It's almost like poll, but certainly more fun

@larsman - I agree they have become more like jewelry and I know some still wear them regularly, just like suits and ties, but times have indeed changed thanks to computers and Covid. I used to wear ties 3-4 times/week and I cannot remember the last time I wore one - I bet only a few times since my daughter was married in Nov ’19. Maybe I will get my watch out and wear it tomorrow. Anyone want to buy some nice ties?

Watches are cool, but unfortunately have gone the way of the phonebook, typewriters, and the CRT television.

I do not have a Rolex 2-tone Daytona, but I do have a nice automatic watch and send it in every few years for a $300 cleaning, etc. I seldom wear it except every once in a while to some fancy shindig, or to reminisce. If I were a scuba diver, I might wear it more often. I would not sell or trade it, certainly not for stereo stuff or even bike parts, because it was a gift from loved ones for a significant event. It is rugged, keeps time just fine, and I used to wear it every day but now I have a phone, which works great for telling time, and as a stopwatch, and for other things.

An Apple watch is a phone you can wear on your wrist so I do not consider that a watch, not like the Daytona is a watch. Same for a Garmin watch, which is a GPS that sporting people wear on their wrists. I have no inclination to wear a phone, or a GPS, on my wrist. My phone works just fine as a phone, among other things, and the GPS I use on my bike works fine for GPS-type functions, and a bevy of other stuff, including interfacing with the radar. As a result, I run around without watches or jewelry and, given the clothes I mostly wear, my wife would probably tell you people mistake me for a pauper.