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"I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning. The wind, even at sixty miles an hour, i
by bigiain 8y ago
"I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning. The wind, even at sixty miles an hour, is warm and humid. When it’s this hot and muggy at eight-thirty, I’m wondering what it’s going to be like in the afternoon." -- zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, robert m. pirsig
For some people, there are some times when a watch is _way_ more useful than that phone in their pocket...
(Also, I can trust my 1962 vintage mechanical watch to not be silently tracking me and selling me out to advertising companies...)
- ValentineC 8y ago> I can see by my watch, without taking my hand from the left grip of the cycle, that it is eight-thirty in the morning. Not having to rotate my arm to see the time was one big reason I got an always-on transflective LCD smartwatch (mine's the Amazfit Bip) instead of say, an Apple Watch.
- screye 8y agoI think the OP was talking about quality differences on watches than the utility of a watch itself. A 10$ watch does everything the $1000 watch does. The $990 are purely a fashion statement. The quartz being low quality doesn't affect the usability of the watch in anyway. If anything, the cheap digital watch with silicone straps is the e most comfortable and fuctional of all watches. This is unlike clothing, where the 300$ suit or jacket does often have genuinely better fit, comfort and lasts longer.