jeffalo — 2/12/2025, 9:26:09 PM

i love my watch. it’s a casio g-shock something something, and it tells the time and date, accurate to the second, and does literally nothing else. no notifications, no “take a moment to breathe”, it’s literally just a simple non backlit display that tells the time.

i think this is also the experience people have with mechanical watches but for me, time is not fractions of a circle, it is a number. i can’t read analog clocks 😬

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doubledenial:

I’m a big fan of clocks. The good thing about analog is that it’s more visual, so you can really see a quantity of time, whereas digital depends on your cognition of numbers. Come to think of it, that’s the case for a lot of other things that are analog or digital

2/17/2025, 10:52:28 PM
jeffalo:

that’s definitely a fair point! i think for me numbers are a lot easier to manipulate than analog things - eg. if my train gets here at 8:00 and its 7:54, i have 6 minutes to catch the train, and in my head i have a very concrete understanding of how long a minute is, and i can trust that other people also do, so it’s easier to communicate.

although, now that i think of it, i guess if i was good at analog clocks, i’d be able to do the same - i guess minus the communication part.

2/18/2025, 10:20:54 AM
og:

Casio F-91W is so nice I've been wearing em for years

2/13/2025, 12:44:48 PM
chiroyce:

ive a gshock with analog hands, it is SOOO good, it tells you the time, has a world clock feature!! and a stopwatch/timer/alarm if needed, and i can basically slam it into walls/doors and not a scratch

2/13/2025, 9:39:50 AM
pufferfish101007:

yup, i love my child's analogue watch (childs so it fits on my wrist). it tells the time and has a button to make it light up, and that's all i need

2/13/2025, 8:05:36 AM
jeffalo:

you have a child

2/13/2025, 9:36:26 AM
mark_:

@pufferfish101007 stole my child

2/13/2025, 1:12:37 PM
pufferfish101007:

bad wording, it's made for children

2/13/2025, 4:18:47 PM
slider_on_the_black:

Incredibly based take

2/13/2025, 4:41:31 AM
sixfourlu:

true! i have a digital “timex ironman” watch and its fairly minimal and nice to have

not being able to read analog though 😭

2/13/2025, 2:27:54 AM
wahsp:

I’m glad watches don’t seem to be in danger of disappearing yet

2/12/2025, 10:08:52 PM
grahamsh:

i miss my gshock it was so much better than apple watch

2/12/2025, 9:43:56 PM
tnix:

I also have a casio g-shock! Still a very basic digital watch, but has some “fancy” features, like timer, stopwatch, and world clock. It’s great having a watch that doesn’t need charging every few days lol

2/12/2025, 9:32:42 PM
jeffalo:

they’re awesome!

2/17/2025, 7:44:51 AM