I was there at one point. Had a Casio as a kid, then it all stopped in the late 90s with the advent of phones that actually tell the time besides telephone. But I picked up watches again by the late 2000s. I have no love for phones now, don't even bother with the screen protector or cases..
There are some advantages to having a timepiece on your wrist;
1. tell time at a flick of a wrist instead of pulling out the phone from the pocket, and tapping the button. It's not much, but the time saved counts, especially if you're in a sitting position, and if you need to time things A LOT and don't work in front of a computer screen. Nurses still get pocketwatches I think exactly for this purpose for timing heartbeats and whatnot.
2. flicking your wrist to read the time is far less rude than pulling our your phone to some people. Still rude though. But the difference is huge. Since the thing is on your wrist already, you can sneak a peak at the time without even moving your hand too, 100000000x better
2a. This is why they are making smartwatches, which I am thinking of getting one, for excercise tracking purposes. But, they can't yet solve..
3. Battery life. Low batt is not a constant nag, unlike the phone. At worst, some analogue watches have 2 year batteries. At best, batteries not even needed (solar, kinetic, automatic, mechanicals, magic )
The rest isn't an advantage, but rather a feel-good kinda thing, to know that
1. there is a piece of jewelry that also has precision engine on your wrist, especially if it is a mechanical automatic.
2. its a thing to stare at that isn't your phone. you might get bored at staring at it at some point (I don't), but it's probably gonna be a lot better for your eyes than bright blinding LEDs. And looking at it reminds you that you don't have much time in this world for all the things you want to do so better do them now. Can't get that urgency with Pokemon Go..
SHM wrote:I love analog over digital.
I have an Edifice too! Those are great, tough cousins of G-shocks.. and nice Tissot, I considered one at a certain point..