Wearing a watch will cost you 10-15 yards. Can anyone corroborate (or not) this?

[Lihu]

Casio. Under $20. One of those Dick Tracy TV watches might be cool.

You just need to remember to take it off and/or shut it off when you wish for some privacy.

[Shorty]

I hope this isn't true. I am thinking about picking up one of these.

Don't.

It is another example of technology solving a problem that doesn't exist. It's cool, but you don't need it.

[Morocco Mako]

I don't think so.

1.2 Billion watches sold each year.

Rolex alone does 4.5 billion in rev per year. ( for comparison Taylormade/Adidas does les than 2)

Just like golf equipment people buy watches for more reasons than telling time.

Sorry off topic.

A billion dollars of blank VHS tape was sold in 1990.

A billion dollars of CD's were sold in 2000.

A billion dollars of DVD's were sold in 2005.

Where are those sales today? Nowhere near their past highs. Wrist watch sales have been in a steady decline for at least a decade. Sure, they still sell a lot, because at their sales peak they were huge. It takes time for a technology to disappear. You can still walk into Wal-Mart and buy a new music CD or Movie DVD, but every year the inventory gets smaller.

As Colin007 correctly pointed out, wrist watches are now primarily considered FASHION ACCESSORIES by upcoming generations instead of time pieces.

[18rounds]

A billion dollars of blank VHS tape was sold in 1990.

A billion dollars of CD's were sold in 2000.

A billion dollars of DVD's were sold in 2005.

Where are those sales today? Nowhere near their past highs. Wrist watch sales have been in a steady decline for at least a decade. Sure, they still sell a lot, because at their sales peak they were huge. It takes time for a technology to disappear. You can still walk into Wal-Mart and buy a new music CD or Movie DVD, but every year the inventory gets smaller.

As Colin007 correctly pointed out, wrist watches are now primarily considered FASHION ACCESSORIES by upcoming generations instead of time pieces.

CD's and DVD's were technology products that have no use after technology has passed them by.

Like I said in my original post, "people buy watched for more reasons than telling time"

Most watches have always been at least partially fashion accessories. There is not practical reason to wear a $5000. or even $500 watch when a $5 watch will tell time just as well or better.

Didn't have time to look much but here is a link from last year that shows watch sales are actually going up.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-watchs-time-isnt-up-2013-07-01

[Ernest Jones]

I only bought a watch for the laser.

Chicks dig lasers...

[Undr Par]

I still consistently hit 300yd drives with my Wal Mart special Casio watch on.... I need to take it off.... I'll be hitting 310 regularly if I did