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This post was so interesting that I literally just made an account to post a comment here. :)
Many people here have mentioned that reading analogue watches is much easier than digital for them but for me it is actually the complete opposite.
I actually got into watches because I found it challenging to read analogue and as a child I wanted to be able to read analogue clocks as fast as my grandparents and parents did. I want to point out that I'm a 2000s kid. I was 6 when Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone for example. :) So growing up with digital time, I only learned analogue in school and didn't really use it at all.
What you have mentioned here about being a ble to visualise analogue time is really interesting and I agree that sometimes seeing the angle really helps us to see how long we have rather than just numbers. However, I am still much better at reading digital. A habit I have is to always double check the time on my phone after reading my watch because I still sometimes get the time wrong. For me, reading digital time is instantaneous and it takes time for me to "decode" analogue time.
Getting back to the question you asked about why we are not all wearing digital squares, in my case it's because it's not the reason I got into watches. I got into watches because I was fascinated with analogue faces and frustrated with being very slow when trying to read it. It started as something I wanted to practice and developed into a larger passion (though admittedly still a pretty new one). I've come to like digital watches as well though.
I agree with @ckim4watches when they say that digital "squares" have a retro charm to them but I go down that road with LCD screens when it comes to Tamagotchis released in the 1990s to early 2000s. That's just where my retro digital passion lies.
Hopefully this rant was somewhat interesting and came from a different perspective. :)
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