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Oh, that's the first time i have heard - ten year battery ! I would like that also for my watch. I still prefer to wear watch. That way, i can easily look at the time anytime i would want to. It's inconvenient to get your cellphone just to look for the time.

Oh, I'd still want a watch to tell time than a celphone. Only problem is, I had to take off my watch often when I used to work. So much so that it stopped or at least wasn't accurate anymore. So I opted to not wear a watch anymore at that time, and sadly that continued until now...

I never liked wearing watch anyway. Especially after I broke my wrist. It actually hurts to wear a watch for a long time. I got my first cell phone, at age 18, before I got my first watch, at around age 26 or 27. Watch I own now is Casio, g-shock. It's solar powered, battery is charged by solar, and it is atomic watch, which sets by itself 4 times a day. I wear it may be 3 - 4 times a week. I travel a lot due to my work & that's why I bought a watch. There are times when I have to travel to another time zone & I don't feel like setting my watch. It just does it automatically.

I have stopped waring watches a long time ago. I have a talking clock by my side of the bed and of course I've got my cell phone. However, I didn't stop waring my watch because of my cell phone. I didn't want to distroy it because I often forgot I was waring it. Talking watches often aren't designed to be living in water, and if I constantly forgot it was on. I don't have that kind of money. And, like many cell phones keep time and the batteries last longer then those designed for watches. Though Watches are still good to have around too. You can't constantly keep pulling out your cell phone when trying to conduct business, just to check time or your schedule. (Though there are those geeks that do that)

Why can't you have both. I don't see a problem if you have both. Cell phone to make calls and the watch for the time.

I am not used into wearing watches until now. My husband does prefer having his watch with him than a mobile phone. It's good to know that you still have that "tradition" in you even during this techie time. I don't see anything wrong with people still prefers wearing their watches. The value has not gone down in market as well. So just bring your watch and mobile phone with you for a different purpose.

Hi barehugs, I still wear my watch and I don't own a cell phone. I know that cell phones can be useful but I think that they are used far too much. Is it really necessary for someone to know where you are at all times? They are also very expensive to use here in Canada, although I hear it's not the same in parts of Europe and Asia. Blessings.

Hiya BH, That must be some watch to still be working like that. The one I have has had the battery replaced twice already in 16 months. Now you never know when the Battery is going to last for a year or two Days. I don´t use my mobile Phone to just know the time I prefer to wear a watch. I had to be without my watch for a week and I got used to not wearing it and when I put it back on afterwards I forgot to keep looking at it. I also did a lot of walking up and down from our room to the Kitchen to keep finding out the right time. For me mobile phones don´t replace watches. I love watches and I hope they never die out as such. So long live your Grandfather´s watch and mine too here´s to that.xxx

Care to sell the watch to me at $5? Haha just i'm only kidding. Anyway your grandfather must really be obsesse with it. Jusst like them , we are obsesse with the handphone. This is because the watch were INTERESTING in their era. But in our era,golden watch are would be branded as old compared to an iphone. So I use the cell-phone to check the time. I don't like having to tie the annoying strap on my wrist and waste time. Though its only a few seconds. Or am i just lazy?

Hi Thats so special that something that personally valuable has lasted so long in your family. Have you ever had it valued. Would be interesting to know, But $5 in those days would have been such a lot of money. I was never a watch person, I would always forget to put it on and then never look at it. opting to see the town clock or computer etc but once i got a mobile phone that was my clock. However, I have started wearing a watch now as you can get some really nice ones that compliment an outfit. It does make it easier not having to get my phone out all the time and i keep it 5 minutes fast in the hope i am not later anymore! it did take a while to train myself to look at it though!