When Apple watch came out in 2015, there was a debate about whether mobile phones would replace watches. At that time, Hirota ya, the editor General of Chronos Japan, a professional Japanese watch magazine, would once put forward an observation. He said that when we look at the situation of time using mobile phones without hand watches, if we simply think about the action of time, we should take out mobile phones from our pockets It's like taking out a pocket watch from a pocket back to ancient times. After his explanation, the old souls who are obsessed with the habit of looking at watches in the old times suddenly feel relieved. In addition, when I occasionally see a trendy ID belt, I want to take a header down and hang it up. Then I hang the belt in my waist and put the header in my pocket like I used to use a pocket watch, But when I think about it, people like us wear watches to show off. Who can see it in their pocket?
The transition from pocket watch to wristwatch was almost after World War I (1914-18). Just like most of the technological development, the popularity of wristwatch originated from the military demand at the earliest, because it is much more convenient to see time watch than pocket watch in the battlefield.
However, the paradigm shift of all technologies is bound to encounter resistance. When wristwatches began to be popular, some people once scoffed that it was "inappropriate", "barbaric" and "stupid" to watch time with wristwatches. Today, seeing this kind of comment again will make people feel as if they were from another world, just thinking that "watching mobile phones is like watching pocket watches" will be put forward by guangtianya Who knows what the future people will think of our current debate in a century.
Two foreign watch reviewers once said that although watches are a gradually declining way of looking at time, even if you are born in a generation without watches, once you wear them, you will naturally tend to look at time through watches rather than mobile phones. This observation shows that although many people have no habit of wearing watches now, wearing watches is very tolerant Easy to form habits, because from the perspective of ergonomics, it is indeed a labor-saving and intuitive form.
This is from the pragmatic point of view. Not only one girl told me that they think wearing a watch is a more polite way, because it's much smaller than pulling out a mobile phone, and it's less obvious that you're looking at the time in meetings or other formal occasions. Some brand public relations need to confirm the time frequently when they are doing activities, but what they wear on the spot is OK It can be a suit or dress. It's not convenient to carry a bag or put a mobile phone on your body. Wearing a watch becomes a very elegant solution at this time.
In the end, even if you don't care about the convenience, politeness or elegance, watches have the most powerful and sad existence value: we just like wearing watches! As mentioned above, I would like to put the meter in my pocket. There are still a lot of people who like to show their watches on their hands. No matter what they are wearing, whether they are jinlao, peinahai, apple watch or g-shop, the purpose of these watches is not to be able to stand the exercise, be precise or record how many steps you have taken today, but to show your wealth, taste and fashion acumen As long as this value can continue to exert influence in society (or social media), I think watches will appear on human wrist for a long time.
