• megopie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    “ We promise it’s not just jewelry for men, promise, because men don’t wear jewelry. This is just a tool, and maybe a status symbol, but definitely not in the way jewelry can be a status symbol.”

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      8 months ago

      I like to wear a watch, it’s shiny and has gold. Definitely jewelry but also I like to be able to check the time without my phone. I don’t think people are going for Timex as a status symbol though. They’re cheap watches.

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      Wrist watches used to be women’s wear. Pocket watches were for men until WW1 when they found out that wrist mounted timepieces are super handy when you need to carry a rifle all the time and launch attacks synchronized with walking artillery barrages.

      Just like anything else it can be purely for looks or purely for function but the best stuff does both at once. A nice looking precise watch, a pen that looks and writes great, dress shoes comfortable enough to wear all day, an Italian suit with a tactical liner lol

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        I think I’d go for a pocket smartwatch since they have no need for a lot of sensors and room for a bigger battery. And yes, I do know that if you will take something out of your pocket anyway, why not just your phone? For that I have no answer, I still want one

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          First half: Heh, ironic because a phone is just a bigger smart watch, especially with an always on oled.

          Second half: What would that even look like!?

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            This is a replica prop from an old TV show about time travel. (Voyagers, the device was called Omni). That’s what I thought of.

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      8 months ago

      Why not air allow yourself something that you like to look at and will look at often? Especially if it means looking at your phone less.

      Plus even someone (smart) with an AP can respect a cool $60 watch, doesn’t have to be a status symbol or for others at all. (And in fact the first thing people realize when they start watch collecting is that 99% of people aren’t looking at them.)