<html><head></head><body><div class="gmail_quote">On January 25, 2015 9:01:44 AM CST, Friedrich Volkmann <bsd@volki.at> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">On 25.01.2015 11:46, Severin Menard wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> I did not find anything on the Map Features regarding shop selling watches,<br /> what is quite common both in Europe and South America (at least).<br /></blockquote><br />shop=jewelry<br /><br />Watches came out of use when people got mobile phones. The only remaining<br />reason to wear watches is to show off. That's why all jewelries sell<br />watches, and you'll hardly find any shop that sells nothing but watches.<br /></pre></blockquote></div><br clear="all">I tried, briefly, using my cell phone instead of a watch, and found it less convenient to pull out my phone to check the time, versus glancing at my wrist. It is still common to see people wearing watches. I now wear a smartwatch, meaning that I can check who called or texted me without having to pull out and unlock my phone.<br>
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