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Re:NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks by Pooge on Friday December 26, 2025 @03:57PM (#46396166)
Luxury watches are analog. Maybe people 50 years from now won't even know if the clock is telling the time correctly and will just wear the watch to show off...
Re:NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks by dmd on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:29PM (#46396477)
50 years from now? this is already absolutely a thing.
Re:NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks by Pooge on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:38PM (#46396558)
Maybe you're right. Even if the clock is off, I always assumed the wearer was at least able to read an analog clock.
Re:NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks by climb_stealth on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:30PM (#46396485)
The future is now. I personally know someone who does that. It's a fancy watch that only gets worn sometimes. And it's an automatic so it needs to be moved for it to keep running. So when they wear it every few days it is completely out of sync and they can't be bothered to adjust the time.

It is purely an accessory and completely useless for telling the time.

No judgment, but it just seems silly.

Apparently the correct way to solve it is to store the watch in a cradle that keeps it moving perpetually.

Re:NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks by Pooge on Friday December 26, 2025 @04:37PM (#46396551)
I inherited a mechanical watch from my grandmother and I can't stand it when it's even 1 minute off, haha

I'm quite young so I didn't really live with analog clocks but I got used to it because the watch is cool and I might as make it useful...