The Ever Increasing Watch

In today’s world of technologically savvy wristwatches, there is always something to make the classic watch holder shudder. Quite different from a Concord Mariner watch or a Bulova wrist watch, the new Eleeno Ever Increasing Watch looks like it might as well hold a stock chart for a bull market.

Using rainbow colored dots, the watch has a line for the hours, the tens of minutes, and single minutes. With each passing minute, or hour, the watch’s lines increase higher and higher, making it seem like your life is building to a climax. Much like a cellphone, this watch uses a grid to allow you to see a digital readout, but it can be difficult to see the exact numbers. Eventually you would be able to read it probably just by looking at the lines.

I prefer the good old Bulova wrist watch any day. Rather than moving your expectations forward to how your time will culminate, classic styles allow you to relish the moment when you want to know the time.

Novelty watches are fun for a few hours or tens of minutes, but in the end, I’ll take a traditional watch any day of the week.