My parents required me to have an analog watch as my first watch. We did the same for our kids. Where we are, analog time-telling is a required part of the (co

My parents required me to have an analog watch as my first watch. We did the same for our kids. Where we are, analog time-telling is a required part of the (common core) curriculum. So kids would have to learn it in school, though not necessarily internalize it for long enough that it would stick in the long run.