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Different tools with different uses. Sure, your Rolex won't ever be obsolete in what it does but given that no one needs a watch to tell time anymore it's really a symbol of your preferences and where you like to spend your money. It's wrist art.

>>Sketch+(OP)
Do you have statistics of usage for Apple or Android watches? do people really use more than time on them? 10% ? 50% more? It would be interesting to have some data because even if people have plenty of other ways to get the time, I believe we still haven't invented a more efficient way that a watch with physical handles.

>>gregor+g4
You're right, I have no idea. But there are also far more cost effective ways to check the time than a rolex. That was the point I was trying to get across - the rolex won't become obsolete because it's not there to be a watch, it's there to make a statement as a rolex.

>>Sketch+(OP)
Yes and no.

Yes, almost no one needs a watch to tell time. I counted the clocks in my house a few years ago, counting anything that displays the time as a "clock" including things such as my microwave oven, my stove, computers, phones, tablets, DVCR, thermostat, TV, etc, and found something like 20.

But no, there are still functional reasons to have a watch. I do not want to deal with keeping all the aforementioned clocks actually set to the correct time. Some aren't a problem, such as computers and phones, because they automatically sync to time servers over the net.

With a watch I can reduce my clocks to those on my computer, phone, and tablet, and my watch for when I'm not using those, plus any clocks on things that actually need the correct time.

>>gregor+g4
I have one that was completely unexpected. My mother loves her apple watch - for apple pay! She doesn't have to fish anything out of her purse. She just double squeezes the watch, taps and pays. If five years ago you would have told me my 70+ year old mother would be a touch less pay enthusiast I would have said you were crazy - yet here we are.

>>tzs+h7
My personal anecdote is that I stopped wearing a watch once I got a smartphone. I only recently picked one up because I was interested in the biometric data and tracking my running.

That all said the fact that they are wearing a rolex isn't to tell time, it's to wear a rolex.

>>tzs+h7
I have a watch so that I can tell time without needing to access a device that is carefully tuned to draw my attention (especially if I'm in a situation where pulling out my phone would be rude or intrusive).