Watches have always been a status symbol after their primary function of telling time.
You keep your phone in your pocket, but a watch is there for all to see, is it an expensive Rolex? A cheap Casio? A fruit watch, connected to a fruit phone? Or something that looks like that device from the begining of Spy Kids 2 that I still want 20+ years later.
Function then fashion, and its always kept up with the tech of the time, all they way back to the chronometer.
Sure but we have phones now. Doesn’t matter what your status is, you dont need a watch. It used to be a status symbol as being a person who needed to keep track of the time because you were busy. But nowadays that’s nonsense.
there’s a big ol’ it depends. my wife (a teacher) has her smart watch run her daily timers to keep her class on schedule. and that way she doesn’t have to pull out her phone and then her class doesn’t yell “mrs ymca no phones at school” every time, because you remember being a student. i know a lot of nurses who wear smart watches for other but similar reasons. the convenience of being able to receive (and maybe send? i don’t know, i don’t really wear watches.) texts and alerts from your phone can be rather useful in some fields.
Idk it’s been decades since i wore a watch, if you have a phone there’s no point
A lot of techbros are convinced having a watch on makes people take you more seriously.
Watches have always been a status symbol after their primary function of telling time.
You keep your phone in your pocket, but a watch is there for all to see, is it an expensive Rolex? A cheap Casio? A fruit watch, connected to a fruit phone? Or something that looks like that device from the begining of Spy Kids 2 that I still want 20+ years later.
Function then fashion, and its always kept up with the tech of the time, all they way back to the chronometer.
Didn’t the spy kids Watch not tell time?
Shut your face, it was cool. Also the bigger one the antagonist kid wore did… But that was like 3 watches and very early 2000s CGI.
Sure but we have phones now. Doesn’t matter what your status is, you dont need a watch. It used to be a status symbol as being a person who needed to keep track of the time because you were busy. But nowadays that’s nonsense.
there’s a big ol’ it depends. my wife (a teacher) has her smart watch run her daily timers to keep her class on schedule. and that way she doesn’t have to pull out her phone and then her class doesn’t yell “mrs ymca no phones at school” every time, because you remember being a student. i know a lot of nurses who wear smart watches for other but similar reasons. the convenience of being able to receive (and maybe send? i don’t know, i don’t really wear watches.) texts and alerts from your phone can be rather useful in some fields.
Some smartwatch can have their own SIM and can be the phone.
Like you could go out on a run or errand without bringing your phone (or even a wallet if you’ve setup a digital wallet on your watch).