Who Has Given Up Their Watch and Just Used Their Smartphone?

I was glad to give-up my watch in favor of my smartphone. especially in the heat and humidity of the summer months.

It has taken the place of my gps

Actually, that is the subject of another thread:

http://www.poi-factory.com/node/33615

My blue TAG has been with me since 1989, my iPhone since 2011. I'll keep my watch thank you!

With clocks all over the place, such as dashboards and appliances, there really is no need for a wristwatch anymore. A wristwatch is redundant.

Phone is always with me

My MP3 player has a clock if I really needed to know or care what time it was on the plane. Of course, I could just look at the time on my GPS if I needed to, assuming of course the airline allowed the GPS to be turned on during flight.

Yeah not much point in a watch if I have my phone with me.

A pocket watch can't replace the convenience of a wrist watch IMHO.

I like watches and have several. When my smartphone is dead because I forget to recharge it, my watch keeps ticking....! Nuff Said.

an 18k Rolex GMT 2 by a good friend that passed away recently. It's bling now! I would never use a phone as a pocket watch instead of that Rolex...you've got to be kidding me!

A top end watch makes a fashion and social class statement.

I guess younger folks will make wrist watches pretty much obsolete. They will go the way of the pocket watch.

I gave up my watch, and use my phone. It isn't a smartphone, but interfaces with the bluetooth of my car.... and I have TEXT TURNED OFF at my request by my cellphone provider..... And I'm on DO NOT CALL List....

So yes, I have taken off my watch... and use cellphone, work and home for watch....

And if someone really wants to get a hold of me.. they will VOICE CALL ME! Cause that's all that works!

Since I almost never am away from my phone, a watch is redundant. Given the availability of clocks on many of our objects - vehicles, computers, TV's, microwaves, stove, etc., even those without a cell phone could lighten the load and go without.

If you carry a cell phone, you do not need to carry a watch.

Good luck to all.

I do carry a cell phone but it's in my pocket, hence a pocket watch. Pocket watches were replaced by wrist watches because they are more convenient That's why I wear a wrist watch, for convenience.

I was at an office party around Christmas time. I was told that a watch gives your age away. It also relegates you to low tech. So, no more watch. Who wants to seem older than they are anyway, and who wants to be out of touch with technology? lol

And guess what? My smartphone is even better, because when I check the time, I might see a missed call. When I wore my watch, I wouldn't even check.

I was constantly needing new bands, and ruining them when working on cars, cause I never remember to take it off before painting or such, and they keep getting in the way when trying to reach into tight spaces. Even got my hand stuck a couple of times because it went down in the space but wouldn't come back out. They have just became a hassle when there is clocks everywhere nowadays, and I have my phone when there is not. It has even became my alarm clock, since it sits beside my bed at night anyways.

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I retired 14 years ago. The only time I wear a watch now is when I am getting on a plane where I can't have my cell phone turned on.

watchbands break so often I got tired of buying a new watch so just use my cellphone now. but I do like wearing a watch for convenience sake.

I think so too. At 66 I don't want to be whipping out my new "Pocket watch" Phone to check the time...too cumbersome for me, just my thoughts.

Brown spots give one's age away as well!

The watch I have on my wrist, a Seiko A904, is there just about 24/7. Our of curiosity as to how long I've owned it, I googled a bit. Discovered that it was on the market in 1989 - so I've owned it over 20 years.

It's a bit beat up, but still has the original band and runs well. (5-10 seconds a month fast)

Most interesting is that in good shape, it is selling for over $200.00. Just the faceplate is going for $20. I'm sure I didn't pay more than $50 new for it..

I'd never go back to a pocket watch.

Juggernault said in part..

Ok.. I'll bite. Seeing I mentioned a "stove" and Juggernault said in their post.. "That's what a cell is for", how then could a "cell phone" be used to cook breakfast, lunch or dinner?

Nuvi1300WTGPS

So now I've realized that I've been so long without my watch, that I don't even know where either of them is anymore. But I couldn't spend 2 minutes away from my iPhone.

I had to, my phone weighs so much I have to cut back wherever I can!

For many years I had to wear a watch at work. Then some years back it was no longer required, so I quit.
I had a cell phone with the time, a portable phone, a desk phone, clocks on the wall all over the building. At home the oven, the microwave, the cable box and even the refrigerator gave me the time. When the electricity goes off it takes half a day to reset all the clocks. I certainly don't need a watch.

Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android

I did not own a watch until I was 20 years old and have used only two watches over the past 40 years - a Timex and a Cardinal. I have had FIVE different cell phones/smart phones over the past five years. I lost one, cracked the screen on two and the other two suffered electronic siezures.

I am attached to my watch - at the wrist. My iPhone is just a tool.

I only wear my watch for occasion other than work or errands around the house. The iphone has made telling time quicker due to it's large font and quick display.

Watch is Casio solar recharged batter powered, atomic synchronized with compass and barometer. Very handy for not getting lost and not running out of power. But I often don't wear it because the smartphone can do that and more. If I'm going in the woods or travelling, I bring both.

Wow. Some of you are intense. I use both.

I only take the watch off when in I am home. And no, phone can't replace the watch for time.

I haven't worn a watch since I got a cell phone. Long time.

Sold the Rolex when I retired. Nobody I care to impress anymore. Quit wearing other watches when the batteries needed replacing. Just seemed like more trouble than it was worth.

so busy, i need every form of time around me.

If they do not agree, which do you believe?

It's much easier to glance at my wrist than track down my smartphone, especially at night.

I have a multitude of watches and enjoy each one- not one of them has email or voicemenil on them..

I gave up my watch when my cell phone displayed the time on the display.
What is a smart phone?

Oh no way I can give up my watch, unless there's a way to strap the phone to my wrist. Just out of habit, I look at it even when I don't care what time it is.

Force of habit, I look at my left wrist when I want to check the time. Plus why would I not use the gold watch I got from my employer for 25 years of employment? It's worth more than my cell or GPS and even though it has to be manually set when the time needs correction, Spring forward and Fall back keeps it within a few seconds of correct time.

Found a watch with a velcro band. Can't imagine that I went without a watch for so long, but time will tell if this one holds up.

I thought maybe I was the only one who liked the Casio G shock and I find all the responses on here mentioning them. Actually my son gave me a nice Citizen when I retired in 1999 and I wore it for a while but I wanted to not damage it so it sat while I wore a couple of Casios but not at the same time.anyway I replace:the battery a month ago and no luck. It didn't run and up to $180 for repair so I'm back to the Casios. The phone only if I have it out.

The day I retired I put the watch away.
I just use the phone.
There are only two times a day, (when I am awake, and when I am asleep) and they are not always the same time.LOL

That's exactly the assumption that led me to look seriously at wearing a watch again, while on a trip. It's the one thing they won't tell me to turn off on the plane.

...Even prior to getting a phone/smart phone.

Carried a pocket watch a lot of that time, though.

Don't miss wearing a watch. Not even sure how many are in the drawer in the bedroom -- probably three or four.

If I need to know, and there isn't something displaying the time nearby, I can get my phone.

For a lot of things, approximate time works.

And you can always rely on Dog Time -- ask the dog, "is it dinner time?" and the answer is always, "Yes!"

Try telling that to medical staff.

The hospitals (many) still think you shouldn't be using a cell in their facility.

Yup, Nurse Daisy is holding up her Samsung Galaxy Note to to take a pulse, time something etc...I can just see it... LOL