Comments on: Are cell phones hurting the watch industry?

By: gt

gt — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:58:56 +0000

A bit of an old post but I figured I would toss in my 2 cents. I been living in Japan the past couple years and yesterday I went to a dinner party. Pulling out some things to wear I looked at my watch. I realized I haven’t worn my watch in over a year. Pretty weird. People here really don’t wear watches. Occasionally as status symbols but for the time 9 times out of 10 you will see someone look at their cellphone.

By: Keilana

Keilana — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:04:18 +0000

While reading this article, I had a deja vu..
Some backtracking lead me to this site: http://www.wristdreams.com/archives/2008/01/lg_watch_phone.html

Instead of using your phone as your watch, its using our watch as your phone.

By: Kikidas

Kikidas — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:04:59 +0000

I have to wear one for work — when you’re counting heartbeats, it’s hard to do it while holding a cellphone.

By: Baseball

Baseball — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:56:37 +0000

Kirk,

I had never thought of fountain pens! Thanks for the heads up!

By: Elynara

Elynara — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:52:54 +0000

Yeah I still wear a watch every day as well. I just like to be able to glance down and check the time, especially when you need to do it discretely. You know, like when you’re in the middle of a meeting thinking, ‘When the hell is this going to end”–not exactly the prime moment to whip out your cellphone.

Seriously though I just hate cellphones with a passion. This always available and plugged in to the network thing is for the birds. I carry the cell for emergencies, but personally if you’re not my wife or my mother you can send me an email =)

By: Lady Jess

Lady Jess — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:53:37 +0000

I love my watches. I wear my Eeyore (yeah I said it) watch daily. I have a leather strapped ladies US Army watch. I also have a gold watch given to my husband by an Iraqi Sgt Major to give to me as a thank you for the walkman my husband had given his son. The kid said he wanted one, so hubby gave him his. For that I got a gold watch when he came home.

By: Lypi

Lypi — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:08:28 +0000

I have a cellphone. I always forget to take it with me. Ditto on the watch, which is a bit of bling but very sensible. I used to lose watches on a regular basis. Then I bought an expensive one (Tag) and suddenly I always knew where it was. After 6 years wearing it on oil rigs, drill floor and all, the casing is a little dented, but the face is still perfectly scratch-free. And being a “diving” watch (albeit small and girly), I can wear it swimming or in wet places (hiking or such) without any worries of water damage.

When I remember to wear it.

The second hand is very useful for timing stuff, measuring pulses etc (I’m a vet now). I have no clue if my phone has any utility like that.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:37:54 +0000

Baseball, you missed some things that are still “valid”.

Tie hardware of various sorts comes to mind – tacks, clips, etc.

Odds are you’re wearing a suit (given the rest of your discussion), in which case lapel pins of several sorts are respectable.

Oh, and I almost forgot fountain pens. My handwriting is execrable, and I lose pens readily myself. But if you want “men’s business jewelry”, that’s your path. go to http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11808 for your starting point.

By: Baseball

Baseball — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:40:12 +0000

The watch is the only “respectable” piece of jewelry a man can wear in a business setting. I have about 15 watches that color coordinate with whatever shirt I’m wearing, as well as 2-3 “low maintenance” watches and 1-2 “interview” watches.

Conversely, my cell phone is boring, never changes, and represents an anchor –a way for people to “get ahold” of me.

It might sound girly but it’s annoying that the only none shirt/tie/vest/jacket thing I can do to enhance my appearance is a watch while women get rings, bracelets, hair-thingies, pierced ears, etc. So I totally live it up. =)

By: Tekkub

Tekkub — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:13:18 +0000

I worked in the Jewelry dept at Wal-mart for many a year, and I can say that your observations are pretty damn spot-on. Not many people buy watches anymore, the mass majority of the ones I sold were simply for “bling” (you know, the impression that the watch is flashy and expensive, when in fact it is a $15 piece of shit you bought at Wal-mart…)

I myself carried a pocket watch for some time, but only because I hate phones and don’t carry a cell phone around. Anymore these days, however, time is meaningless to me. I don’t work a set work schedule, my TV shows magically download when there’s a new one, the grocery store is open 24 hours a day… what need do I have for the time? Hell, what time is it now? What day is today…

Oh and on a side note, when are you gonna write about WoW again? :P