GoKawiilCASIO F-91W ◀ LIGHT ALARM CHRONOGRAPH AM ~~ MO 88 01 88:88 08 : 45 88 29 ◀ MODE ALARM ON-OFF/24HR ▶ WATER W R RESIST
This watch costs twelve dollars. It weighs twenty-one grams. It has an alarm that sounds like a microwave in another room. It has told time the same way since 1989.
It doesn't know my heart rate. It has no opinions about whether I've stood up enough today. It will never need a firmware update.
When the battery dies in seven years, I'll press in a new one with a paperclip.
That will be the entirety of my obligation to it.
2 8:45 Weather 72° Heart 78 bpm Next Stand... Breathe Now Messages, Slack, Mail +4 more
This watch costs four hundred dollars. It also tells time.
It also tracks my steps, monitors my blood oxygen, measures my sleep quality, logs my workouts, reminds me to breathe, reminds me to stand, nudges me to close my rings, alerts me to unusual heart rhythms, pings me with notifications from six apps, and dies every night.
CASIO F-91W ◀ LIGHT ALARM CHRONOGRAPH AM ~~ MO 88 01 88:88 08 : 45 88 29 ◀ MODE ALARM ON-OFF/24HR ▶ WATER W R RESIST Casio F-91W Asks nothing. 2 8:45 Weather 72° Heart 78 bpm Next Stand... Breathe Now Messages, Slack, Mail +4 more Apple Watch Asks constantly. One of these is a product. The other is a relationship.
THE AWAKENING
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