Turning Back the Clock

This blog was never intended to be so Microsoft/Google/major IT players based, although it was, amongst other things, supposed to try to highlight the future developments and use of technology and ideas moving forwards.

One thing occurred to me this morning though – how the humble wrist watch hasn’t embraced the same technological development as you would have imagined. Think about it, the price of a digital watch is insignificant when compared against some of its more expensive analogue, mechanical counterparts.

There have been several attempts to glamorise the digital watch with the inclusion of infra-red devices, USB storage memory, some basic services such as weather updates, FM radios, etc. And yet cogs, wheels and gears still fetch the highest prices and there is something safe and dependable about it. It simply just works – no flashing gadgets, no gimmicks, just pure mechanical driven time keeping.

With mobile phones being the digital device of choice for most people to carry around with them, I believe the humble wrist watch is here to stay for a lot longer yet.