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simonineaston wrote:.....I always know what the time is, to within effective tolerances, so to speak, which may sound like a boast, but I don't mean it as such. It's just an example of how our senses develop to cope with personal circumstances, like folks who lose sight, using other senses more to compensate.

Yep.

simonineaston wrote:

taking the watch off on days off work.

I've never worn a watch. I always know what the time is, to within effective tolerances, so to speak, which may sound like a boast, but I don't mean it as such. It's just an example of how our senses develop to cope with personal circumstances, like folks who lose sight, using other senses more to compensate.

I have the same sense of time. This morning I woke and thought "It feels like 6.30", I turned and looked at the bedside clock and it was 6.28. But even so I find it useful at work to be able to glance at the watch to see how I am doing for time without interrupting things to get a phone out of my pocket. Having a rough idea is not always good enough. My favoured watch is this utilitarian design, which is about as much as I would spend on a watch: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2513306 It is reliable, very easy to read, and it is not trying to make me look like James Bond about to dive in shark infested ocean.