I suspect we are Gentlemen of a 'certain age' - 40's / 50's ?
We have grown up with certain 'icons' in our lives - Be they perhaps, automotive, horological, photographic, firearms etc etc
For example - when I was about 5, I remember seeing my first E Type Jaguar in the Sixties & was entranced by it - I subsequently bought, ( & still own ) a '67 Series 1.5, when I was older & sufficiently affluent to do so.
Whilst there are many younger Members of this august Forum, with a terrific interest, & experience, in 'Vintage' timepieces
I suspect the next Generation, ( or two !), below us, are less interested in nostalgia & intrinsic engineering, ( at the moment ),.....and perhaps more with immediate convenience.
One can already see now, how many people, in the street, or at work, do not wear watches at all.......They use their cell phones
Today I can use a 'contactless' payment system with my cell phone, to pay for small items.
Tomorrow - I may well be able to do the same ( and a lot, lot more ! ) with my 'e watch' connected to my 'Google glasses'
As a past Professional Advertising Photographer, and now a University Tutor in 'Creativity & Design' - I am simply interested to see how swiftly, and to what extent, the exponential growth of a new digital medium, will impact on the old.
Whilst I also own a Linn turntable........I am prompted to think of gramophones, & CD's !
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