In Korea, only old people wear watches

[LabelKing]

I don't need a pen because the free ball-points write perfectly fine.

 

[epa]

Originally Posted by gorgekko

I'll match your single data point with another: I see plenty of young people who don't wear watches. Perhaps even a majority.
I see a lot of young people wearing a wide range of outrageous outfits. I cannot imagine them wearing the same stuff when they are 25. By then, maybe they will consider wearing a watch.
When I was young, I never imagined that I would end up wearing cufflinks or that I would actually enjoy wearing ties.

 

[Luc-Emmanuel]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I don't need a pen because the free ball-points write perfectly fine.
Well, uh...no, they don't.

As for watches, I haven't had a watch for so many years I can't even count. This goes back to my swimming years where having to remove my watch for every training and stashing it away was a pain.

!luc

 

[gorgekko]

Originally Posted by hossoso

I lived there for a year or more between 2002 and 2003. Plenty of people in my age group (20's~30's) had a great appreciation of watches and they all owned several fine timepieces. I may have associated with a slightly more affluent crowd than is common in the ROK but there was no aversion to watches among them. Not shizjang rip-offs either.

Sigh, the title of the thread is a reference to an ongoing joke over at Slashdot.

 

[SightseeMC]

Sadly, I don't spend enough time at Slashdot (as in: none) to grasp the joke. As for watches, there are a number of companies that make only new and bizarro time pieces, catering to a more flamboyant and, usually, younger crowd.

Personally, I've bought all of my watches of the past few years from www.tokyoflash.com. I tend towards the sleeker, non-esoteric lines there, and get endless compliments from both young and old about them. They are not traditional, but they are generally straightforward yet unique enough to avoid being "trendy."

My latest: http://www.tokyoflash.com/viewwatch1...t-watches.html

My next: http://www.tokyoflash.com/viewwatch1...ies-elite.html

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by Luc-Emmanuel

Well, uh...no, they don't. !luc
I was responding to Alias's post about not needing a watch because he has his cell-phone. I use a pen that probably cost more than the average person's watch.