[Tagging] Shop for watches

[johnw]

If watch(es) is the best description for a store (as it may just be a watch retail sales shop - no repair or other jewelry) - then what is the problem for creating a shop=* tag for it? There will be a ton of shop=* tags eventually - especially as the world is filled with speciality shops that bay be a regional or cultural - which may not fit into what the group as a whole ( a lot of westerners) has experience with.  As long as the tagger wants to create it and add it to the wiki, then what is the problem? 

Or does this go back to it should be "shop:jewelry=watches" or "shop=jewelry + jewelry=watches " problem?

Javbw

If so, then lets try to decide on a flat or categorized system that can handle new additions without a lot of hemming and hawing every time a new shop type is suggested.  There will always be outliers or item specific shops that would make a flat system have a plethora of tags. 


Although I’m not sure how to categorize a “Pogs & Ammo” shop that was spotted in Arizona - kids toys and ammunition rarely have overlap. 

maybe shop:redneck=provisions. (kidding!) not sure how poodles work into it. 

Javbw.


> On Jan 26, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> FYI: Shops selling watches can still be found in Thailand although most are probably sold in the watch department of the bigger department stores.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 7:30 AM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com <mailto:john at jfeldredge.com>> wrote:
> On January 25, 2015 9:01:44 AM CST, Friedrich Volkmann <bsd at volki.at <mailto:bsd at volki.at>> wrote:
> On 25.01.2015 11:46, Severin Menard wrote:
>  I did not find anything on the Map Features regarding shop selling watches,
>  what is quite common both in Europe and South America (at least).
> 
> shop=jewelry
> 
> Watches came out of use when people got mobile phones. The only remaining
> reason to wear watches is to show off. That's why all jewelries sell
> watches, and you'll hardly find any shop that sells nothing but watches.
> 
> 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.
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