Are Gendered Watches Still Relevant"
Watches of different sizes and styles are a must, but are special designs for men and women really necessary" We look at contemporary examples of brands trying something different
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The 48mm Zenith Pilot Type 20 Tourbillon is certainly a man?s watch, but so what…
In the non-binary world that we are lurching headlong towards, it seems the wristwatch is once again out of step with the times. This is a strange position for timepieces to (repeatedly) find themselves, being that they are meant to move in lockstep with the passage of time. From a purely functional perspective, watches are meant to reliably track the motion of our lovely little blue orb as it turns on its axis and spins around the class G star that we vaingloriously call the sun. Whatever our cultural or societal proclivities, the watch has been on the job for centuries now ? today a new class of tools called wearables is also making its mark here. Media titles as influential as Wired and The Atlantic think these devices might even make wearing time on one?s wrist relevant again, after the era of the smartphone put time back into people?s pockets. Unfortunately, even new technology cannot keep things from going pear-shaped.
At issue here is whether there is really such a thing as gendered watches ? watches meant for one sex or the other. This first problem is ?sex? versus ?gender? of course, but thankfully this is not exactly relev...
The post Are Gendered Watches Still Relevant" appeared first on LUXUO.
The 48mm Zenith Pilot Type 20 Tourbillon is certainly a man?s watch, but so what…
In the non-binary world that we are lurching headlong towards, it seems the wristwatch is once again out of step with the times. This is a strange position for timepieces to (repeatedly) find themselves, being that they are meant to move in lockstep with the passage of time. From a purely functional perspective, watches are meant to reliably track the motion of our lovely little blue orb as it turns on its axis and spins around the class G star that we vaingloriously call the sun. Whatever our cultural or societal proclivities, the watch has been on the job for centuries now ? today a new class of tools called wearables is also making its mark here. Media titles as influential as Wired and The Atlantic think these devices might even make wearing time on one?s wrist relevant again, after the era of the smartphone put time back into people?s pockets. Unfortunately, even new technology cannot keep things from going pear-shaped.
At issue here is whether there is really such a thing as gendered watches ? watches meant for one sex or the other. This first problem is ?sex? versus ?gender? of course, but thankfully this is not exactly relev...
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