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 <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: > On January 25, 2015 9:01:44 AM CST, Friedrich Volkmann <b...@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. > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot > drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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