So last night we were watching a
cop show we’d found through our Amazon Prime account (Bosch, based on
the Michael Connolly series. How could you not like a series where the main
character is named after a bizarre 15th century artist?).
A young officer was killed in what ostensibly
was a convenience store robbery. The perp yanked the thin gold chain from the
officer’s neck and the watch from his arm. Now we knew that was because
the officer had been working under cover, the watch held the bugging device,
and the cop had been discovered to be a snitch. But it set me to thinking.
Was
it plausible writing in this day and age for a thief to consider a watch worth
stealing or was this an anachronistic idea? Granted, it looked pretty expensive
– covered with knobs and outer rings and clunky enough to look worthy of
deep-sea diving – but do people still wear watches? As someone old enough to be
in the watch-wearing demographic, I wasn’t sure.
I
thought I had read recently that standard wrist watches had become passé since
anyone under 50 now has a smart phone permanently imbedded in his palm. And
then we have that whole FitBit phenomenon - and with the Apple watch coming up in the
ranks, a trend-setter’s wrist could get pretty crowded.
At
my age, I can happily hand off those old worries about what’s in style and what
isn’t to someone who cares.
And as a member of
the blissfully retired, I’d need to find my watch first before I could decide
if it would brand me as sadly out of date.
No watches for me for forty years. I did buy one recently for my granddaughter.
ReplyDeleteSo apparently that article was premature in its prediction of the end of watches.
DeleteInteresting thoughts. I do wear a watch. Occasionally. But I am too old for the latest trends too.
ReplyDeleteI like to think not too old, but rather above it all!
DeleteI wear one when we're out and about--never think to look at my phone, but my husband hasn't worn one since he retired. It's not that he looks at his phone, he doesn't have one, it's that he just doesn't care.
ReplyDeleteI still don't see how unearthing my phone from the depths of my purse is faster than checking my wrist.
DeleteI like the"find my watch first" phrase. I took my watch off the day I retired.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you're doing this retirement thing exactly right, Red!
DeleteI wear a cheap sport watch because I don't like to haul my phone out every time I want to see what time it is. Plus it's got a light so I can see the time in the middle of the night. :-)
ReplyDeleteThose lighted watches are the best - in another life I used to find them useful when out for the evening.
DeleteI still wear a watch, but not 24 hours a day as I used to. These days it only goes on my wrist when I'm going somewhere and need to keep track of time so I don't miss the bus home again. I don't have one of those smart phones glued to my hand, and never will.
ReplyDeleteWow. You might be one of the few remaining people able to sustain a conversation without stopping to consult your phone.
DeleteI don't wear a watch but it's not because I have a phone, I jut never got in the habit. as a teenager, they didn't make watches small enough to fit my wrist (I was ver skinny, have very small wrists) and I did like them loose like a bracelet. besides, I really didn't need to wear a watch to know what time it was because every other person in the world did wear a watch and all I needed to do to find out what time it was was to ask the person standing next to me.
ReplyDeleteAh, see? Control freak that I am, I want to know the time all by myself!
DeleteAs bizarre as it seems, luxury watches are still in high demand. Of course, they're less about telling time than about status. Every few weeks, it seems, I read in the newspaper about a smash-and-grab crime somewhere in London in which thieves break into a shop and make off with armloads of Rolexes. It's insane.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of Bosch. Maybe Dave and I need to check it out? We're always on the lookout for a new series.
We're enjoying the series. There's actual characterization involved. We've been semi-binge watching and in 9 episodes of season 2, I only saw one car chase.
DeleteI've recently started wearing watches again - more as an accessory, really. For the time, I still automatically check my phone.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many people do still wear watches. I'll have to take notice next time I am out and about. My mom always wore a watch. She could not stand to be without her watch.
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