A Different "Analog" Question


So I'm driving along today enjoying the sunshine and day dreaming as usual and something occurred to me. For those analog lovers do you wear an analog or digital watch? How about you digital guys? My front end is all digital but only analog watches for me.

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Nothing conveys time and especially what fraction of an hour has passed or is upcoming like analog hands.  Active outdoors most times, glancing at my wrist is way easier than reaching into my pocket.  Like a good hybrid amp, the Omega Seamaster is awesomeness from both worlds.   Quartz driven motor with accuracy you'd expect while in a "mechanical watch" mechanism and body with all the strength, dial, hands, crystal etc.  I just serviced mine after 36 years and no issues.  About the price of my MHDT Orchid DAC.

My father left me a nice Breitling self winding watch. I wear it all the time and really like the fact that it is a single function device that's sturdy as can be and doesn't care about being charged or getting updated or finding service. I didn't think I was a watch guy but this thing is handy. It's easier to glance at my wrist than pull the cellphone out of my pocket, especially when I'm on my bicycle. My little nephews and nieces are fascinated with it and love to turn it's bezel, which makes a nice clicking sound.  

Yesterday I glanced at the watch and it was 3:00.  Then a little puzzle occurred to me - what time will it be the next time the minute hand aligns with the hour hand? 

My dedicated headphone system is a combination of digital and analog components. My handheld computer that doubles as a communication device is an Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max. I rotate between two analog wristwatches. One is a Rolex Explorer 114270 that was a gift from my sister and my kids, the other is an Omega 1861 Hesalite Moonwatch. If I need to know the exact time of day I just look up at the sky. 

I wear a Seiko hybrid.  "Self-wind" to the extent that the "winding" mechanism is actually a battery charger.  It runs off of a quartz movement (digital) but displays on an analog face.