For years, I didn't wear a wristwatch. Nor do I like bracelets. Anything I put on my wrist seems to either catch on things or get in my way as I go about my daily tasks.
The ubiquity of cellular phones -- with the time displayed on front -- made watches unnecessary for many folks, like myself.
But in the past couple of years, I've begun to realize that a cheap, adjustable sport watch is worth wearing in certain instances.
* When you are hiking or camping in an area where cell phone service is sketchy, at best.
* When you are paddling down a river or stream and don't have time to dig through your dry bag to peek at the time on your phone.
*When you are riding your bike and it's more convenient to twist your wrist to check the time than to unclip a phone from your waist or bag.
*When you are traveling in Mexico and have run out of cash. If your $10 Wal Mart watch looks nice enough, you might get an offer to do some old-fashioned bartering, as I recently did while visiting Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula.
*When you are traveling in a foreign country where your cell phone doesn't work (or works for a very high price).
*When your cell phone company upgrades you to a phone that the manufacturer has stopped making because it has so many problems (Motorola i850, in case you're wondering). Yes, I'm still steaming over that. But seriously, I was glad for my watch when my phone suddenly went beserk earlier this week and shut down.
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