I've always had a fascination with wristwatches and I'll never forget the coolest watch I've ever owned. It was the mid-'80s and my mother bought me a calculator watch. The face of the watch was covered with ultra-miniature calculator keys, and I suppose there were some bony-fingered science-types out there who could perform some pretty complex calculations using it, but as an eight-year-old kid, I mostly used it to compute how many comic books I could buy with the three dollars and odd change I was carrying with me. It was actually a terrible gift to give a child because there were some pretty strict rules to using calculators in the classroom and one strapped to your wrist was a flagrant violation of that rule. So, in actuality, I never really got to wear it much.
And that has been about it for watch technology over the past 30-some years. Not too many advances have been made in fashionable yet functional wrist wear. Oh sure, there have been numerous attempts at putting cameras and recording devices on watches so that you can spy on your boss, co-workers, or loved ones. But really. If you are that insecure with your professional and personal relationships, maybe your money is better spent elsewhere. And while there is nothing
