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Is the wristwatch poised to follow the pocket watch? <\/p>\n

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Market researchers say more people are carrying electronic devices that also tell time, whether a phone, an iPod or a BlackBerry. They’re also finding that young people, in particular, are more interested in spending their money on other kinds of accessories, such as shoes and hand bags. <\/p>\n

In a survey last fall, investment bank Piper Jaffray & Co. found that nearly two-thirds of teens never wear a watch – and only about one in 10 wears one every day. <\/p>\n

Experian Simmons Research also discovered that, while Americans spent more than US$5.9 billion on watches in 2006, that figure was down 17 per cent when compared with five years earlier <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I suppose it is a matter of habit, but while I carry around a Treo that has a clock on it (and which I use for alarms, PDA stuff, as well as phone calls), I wear a wristwatch<\/a> all the time. Because it’s a matter of a half-second to glance down and see the time that way, vs. pulling out my cell phone (that was the case even when I had a cell that persistently showed the time out the outside, let alone one that requireshittinga power button). Wristwatches trumped pocketwatches for just that level of convenience; unless folks can as easily see the time in another fashion, I don’t worry too much about the wristwatch. <\/p>\n

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Elliott, who’s 27, is much more likely to get the time from the clock in her car, the one on her cable TV box or cellphone or from the bottom right-hand of her computer at the University of Kentucky, where she works. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mebbe so. I have digital clocks all around me most of the time, too. Indeed, on those occasions when I’ve forgotten my watch (rare), I find it most annoying where I don’t have a clock in immediate visual range: on a walk, in a restaurant, someplace unfamiliar. <\/p>\n

I’d say that, because there are so many other places where clocks can be found, having a watch is less <\/em>necessary, and one can <\/em>work around it with environmental clocks or one’s cell. If I didn’t have a watch (and wasn’t in the habit of using it), I might not find it as necessary as I do. <\/p>\n

Interestingly, I was in a watch shop today. I can remember a decade ago when half the offerings would have been digital, but only a small handful were where I was. Part of it was the venue, but I think part of it is that watches are now as much about aesthetics as information. Until digital technology forms non-cluncky numbers in something other than black on gray, digital wristwatches are likely to be even more of a niche market than they are today (though digital clocks will remain most standard in appliancesand the like). <\/p>\n

(via RetroThing<\/a>)<\/small> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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