Some
twenty years or so ago, I gave up wearing
a
watch. Had no need to keep time, and had no-
where
in particular to go anyway.
Besides,
my wrists were thin and the damned
thing
kept sliding up and down my skinny arm.
Never
could afford one of those fancy bejeweled
Rolex’s
or Breguet’s. A cheap $20 Timex was more
my
speed.
Ah,
but those were the days when people would
stop
you on the street and ask you for the time.
Thanks
to everyone owning smart phones and such
nowadays,
the glory days of simple watches are long
gone.
I
figure after reaching a certain age, anyway, you’ve
either
got lots of time on your hands or you’re running
late,
and time is running out.
And
with one of those highfalutin fancy watches
one
is more likely to become a victim of crime.
Then
too, of course, there are those complicated
Chronograph
and
smart
watches
which keep ac-
curate
readings of ocean depths, tides in Jakarta,
times
zones around the world, phases of
the moon,
measures
your heart rate, your blood sugar level,
indicates
your position globally
and such.
For
me, it all became too much. You see, I am a man
of
piety and simplicity.
And,
why
should
I be reminded of my ridiculously
skinny
wrists as
I check my watch
10, 20, 30 times
a
day when at my age there’s not a hell of a lot of
time
remaining
for
me anyway?
-30-
Chris
Hanch 7-21-2020
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