Is a watch a fashion statement? If not then it is a device that is functional. Truth be told it was such a device. The 18th and 19th Century had created the need to tell the time and without a watch it was not possible to regulate life. In the 20th Century the Shinkansen bullet trains of Japan created a spectacular metric; citizens would consider their watches were wrong when they compared the time with the arrival and departure of the bullet trains.
The digital age has put paid to the watch as a functional device. Digital clocks are everywhere – even the wrist although it is an extension of the smartphone. These watches tell and show more than time. It is a glimpse into the social world of the human being. However, in defence of the wrist watch with mechanical movements it must be stated that the allure and elegance has not waned one ‘beat’.
Vintage watches and modern mechanical marvels continue to beat and oscillate perfect time. There is a new term for the wearing of mechanical watches. It is a niche space; the division is stark and clear; on one side you have the digital’o’cracy who peer at the changing technological scene in bits and bytes including the time. On the other side are the down to earth homo-sapiens that include millennials who are conscious that too much intensity of digital based niches will spell the onset of mankind’s doom.
The watch world has interesting mix of the old-world charm woven stories in several online forums. A new entrant to this treasure trove of information is Perpetual Time Reviews that have managed to find its own niche space in this age of information. As a web resource the stories in Perpetual Time reviews do not follow any pattern. It is sort of bespoke (custom fit) for different personalities. There is no one-size-fits-all type of information. Being random the stories have one thing in common – the rich history of British watchmaking.
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