As a Boomer, I fall for every urban legend and internet factoid about Gen X/Gen Z/who-knows-what-this- current-crop-calls-themselves, and one of my all-time favorites is that wrist watches are for old people (said by those who look at their phones to tell the time).
I have no clue if it's true. I now wear one of those smartwatches that tracks steps, activities, hours, and minutes slept (and the quality of that sleep; I'm currently a Turtle, downgraded from being a Bear (and no, I have no idea what that means. Perhaps that's why it's called a 'smartwatch?')) but for decades I had a Timex that told me the date (NOT the day) and with any month with other than thirty-one days, you had to wind the stem backwards and then forwards to get to the right date.
You read that correctly, 'wind the stem.' No batteries, no USB charging cable, just a little tiny mushroom-like button (sorry, Stormy) that you pulled out ever so slightly with your thumb and forefinger so that every day you could wind up the mainspring and keep the watch ticking. (JCS died for somebody's watch, Lord, but not mine. I still have it somewhere in my nightstand drawer in my bedroom.)
I have encountered people, not just young ones, who cannot read an analog watch or clock face. Whether or not they think a flashing 12:00 means "Emergency, (also known as power blinks)" I don't know, but it reminds me of an article I stumbled across online, "Why Do Watch Ads Always Show 10::10 Time?"
Pretty cuckoo, huh?
-bill kenny
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