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JCPhoenix@beehaw.org 11 months agoI think that’s the case. Like they’re not unheard of here in the US. Like I could go out to the store right now and buy one. Wal-Mart or Target or a home goods store still sell htem. A lot of schools and colleges still have them in classrooms. But at home or in the office, I suspect they’re more decorative than anything. Like all clocks in my place are digital. The only analog clock I have would be a watch in some box that I have that I never wear. I think my parents have one, like a small mantlepiece one. Otherwise, everything else is digital.
Analog watches are probably the most common encounter. But with so many, including me, using smartwatches, how common are they actually?
frog@beehaw.org 11 months ago
That’s really interesting! It’s definitely one of those differences between America and Europe that isn’t really noticed. For me, seeing a digital clock would definitely get the “oooh, that’s fancy” response. Like there are places that have a clock in the corner of a digital display for something else (eg, the displays at the train station listing the next train have a clock in the corner too), but when it’s just there purely to tell the time, it’s almost always an analogue one. I can’t even remember the last time I saw a digital one!