Digital Watch vs Analog Watch. Which should you get?
With the advent of the digital era, suddenly in the 70s and 80s digital watches were the rage. It signified that the wearer was keeping abreast of technological innovation. The fist digital watches featured LED display technology . LED technology consumes lots of power so the user had to press a button for the time to be lit up. Further advancement were made with the introduction of LCD display which enable time to be shown constantly. Furthermore, digital watches come with an array with functions ranging from stop watch, calculator , alarm and so forth.
So what type of watch is better : analog or digital?
Digital watches feature a set of numbers to tell you the time. And they tell you the time very precisely up to the second. So you have accurate information.
Another advantage of digital watches is that should the watch fail, immediately the reading disappears and you know its time to change watch. Whereas an analog watch the long and short hand simply stops . And you may be mislead into thinking you have ample time on hand and miss your appointment. There is simply no warning given to you that your watch has failed.
On the other hand, analog watches serve the use very well too. At one glance, you can roughly tell the time. Analogue displays also can tell you if something is wrong straightaway. An aircraft contains many instrumentation dials. And the manufacturers built them in such a way that needles are always pointing north or to the top . This indicates everything is in working order. Just one glance and the pilot can tell if there is anything wrong. The pilot can easily tell something is wrong if he sees a needle pointing down or any other fluctuations in the readings. Same thing goes for the car. Straightaway, the motorist knows something is wrong if he sees the needle in the red zone. A digital display does not convey if anything is wrong. It is simply a number and does not immediately tell the user if thing s are right or wrong.
One thing about us humans is that we are analogue creatures. Do you tell your friend ," Meet you at 12: 13." No, you'll say, " meet you a quarter to 2 o' clock or half past three." Another thing is that a picture tells a thousand words. We humans interpret pictographic information easier than numbers.
If you think carefully , a watch with a face looks more beautiful than a watch simply with numbers on it. It is a work of beauty. And it is no wonder luxury watches from Cartier or Breitling only feature analog display.
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