Where are those wrist watches

I no longer wear a wrist-watch. I also noticed that many men now-a-days do not wear one. Guess it’s the PDA and cell phones that have taken the place of the wrist watch.

I remember, my dad never forgetting to wear one. He would come back home to pick it up in case he forgot. He does the same now too. I guess he felt the way I feel when I forget my cell-phone – naked!

I do not even recollect when I bought a watch for myself. The last one I had was as a gift from my in-laws. This one had a silver strap and a golden dial – Titan. Real expensive! The one before that was ‘buy a perfume and get a watch free’ thing. The last time I bought one for somebody was one for my wife - Fossil – a pinkish brown with a pink tanned strap. She wore it for few days and finally got bored, I guess. I have not seen her wearing one for a long time… nor have I bothered to ask her.

I have not been following the features of the recent watches... but as I a child, I still remember the change from dial to electronic, from the winding ones to battery to solar, then there was the one with alarm beeps, then ones with radiums to see in the dark, then ones that are water-proof, then ones with shock absorbers, then the talking ones, the ones that measure your BP, heartbeat etc., and now that plays mp3.

I always wanted to buy a ‘Rolex’ for my dad, but now I feel a watch is not really worth. It does not have Internet, it does not have a camera, no ring-tones, it is not IPOD ready, no calendar, no weather information is available, no traffic reports, no compass or GPS …… would it be just not cool to have a watch with all the features… or do they call one with all the above features a ‘Cell phone’?