Today while searching my desk drawer for something completely unrelated, I came across a digital watch from the early ’90’s. Wow. I have come so far from the person I was when I wore that watch!
The watch itself was not an agent of change, just a memento of where I was at one time. It was a man’s watch, of course, a digital Timex, and it was large, thick, and heavy. It had 4 buttons and countless functions, most of which I never mastered and rarely used.
There are geeky women who might wear such a watch, but they would be rare indeed. Once, I wore it proudly. Today, I’d go without a watch before I weigh down my arm with it.
There’s nothing wrong with a large, multi-function electronic watch, but for me: my tastes have changed. Today I wear a simple, analog quartz watch, and its two functions — time-keeping and ornament — are of equal importance.