#188 – Watching
Posted on September 5, 2012 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
I started wearing Casio watches when I was a kid. The calculator watch was the ultimate expression of that phase. When I became an adult my watches became more sophisticated and minimal. The last one had a classic analog white face with black numbers. Now that I’m constantly surrounded by multiple devices that display the time a watch seems like an extraneous accessory. I kind of forget they were once a thing I depended on.
Tags: lonely, time, watch
Aww, it’s true. I have a watch, and people think it weird because they have a phone… I have a 35mm camera, but they have a phone, I have a Nintendo 3DS, but they have a phone… I have an mp3 player… you get the idea.
I recently bought a watch because I was getting tired of wondering what time it was while I was on the phone.
O.O Is any one else seeing a banner ad for wrist watches on this page? http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/mandyscog/Capture-14.jpg
Someone needs to improve their context aware advertising algorithm
Alas gone are the days of watches and the weather channel… they really should put it out of it’s misery
I still wear a watch out of habit, and it also feels odd not to have one on my wrist. The last really complicated watch I had was a Casio Data Bank calculator watch, that could store phone numbers on it as well. Now, I wear a Sharp with a built in universal remote built in.
I have a watch that I wear at work. I clean toilets. I don’t want to grab my phone to see how much longer I have until lunch.
In your case, a watch is totally justified. Trust me. XD
I wear a watch, and probably always will. It shows me the day, date, time, has alarms, and miscellaneous other things that I don’t use on it…but with a quick turn of my wrist I can see the time…and this works in the car, theaters, etc…
My cell phone is too much of annoyance just to check the time when I can do it 10x faster with a watch. However, my phone has replaced things like: books, handheld games, news, email notifications, and an instant camera….so it’s still useful. 😉
I used to wear a watch throughout middleschool, into highschool.
Stopped wearing one in college, because I hung out in the machine shop and got tired of taking it off.
When college let out, I’d start back again.
Funny part is, my most cherished watch is 1/10th the cost of the Citizen one I now wear all the time.
Sentimental value always wins.
I bought a heart rate monitor watch a while back and as sad as it is, I do feel slightly sad that people never ask me the time. I always wear my watch even with my phone because 1) it’s handier, and 2) I have a deep paranoia that anyone who asks me what time it is will steal my phone when I take it out to check the time.
That actually happens. Although no one ever asks me the time except members of my family.