WRIST WATCHES – Do we still need them?
I discovered (on google news) today new Chinese Quart watches are being launched!
I remember the time my dad got me a HMT watch. Initially I was very proud of it – it had to be wound
by hand, it had two dials one for the time and another for day date.. quite
large and heavy. But later on, when my school mates changed to newer kinetic
models where no winding up of the watch was required, with more dials and
flashy screens ,I was fed up.
In fact the HMT watches kept on working and keeping
the right time for decades. They never died! Dads loved them !
But over the past 2 decades, the watches seem to have changed for quartz watches which
work on batteries, now the solar
batteries are in fashion! Smart
watches are’ in’ and the prices are more affordable.
But do we still need
watches?
Mobile phone is the most personal item that one carries. It
has the function of phone calls. Messages, calculator, music player, movie
player, still camera, video camera, gaming console and of course last but not
the least - the clock, not to mention
the timer, alarm and stop watch.
Looking at the wrist during a boring lecture is considered impolite.
But a discrete look at the mobile will
not only be polite, but also tell you how many minutes you have wasted!
A faulty battery in the quartz watch sends you worrying about
getting a new one. It is not uncommon for people to change watches rather than batteries !!
Being a surgeon and a
violinist, I find wrist watch cumbersome and it comes in the way of my
profession and passion.
No worries about allergy to the watch strap
But is the wrist watch popular still? BBC survey in UK
showed that 14 % population felt no need for wrist watches as cell phone have taken
over the function. So it is a growing trend to find your time on the mobile
phone.
In fact the young people
who grow up with technology find it easy to check time on the phone!
What do the wrist
watch wears say?
These are a fashion
statement, especially the expensive watches. Some women still consider the watches as
expensive pieces of jewelry!
So if you are still wearing a wrist watch, relax…. You are
with the 86 % of the population and you have the ‘time’ to look at your watch
for the ‘time’!
Young guys like me (!) feel they are redundant.
Also no tell tale sun marks on wrists and no strap allergies !
Also no tell tale sun marks on wrists and no strap allergies !
