I recently wanted to buy a smart watch. I took a long, hard look at each one of my options, and my final conclusion was that none of them is actually acceptable

I recently wanted to buy a smart watch. I took a long, hard look at each one of my options, and my final conclusion was that none of them is actually acceptable: they're all ugly or have poor features or too big or whatever. But I still wanted a watch. So I took a look at some good mechanical watches. You know what? Many of them are beautiful. I want to wear one. Sure, they're expensive but — they're jewelry: there's nothing wrong with that! So I ended up getting a good-quality mechanical watch, and I couldn't be happier. There was a time when digital watches were the height of extravagance, but they quit being fashionable because they're honestly not better. Right now, smart watches are honestly not better, and I suspect that they never will be. I wear a watch to tell the time, and to look good; I have a phone (or, better still, a tablet) to be a handheld computer.