I use a Timex Ironman now, although I have used each variation of that PDA-In-A-Watch since its inception. I wear them out then replace them. They are getting harder to find, unfortunately.

This gives me the ability to only load those “wrist-apps” that I want, and reduce complexity to the level I wish. I use the contacts list, notepad, time, date. timers and stopwatch functions. It gives me multi-timezones and updates with a simple computer connection when convenient for me.

The original version of this watch communicated with an optical UART by “showing” the watch to the CRT. Now that so few CRTs are in use, the USB connection does the trick, although I don’t like having to use a physical connection.

A nice battery-powered mechanical watch is an alternate watch I use when appropriate.

It was a analog quartz watch. About as simple as you can get. And I still hope to find it.

I like mechanical watches but don’t have one at the moment. I prefer analog clocks and watches and even have a analog display on my cell phone.

I still wear a nice analog wristwatch with day and date windows. I feel naked without it. However, I find that I take it off when I’m working on the computer because it irritates me when it’s on the wrist rest.

I only look at my cell phone time when I’m setting a clock in the house or car, because I know it will be the correct time. Other than that, I always look at my watch (or sometimes at my naked wrist…)

I have a variety of watches with various combination’s of black and red and gold, including a dress-style gold Rolex with a custom-made red dial and black leather strap that can be swapped for a red leather strap when I want to over-do it sometimes. That watch gets a lot of compliments and questions (“How did you get a red Rolex dial?” No problem, you can get a Rolex done in absolutely any imaginable, and many unimaginable, ways).

* I used to work with a quite senior DoD civilian employee who had red fingernail polish on his fingernails — and made faux red toenails on his white shoes! He also had shoulder length hair dyed bright red. Lucky thing that he was super-smart, this didn’t seem to impede his career as far as I could tell.

Also, I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it, especially from teens. This reminds me that watches are considered an accessory. As an engineer, function and efficiency are important, but we might want to recognize that watches can be fashion accents. For some, this is important. In fact, who doesn’t also consider what a watch looks like when purchasing it? Form can be just as important as function.