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Mortal DictataHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 1:58pm
Traditional watches seem to be going backwards in that they’re less for utility and more for a showpiece of wealth.

Who needs any kind of watch when you have a smartphone anyway (‘smart-watches’ are the biggest con of the last year).
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  this article is pretty dumbMortal Dictata
  12/30/15 2:05pm
  Traditional watches seem to be going backwards in that they’re less for utility and more for a showpiece of wealth.
  
  Um… Where are you from? Because where ever that is… It might be the only place in the modern world where going from “less for utility and more for a showpiece of wealth” is going backwards. Here in America, we call that progress. So shut up and buy a fucking watch already pussy.
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  1llamarampage will write againMortal Dictata
  12/30/15 2:07pm
  Exactly, and one day the watches from this era will be seen as laughable, just like other unnecessary extravagances like monocles (which had to be made to each individual wearer, and thus were more expensive than normal glasses, and therefore an ultimate needless accessory for the rich).
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Frankenbike666Hamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:07pm
The price of smart watches is high right now. You can get Chinese smart watches for as low as $15, though they lack some of the nice features of their more expensive brethren. Android 4.4 and 5.0 watches start around $45.

By 2020, the price will have come down, they’ll be thinner and the batteries will last longer, you’ll be able to get a variety of watchfaces, and everyone will have a smart watch except the Rolex fans.

And most people who get these watches, will just use them as a watch and remote notification device.
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  skiwiFrankenbike666
  12/30/15 2:21pm
  I see smart watches as the emperor’s new clothes, pretty but pointless, limited functionality, KINDA cool in a passing glance sort of way, but meh...
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  OneViewHere3Frankenbike666
  12/30/15 2:24pm
  Smart watches are a dumb concept. You shouldn’t need to worry about your watch running out of battery power on a daily basis. And all those Apple watch owners who spent big bucks are gonna be pissed when Apple produces the 2nd version in a couple of months. Watches are supposed to be long-term investments, not something you buy every year.
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Dave Hamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:11pm
I stopped wearing a watch in 1990 when I realized there is pretty much a clock, everywhere.
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  flamingolingoDave
  12/30/15 2:32pm
  Not in most stores, which is on purpose. They don’t want you knowing how much time you’ve wasted browsing the watch display.
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  Pending ApprovalDave
  12/30/15 2:43pm
  my girlfriend asked for a watch for chirstmas, I told her she didn’t need one, there is a clock on the stove.
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Ned FreyHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:03pm

“You see this watch? You see this watch? That watch costs more than you car. I made $970,000 last year. How much did you make? You see pal, that’s who I am, and you’re nothing.”
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  GeorgeGeoffersonLivesNed Frey
  12/30/15 2:12pm
  He’s always been so fucking punchable. lol
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  NedSmanksNed Frey
  12/30/15 2:16pm
  I’m gonna go have a smoke right now. You want a smoke? You don’t smoke, do ya, right? What are ya, one of those fitness freaks, huh? Go fuck yourself.
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festivusaziliHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:02pm
I was listening to NPR recently, and they were talking to Swiss watchmakers about the revitalization of the hand-made watch industry. They were interviewing a guy putting the finishing touches on a watch he said it took six months to make.

The only thing I could think to justify the existence of such a thing was Bond villains. Bond villains probably need really nice watches.
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  Mortal Dictatafestivusazili
  12/30/15 2:12pm
  Bond villains probably need really nice watches.
  
  For what? Timing how long they monologue for?
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  festivusaziliMortal Dictata
  12/30/15 2:15pm
  So they don’t feel like a dick when Bond shows up with a laser watch. I mean, how embarrassing would that be? “Nice Fossil, my watch can melt your face.”
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Rom RombertsHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 1:57pm
Watches make me wet.
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  stacyinbeanRom Romberts
  12/30/15 1:59pm
  You wear this?
  
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  GeorgeGeoffersonLivesRom Romberts
  12/30/15 2:09pm
  There is something so poetic about this line. lol
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TexasPharmDHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:20pm
I don't know anyone who wears a watch. No one. We all have phones and computers. Who the fuck needs a watch?
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  keverdeneTexasPharmD
  12/30/15 2:51pm
  Do you know anyone over 35? Because watches are definitely still a thing for us olds.
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Sid and FinancyHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:01pm
Chick magnets pioneered smart watches. You can’t top bedding Madonna.

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  itsgotelectrolytes2Sid and Financy
  12/30/15 2:24pm
  Considering he took down the following in their respective primes:
  
  Annette Bening
  
  Diane Keaton
  
  Julie Christie
  
  Natalie Wood
  
  Britt Ekland
  
  Faye Dunaway
  
  Brigitte Bardot
  
  Claudia Cardinale
  
  Jane Fonda
  
  Catherine Deneuve
  
  Diana Ross
  
  Yes, yes you CAN top Madonna.
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  AliHajiSheikSid and Financy
  12/30/15 3:07pm
  She's probably into pegging, so I'm going to agree. You can't top.
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lankypankyHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:09pm
I just got this watch for Christmas:

Not only do I love the watch, I love just wearing a watch. It feels empowering to me for some reason. “I am a Time Lord now!”
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  flamingolingolankypanky
  12/30/15 2:34pm
  That is great. You know what else is great? Mickey Mouse Timex watches for little kids who figure.out how to tell time the old-fashioned way. I think mine is still tucked away in a drawer somewhere.
  
  You like candy? Of course you do. Have a butterscotch.
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  lankypankylankypanky
  12/30/15 3:10pm
  I wear watches everywhere except the shower. I have exceptionally bad eyesight, and, while I have accidentally punched myself in the face while checking a watch at four in the morning because I was sleepy and uncoordinated, it hurt way less than hitting myself in the face with an alarm clock because I was sleepy and uncoordinated and needed to hold it about two inches from my face to read it. Past watches I have destroyed include:
  
  GIF
  
  Torn apart while helping someone move. Honestly, it ran slow, anyway, and I wouldn’t recommend it.
  
  Did not survive me wearing it while washing dishes.
  
  There are others. Notably, I had a very nice old wind-up watch that got condensation inside it and exploded when I made the decision to dry it out by putting it on top of the toaster while I made toast.
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reggieinatlHamilton Nolan
12/30/15 2:11pm
Traditional watches are now nothing more than glorified bracelets. Smartwatches are nothing more than glorified bluetooth headsets.

Take your pick.
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