"You've got a clock on my phone, you don't need a watch..."
We've probably all heard this before. Some family and friends take the mick out of me for the way I am with watches, arguing "you don't need a watch, you can just check your phone, and you certainly don't need more than one". My argument is usually something along the lines of "have you got different trainers, bracelets, t shirts you like? What about your car, why don't you just drive an old banger, why does your car have fancy wheels, why don'twe all just drive the same, vanilla motor?" I keep things civil, of course :) I usually go on to say I like watches for how they make me feel, their different personalities, their varied history. etc. And I'd argue that finding something with pure, unsullied character, something designed to just do ONE thing, is pretty rare and beautiful nowadays. How does everyone else handle the "your phone has a clock" argument?
Budget watch fan with small wrists!
There are two great reasons to have a watch that most people can understand.
I have the perfect watch for those situations.
Hey when they light off a EMP weapon and you glanced down to your mechanical watch you can tell them the time of day. Or your out in the backcountry they can't charge dang you got your mechanical watch. Oh go to war and your phone now becomes a pocket watch. Oh wait you said "but I got a smart watch" still have to charge. Still have to update. Becomes old non supported tech. On an on........
Cheers!
Can you casually glance at your sailfoam and say "Look at the time, gotta go!"?
Who is running to a plane/train/bus and pulls out their Nokia to see if they'll make it?
I usually go with "mind your own business, cretin."
“Shut up,” He explained.
-Ring Lardner
My response is usually 'Why don't you piss off?'
I gave my 11 year old a Casio F91W for Christmas. He loves it. Wears it all the time except when showering. Earlier this week the power went out at his school. The wall clocks stopped working (no phones allowed) and for the last 1.5 hours he said everyone asked him the time.
"How many <insert their obsession here> do you have?"
I gave my 11 year old a Casio F91W for Christmas. He loves it. Wears it all the time except when showering. Earlier this week the power went out at his school. The wall clocks stopped working (no phones allowed) and for the last 1.5 hours he said everyone asked him the time.
Yes. Yes. This. This!
Why do you have a watch when you have a phone that tells time? "I've never seen anyone point aggressively at their iPhone to indicate that 'time's up.'" Why do you have more than one watch? "Because time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so, Douglas Adams".
Response options depending on mood:
Response options depending on mood:
Honestly, I'd just use all 5.
Yep, my phone does have a clock which is unusable when it goes flat every few hours 😜
Well they're wrong because I sit infront of a computer all day which tells me the time.
I have a phone cos it makes my day easier, i have a watch cos it makes my day more enjoyable.
I was originally given a phone in highschool by my parents so that they can call me and check up on me, 20 years later thats still its primary function 🤣 I used to be the person that said i dont need a watch i have my phone but something happened (i dont know what) and i got interested in watches and went down the rabbit hole. I use my phone to listen to music, play the odd game, make a note or a to do list, stay in contact with the few people i still talk to in my life but i dont use it to tell the time or the date for that i use my watch 💪😎
My standard answer to "Why do you have more than one watch?" because I can...
"How does everyone else handle the "your phone has a clock" argument?"
1. Reasonable approach 'good for you, have fun with that'. I understood, when I grew up, that people don't have to agree with me over everything and it's not my goal in life to convince everyone that 'I'm right'. Objectively, mechanical watches are not tools anymore - if someone needs a precise time-telling device, quartz beats any mechanical wrist watch. It's an accessory, it's a jewellery in a way, our watch choices tell something about us in one way or the other.
2. Fun approach - immediately propose a race 'Hey, so what time it is?' - let them struggle with whipping out the phone from their pockets while casually raising your hand and read out the time. Of course - most people will respond with 'I don't need that kind of accessibility' and they are right (read point 1).