Understandably time is of essence in the business world, but are watches really a necessity? Do watches still have a place? Are these unique function devices on their way out? Who exactly wears them and why?

I haven’t worn a watch to tell time since the late eighties, early nineties. I’m thirty five years old and was fed technology at an early age.

• I had a pager at 15, one which displayed both the time, date and kept me in contact with my surrounding.

• Later on, I had what I like to refer to as a lethal weapon or a first generation Motorola Flip phone. This device was built in a way where you would make a call, tell the time and club someone on your way out of a dark alley.

• My next phone was an early Nokia and is offered a Calendar, voice memo, address book and alarm clock that would function even if the phone was off.

I’ve had many cellular phones over the year; I change on average once a year or every two years to keep up with times. For those who are concerned with the environment, each one of these phones were given to family and friends extending their life by a few years at-least.

You can see where I’m going with this post. Phones have evolved to the point they do almost anything a computer and telephone can and they follow you everywhere you go. Multi-function time pieces.

Today, I wear a wrist watch not to tell time, but as a piece of fine jewelry and in memory of my father. I use my laptop or my blackberry to tell time. Not only are they more accurate, they serve many other purposes such as stocks, weather or researching the meaning of life.

Do you wear a wrist watch for the sole purpose of telling time?

Eric