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[Question] Are Watches Jewelry, an Accessory, or a Utility to You? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Last_Eggplant3277@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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Just curious, Do you consider watches to be Jewelry, an Accessory, or a Utility?

Obviously, jewelry and accessories can mean the same thing, so I'll clarify. Jewelry is usually for looks or sentiment, while accessories (belts, ties, etc) typically have a function as well.

Personally, being new in the watch collecting space, my watches are all "Jewelry" for now.
I don't find myself using them for the time since clocks are everywhere, and I've used the ones I've bought lately to add a bit of flare to my outfits. Smart watches (definitely a utility) just aren't pretty enough!

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[–] redluchador@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a nurse (home hospice) and I need a watch with a second hand to take Vital Signs because the only other option would be for me to take out my phone turn on the stopwatch and use that. Which would be super annoying and slower.

There are these super cool Spiegel watches that are kind of like pocket watches with a retractable leash and when I worked in the hospital and needed to count drips in the chamber when I was running stuff that could not go through the IV pump, like albumin, because it is too thick you could literally hold the watch right up to the chamber and count the drips with the second hand right there. The first time I did that the other nurse in the room had her mind blown