Digital vs Analog

[Mik]

Analog shows you where you are relative to the whole of the 12 hour cycle. It feels more informative, probably because that is what we grew up with.

[Doctor Phibes]

This argument feels a bit like the 1970's. As in, the decade you guys are stuck in.

Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials? Or maybe Stonehenge?

[Mik]

Says the ever analog engineer.

[Copper]

@doctor-phibes said in Digital vs Analog:

Do you ever find yourself staring wistfully at sundials?

That is the centerpiece in my garden.

Actually an armillary

The single red cobblestone (top/left) is aligned with the North star so I can align the armillary.


[Doctor Phibes]

@mik said in Digital vs Analog:

Says the ever analog engineer.

I can communicate digitally when the situation calls for it....

[Mik]

That's SO analog.

[taiwan_girl]

@copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?

[Copper]

@taiwan_girl said in Digital vs Analog:

@copper That is very cool!! How close to accurate is it?

I can't get the sun to stop long enough to measure.

Actually it is fairly accurate, give or take 5 or 10 minutes.

[89th]

Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right. I think Santa is getting me an Apple Watch this year, so I have to start paying attention.

Also, aside from "relative to the 12 hour period" digital is faster for me. With analog, you have to look at it and then decide what the numbers are, vs just reading the numbers.

[George K]

@89th said in Digital vs Analog:

Interesting you have the "dial" on the lower left, instead of upper right.

Of course, every mechanical watch I've had since I was a kid had the crown on the right hand side (assuming I wore the watch on my left wrist). In the days when you'd pull the crown out a bit to set the watch, it made a lot of sense, because you'd use your right index finger and thumb to do it.

But, with the Apple watch, the crown doesn't pull out - it's strictly a button that you push in or turn. For me, it's easier to do that with my right thumb, and less awkward than using my index finger.

YMM(of course) V.

[89th]

@george-k Good to know, I agree about pushing with the thumb, but turning is probably best with my index finger. We'll see..... ho ho ho