<div dir="ltr">FYI: Shops selling watches can still be found in Thailand although most are probably sold in the watch department of the bigger department stores.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 7:30 AM, John F. Eldredge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@jfeldredge.com" target="_blank">john@jfeldredge.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail_quote">On January 25, 2015 9:01:44 AM CST, Friedrich Volkmann <<a href="mailto:bsd@volki.at" target="_blank">bsd@volki.at</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<pre>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.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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