Results: timepieces
1.
1.
Quartz, Handwind Mechanical, or Auto? Quartz
30%
•
633 votes
Hand-wound mechanical
17%
•
353 votes
Automatic
27%
•
579 votes
Gimmicky 'kinetic' or 'solar perpetual'
5%
•
114 votes
I have no appreciation of time or art and am merely a digital zombie with a cell phone
32%
•
682 votes
2.
2.
Origin? Swiss
40%
•
843 votes
Japanese
6%
•
135 votes
Chinese
4%
•
81 votes
na
49%
•
1035 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
39 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.23% | 5 | |
| American | 0.19% | 4 |
| Canadian | 0.19% | 4 |
| US | 0.14% | 3 |
| don't know | 0.09% | 2 |
| USA | 0.09% | 2 |
| don't care | 0.05% | 1 |
| korea | 0.05% | 1 |
| whatever works and is at best price! | 0.05% | 1 |
| no idea | 0.05% | 1 |
| Caucasian | 0.05% | 1 |
| scottish | 0.05% | 1 |
| as long as they work | 0.05% | 1 |
| timex | 0.05% | 1 |
| dont care | 0.05% | 1 |
| It does not matter as long as it is made well. | 0.05% | 1 |
| whatever works, Chinese even | 0.05% | 1 |
| your mother | 0.05% | 1 |
| Korean | 0.05% | 1 |
| Swedish | 0.05% | 1 |
| ? | 0.05% | 1 |
| Bulova | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not sure on this one. | 0.05% | 1 |
| who cares | 0.05% | 1 |
| jamaican | 0.05% | 1 |
3.
3.
When should you buy your child their first timepiece? Right at birth
4%
•
75 votes
0-5 years
10%
•
212 votes
6-12 years
37%
•
789 votes
In their 'teens'
18%
•
384 votes
As a rite of passage to adulthood (legal age)
10%
•
214 votes
To commemorate a special occasion
22%
•
459 votes
4.
4.
What would be a good first timepiece for your child? Start off with a 'throwaway' watch, so you don't have to worry about loss or damage
58%
•
1237 votes
Best piece I can afford and will be a legacy for them
13%
•
276 votes
Hand down a timepiece passed along generations
10%
•
221 votes
Again, I am a lifeless zombie of the digital age with no appreciation of horology
19%
•
399 votes
Comments