Digital watches will never be as cool as mechanical watches...
There is something about being able to pass a watch to your kids and have them actually admire the timepiece.
I will wear Google glass, use the iDrive, get use to electronic steering, but never a digital watch. I draw the line on my wrist.
I still have no idea what my true feelings on this subject are.
I still haven't gotten one watch fixed (battery + wrist needs links removed) that was a hand-me-down from my grandpa (my dad got the automatic mechanical watch, I got the quartz one). And my old, cheaper watch, still needs a new battery too.
The only watch I've worn recently is either a basic digital watch when utilitarian purposes when in uniform (if it gets beat up/dies (it did recently
) I don't care), or my MotoACTV. It's a little too bulky for daily watch wear, and isn't meant for that anyway, not for me. It's for running, and I use it for bluetooth music in the gym (it has my playlist on it and keeps the activity off my phone which despises having a battery last long - so it try and spite it as often as I can).
I do especially want to have a nice watch to wear whenever in formal settings, and simply love the timelessness of a well-crafted watch.
I'm not sure I care to spurn that whole concept of a real watch, but I'm also a huge fan of integrating technology in regular life, and love constant connectedness. I like the idea of a truly smart watch, one that can do absolutely everything I'd ever ask for from a watch. We've got some time until I can find such a watch.
It needs to be durable and able to survive the elements. It needs a display/watchface that is easy to glance at, see time, put away. It needs to not draw attention to itself, any more so than a standard watch - it should be more elegant and less "here's a big ol' digital display on a large block-shaped object attached to a cheap-looking wristband." A good display (Mirasol is the right direction, maybe perfect. not sure yet) that works in any light condition and is energy efficient. "Self-winding" would be spectacular: if the thing sips energy enough, the same automatic movement charging a capacitor is feasible - perhaps more energy sipping improvements and better battery/charging advances are still needed. It needs all wireless communication protocols: wifi, nfc, BT4.0+ Low Energy, miracast/chromecast etc), decent internal storage, all positional/motion tracking (multi-axis accelerometer, gyro, gps (and GPS "analogs" like GLONASS), etc.
It should essentially be self-sufficient, outside of cellular data services. I want it to be capable of being a fitness tracker, a music player (with bluetooth), a watch, and able to serve up mobile notifications if the phone is nearby and paired.
That said, I did just buy a new $400 pocket watch. It happened to come with a nice display, fits well in the hand, has a good internal computational ability and allows me to stay connected with the world. It's called a Moto X.
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