tell time and do other things.

Sure you can reach into whatever pile of lint and pull out a phone to check the time but by then I will have already set the timer on mine. It’s faster to the draw 🤷🏽‍♂️

Then what if you work a job with long hours? Are you supposed to take your smart watch off to charge it?!

Lastly to help me better appreciate the mechanical mastery that is a good time piece, I changed the font on my Home Screen to unreadable so I have to check my watch rather than my phone. It helps me disconnect from digital and value time more.

Just my two cents. P.S I’m roasting coffee here which is extremely time sensitive and happens super fast.

  • Palimpsest0@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 个月前

    Short answer: yes, they’re obsolete.

    Longer answer: yes, they’re obsolete, but for some applications obsolete technology can still be useful.

    • canadaxavier@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 个月前

      That’s debatable. I’d take a well built Swiss watch over a plastic battery holder over a 100 year period any day of the week. In 20 years when I pass these on to my kid they won’t have to source some outdated charger.

      That is well said though just missing the point that a smart watch will be obsolete before a mechanical watch during our lifetime.