Did Cell Phones Kill The Wrist Watch? - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

Zayne E. · 02-18-2007, 04:48 AM

A cellphone can only kill the wrist watch for people who have no sense of style or taste. That's why most people who wear wrist watches wear wrist watches.

Very rarely is the decision to purchase -- or wear -- a wrist watch to be able to look at their wrist and tell the time

SPACE GLIDER · 02-18-2007, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiveDose

Watches will be back as soon as they figure out how to make a cellphone the size of a watch.

EXACTLY!!

slapass · 02-18-2007, 05:13 AM

I never wear a watch. And i understand the fashion part of it but this is really a ridiculous item. Just buy a bracelet.

I find with the massive amount of clocks in the world that i am pretty much in touch with the time at all times. so why bother adding one more?

gecko · 02-18-2007, 11:39 AM

has to be taking in consideration.

Galina Los · 02-18-2007, 11:42 AM

what do you think is more PIMPish? rolex or nokia.... mine rolex or other good watches are better.. so I think that good watches are more respectful then cell. cell will never kill watches. I like mine RADO watches!!!

Vitasoy · 02-18-2007, 04:13 PM

It has something to do with it, I know I use my cell for time check

_Rush_ · 02-18-2007, 07:23 PM

My advertising workshop teacher was going on about how technologies are coming together to centralize functions in just one gadget, like the cell phone.

I told him that he was wrong and that technologies were not coming together, but growing apart. This is one of the reasons why WebTV sucked, TVs with incorporated VCRs sucked, etc.

He suggested that he was the teacher and I was the pupil, so I just asked him why was he wearing a watch if he had a cell phone.

Things were quiet after that :P

23yrOldVirgin · 02-18-2007, 07:28 PM

I used to a wear a watch through high school, but then switched to using my cell, but now i'm getting back into wearing a watch

EBORG9 · 02-18-2007, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX

Never wore a watch, dont carry a cellphone.

OMG!...Who are you O mystical one?

Watches are definitely for fashion now more than ever. The cell phone definitely is killing the average Timex, but never the Rolex, or the Movado, or any other "satus" watch, or fashion statement.

People didn't stop owning horses when the auto was affordable.

EBORG9 · 02-18-2007, 07:53 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16693402/

Remember this one? I think is was Palm OS

woj · 02-18-2007, 07:55 PM

haven't worn one in a while myself either... :-/

Spunky · 02-18-2007, 08:04 PM

My Timex takes a licking and keeps on ticking

GTS Mark · 02-18-2007, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 12clicks

a properly dress man wears a watch.
period.

I could'nt agree more.

DH

Shoplifter · 02-18-2007, 10:33 PM

In an overall sense I would have to agree....I spend a lot of time in Asia and nowadays wrist watches are not common except as a status symbol amongst men. I never see young women wearing them these days...Not unless it is a fashion element - ie colored Swatch etc.

I still wear a very heavy Omega Seamaster, but only as a masculine thing...

I have found that since I got my last phone, Motorola ROKR E6 I haven't taken my Ipod out of the house. SO I would say the phone and Ipod have been pretty successfully converged now.

CynthiaB · 02-18-2007, 11:34 PM

So funny, we were just talking about this. We needed a second hand on a watch to time something and no one had a watch because everyone used their cell for the time!

LiveDose · 02-18-2007, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghost Rush

He suggested that he was the teacher and I was the pupil...

That was his answer? What an arrogant prick.

_Rush_ · 02-18-2007, 11:56 PM

Well, he didn't say it. He kind of looked at me and gave me some stupid reply like saying "hey hotshot, if you're so good, you should be teaching the class". Same thing, if you ask me.

Of course, I look like an ass in front of the class because superficial analysis tells you that technologies are, in fact, merging into single devices. I mean, cell phones have photo and video cameras, iPods can play music and video, the Blackberry can hook up with the Internet, etc.

However, if you look at it in depth (and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know this), they are actually diverging. I mean, are the photographers from FTV shooting with cell phones? Don't think so. Have book sales declined in favor of e-books? Nope. Have you seen TVs with incorporated DVD players? I haven't, probably because of the same reason TVs with VCRs didn't last long, even though it makes perfect (common) sense to incorporate them together.

Al Ries wrote down in one of his many books that alarm clocks come with radios. When you listen to the radio, do you actually use your alarm clock to do it?

Everyone says: "oh look how everything is coming together" and things like: "soon we'll be able to do everything from a single device".

Truth is, that is not going to happen any time soon because deep down, we don't want it to happen.

Life would be too boring with a single gadget that does it all.

Besides, think of paintings and photography. When photography was invented, its main task was to capture reality as accurate as possible, a task that had been assigned to paintings long, long ago. What did the artists do? They started using paintings to represent other things. That's when surrealism and abstract art, among others, were born and made paintings a necessity again.

xNetworx · 02-19-2007, 12:54 AM

lorine · 02-19-2007, 01:02 AM

As far as I`m concerned I still ware a watch although I have a cell phone.Most of the people don`t wear watches anymore,I can understand this thing because the cell phone,among other interesting features,it has a watch

Madame0120 · 02-19-2007, 04:12 AM

Yup .. the same as when JFK was sworn in- not wearing a hat- and killed the whole millinery industry, in less than a year.

I don't think watches will ever totally go out of style ... there are still lots of ppl who do't have cell phones. Amazing isn't it .. how fast everything changes ..

And it all started with a transistor.

CashLikeWhoa_Mike · 02-19-2007, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Spunky

My Timex takes a licking and keeps on ticking

one of the best ad slogans of all time.

But notice you don't even see commercials promoting everyday watches anymore. timex ads used to be everywhere, and when Swatch was at its peak in popularity you saw them advertise eveywhere in print and on TV.

Fap · 02-19-2007, 11:21 AM

I only have my cell out, it's all you need

WebairGerard · 02-19-2007, 11:24 AM

always wear a watch

02-18-2007, 11:39 AM	#54
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Galina Los Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 393	what do you think is more PIMPish? rolex or nokia.... mine rolex or other good watches are better.. so I think that good watches are more respectful then cell. cell will never kill watches. I like mine RADO watches!!! __________________ AMM Cash - BDSM & Spanking

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02-18-2007, 07:23 PM	#57
_Rush_ Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 742	My advertising workshop teacher was going on about how technologies are coming together to centralize functions in just one gadget, like the cell phone. I told him that he was wrong and that technologies were not coming together, but growing apart. This is one of the reasons why WebTV sucked, TVs with incorporated VCRs sucked, etc. He suggested that he was the teacher and I was the pupil, so I just asked him why was he wearing a watch if he had a cell phone. Things were quiet after that :P __________________ No sig.

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02-18-2007, 04:48 AM	#51
Zayne E. Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,383	A cellphone can only kill the wrist watch for people who have no sense of style or taste. That's why most people who wear wrist watches wear wrist watches. Very rarely is the decision to purchase -- or wear -- a wrist watch to be able to look at their wrist and tell the time

02-18-2007, 05:13 AM	#53
slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,622	I never wear a watch. And i understand the fashion part of it but this is really a ridiculous item. Just buy a bracelet. I find with the massive amount of clocks in the world that i am pretty much in touch with the time at all times. so why bother adding one more?

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23yrOldVirgin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 92	I used to a wear a watch through high school, but then switched to using my cell, but now i'm getting back into wearing a watch

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Shoplifter Richest man in Babylon Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Posts: 10,002 Posts: 5,726	In an overall sense I would have to agree....I spend a lot of time in Asia and nowadays wrist watches are not common except as a status symbol amongst men. I never see young women wearing them these days...Not unless it is a fashion element - ie colored Swatch etc. I still wear a very heavy Omega Seamaster, but only as a masculine thing... I have found that since I got my last phone, Motorola ROKR E6 I haven't taken my Ipod out of the house. SO I would say the phone and Ipod have been pretty successfully converged now.

02-18-2007, 11:34 PM	#65
CynthiaB Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The OC Posts: 1,274	So funny, we were just talking about this. We needed a second hand on a watch to time something and no one had a watch because everyone used their cell for the time! __________________ DDC -- Power Parking Success is the Only Option

02-18-2007, 11:56 PM	#67
_Rush_ Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 742	Well, he didn't say it. He kind of looked at me and gave me some stupid reply like saying "hey hotshot, if you're so good, you should be teaching the class". Same thing, if you ask me. Of course, I look like an ass in front of the class because superficial analysis tells you that technologies are, in fact, merging into single devices. I mean, cell phones have photo and video cameras, iPods can play music and video, the Blackberry can hook up with the Internet, etc. However, if you look at it in depth (and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to know this), they are actually diverging. I mean, are the photographers from FTV shooting with cell phones? Don't think so. Have book sales declined in favor of e-books? Nope. Have you seen TVs with incorporated DVD players? I haven't, probably because of the same reason TVs with VCRs didn't last long, even though it makes perfect (common) sense to incorporate them together. Al Ries wrote down in one of his many books that alarm clocks come with radios. When you listen to the radio, do you actually use your alarm clock to do it? Everyone says: "oh look how everything is coming together" and things like: "soon we'll be able to do everything from a single device". Truth is, that is not going to happen any time soon because deep down, we don't want it to happen. Life would be too boring with a single gadget that does it all. Besides, think of paintings and photography. When photography was invented, its main task was to capture reality as accurate as possible, a task that had been assigned to paintings long, long ago. What did the artists do? They started using paintings to represent other things. That's when surrealism and abstract art, among others, were born and made paintings a necessity again. __________________ No sig.

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lorine Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 994	As far as I`m concerned I still ware a watch although I have a cell phone.Most of the people don`t wear watches anymore,I can understand this thing because the cell phone,among other interesting features,it has a watch __________________ Lorine - ebony escort for sensitive gentlemen

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Madame0120 Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In my own lil World Posts: 1,227	Yup .. the same as when JFK was sworn in- not wearing a hat- and killed the whole millinery industry, in less than a year. I don't think watches will ever totally go out of style ... there are still lots of ppl who do't have cell phones. Amazing isn't it .. how fast everything changes .. And it all started with a transistor. __________________ Try Something New! Teasing Bucks Mistress Always Wins!

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