2 ms·

I don't care. I am never wearing a watch again. The only stuff I want on me are clothes and jewellery. Clothes to keep the cold and wet and dirt off; jewellery

I don't care. I am never wearing a watch again. The only stuff I want on me are clothes and jewellery. Clothes to keep the cold and wet and dirt off; jewellery as non-functional art pieces that speak to me in some way and say something about myself to others. I don't want to have any piece of electronic technology tethered to any part of my body unless one day (God forbid) I'm forced to wear a pace-maker. I was never as happy as when I lost my last watch years and years ago and realised I didn't have to actually get another.

paulojreis 12y ago
Aren't watches (also) amazing pieces of jewellery?
- igravious 12y ago
  I see what you're saying and I'm not trying to come across like some kind of luddite (I likes me tech I tells ya) but I only want the jewellery I have on me to have aesthetic function only. Even the incredibly handy function of telling the time is one function too many. And smartwatches? I don't get them. Don't you need your smartphone nearby, don't they work over bluetooth? So if your phone is in your pocket or somewhere nearby then aren't you paying an awful lot of money for a few seconds of convenience? If they work over wifi or cellular data that's another story of course.
  - paulojreis 12y ago
    But you can pretty much ignore the time-telling functionality (I guess that's what most people do, anyway) and still retain the aesthetical value. Of course, watches might not be your thing, but it just sounded a little strange - do you value jewellery and its aesthetical value only until they have some sort of functionality? P.S. I don't get smartwatches, too. At least, in their current incarnation(s).