Digital or Analog?

[Defiant47]

4.33 is for me the middle of the night by the way.

4:33 is generally the afternoon. If I said 0433, then it would be certainly in the middle of the night. Furthermore, analog will still tell you ~4:30 for the middle of the night.

 

[Simple Simon]

Depends. Out in the boonies I want a mechanical (i.e. I can wind it) or solar power watch. The former analog, the latter digital. In town, analog looks cooler. In the car, digital requires less attention to read the time (I can do that subconsciously, while an analog watch sometimes does not work well for me, depending on shape and style).

 

[Lillefix]

Perhaps I should start a thread about the 24 hour system vs the 12 hour system...

 

[Kerozine]

Perhaps I should start a thread about the 24 hour system vs the 12 hour system...

Cultural norms are extremely difficult to change.

 

[Aramazd]

Analog watches and clocks hanging on the wall as they look nicer, but digital for everything else.

 

[warpus]

I'm used to analog.

 

[Souron]

Digital because it tends to come with more features, especially for watches.

 

[bhsup]

Why do people have to have features on everything? The purpose of a watch is to tell time, nothing more.

 

[tycoonist]

i am a digital kinda guy... i like the info straight up and easy to read.

 

[Zelig]

Why do people have to have features on everything? The purpose of a watch is to tell time, nothing more.

I use my digital watch as an alarm to wake me up 5 minutes before my louder alarm, as it wakes my roommates up as well.

I also use the alarm on it when I'm away from home, and don't have my clock-radio.

Also use the timers on my digital watch to time food, and to time cardio when I'm exercising.

 

[Nylan]

Watches with both are clearly superior. Analog for most of the time, but digital when I need precision.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Digital. Easier to read for slackers like me.

 

[Zelig]

Watches with both are clearly superior. Analog for most of the time, but digital when I need precision.

Regular analog clocks are precise to the second, while regular digital clocks are only precise to the minute...

 

[amadeus]

Both.

 

[Bill3000]

Digital clocks are objectively superior.

 

[taper]

Digitals are more precise? The average analog clock is 60 times more precise than the average digital one, since most don't show seconds. A true analog like a sundial is infinitely precise. Before anyone argues with me on this, look up the difference between precision and accuracy.

I like my binary clock anyway. Once you get used to it, reading it isn't hard. This says 2:08:54

Everybody knows about analog sundials, but have you ever seen a digital sundial? I'm going to get one of these someday.

Thinkgeek has a nice selection of clocks too, some more useful than others.

 

[Bill3000]

Digitals are more precise? The average analog clock is 60 times more precise than the average digital one, since most don't show seconds. A true analog like a sundial is infinitely precise. Before anyone argues with me on this, look up the difference between precision and accuracy.

There's plenty of digital clocks, especially watches, that have seconds. Mine does.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I find analogue watches prettier, so I chose that.

 

[cardgame]

My preferences change based on the location. For mostly aesthetic reasons.

The clock in my car: digital
My alarm clock: digital
The clock on my laptop: digital
My wristwatch: analog
Clock on the wall: analog

I pretty much agree with all these.

 

[musekick]

I prefer digital clocks and analog watches, but I voted analog because I can't stand the way digital watches look. Especially the ones made for women.