The reason why analog information gives you full time awareness and digital don't.
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Don't just read the time. Truly understand it.
This are the reasons why an analog watch is superior and gives you true awareness of time.
The thing I like about digital watches is that it displays the time in 24 hours. And 15:07 reads instantly. Instead the hour hand is on 3 while the minute hand is located 2 minute markers past 1.
That is a definite advantage of digital. With the shifts I have worked I literally could work starting at any hour of the day. As an example, if I was told to be at work at 8, it could be 8am or 8pm, and the same with the other hours. However, is somebody says to be there are 20:00 hours that can only be one time, and again the same with the other times.
My automatic watch has a 24 hour complication, no problem here.
@@gabriel-*But you still have to look at the hour hand first. After determining if it’s past noon or not via your 24 hour complication, you then have the 24 hour time. That’s a lot more complicated than looking at a digital clock which will just “tell” you the exact hour of the time.*
I am initially a fan of digital watches. But I got one watch that is both digital and has hands. At some point I started appreciating the hands more than the digital information. I like digital because it is easier to "read" the time. What time is it? It's 12:46 PM. OK but ... how "far" away is that from say 1 PM? 2PM? 5 PM? The digital watches don't show "where you are" in time. They only show the numbers. Analog representation is much better because it serves as a map to the mind.
I mean analog is much better in many cases. Imagine instead of seeing the map/road on your GPS/Google Maps/Apple Maps.. to see information written like "drive 200 meters northeast, then 1.1km north then blahblahblah." It would be totally useless.
Watches are similar. Digital are ok (because you don't have to do a lot of work in your head, but still analog is better.
Great video by the way.
The digital usually have more function
Exactly.
That was well written. Besides nostalgic beauty, I never considered why analog would be better than digital before this.
Excellent points
Ana-Digi is definitely the way to go.
That's why I love my Mudmaster.
*Very well said. Analog is always more natural in so many ways, whatever analog would mean at the given situation.*
I have no idea how you came to that conclusion while saying that with the analog you process it like a loading bar, thinking about the range of the indexes, etc. Meanwhile with the digital, you can just look at the time and that's it, you just know, no mental overhead. I never in my life felt that when I hear "7:43" I need to process in my head where we are at the day, you just know it's either early morning or evening. Don't get me wrong, I love analog watches too, because digitals get me lazy, but to say they are easier to read ever is bs.
The fact that your perception works differently and maybe you are unable to see it the same way as the video describes doesn't means is "bs"
Somehow you simply can't relate. Your brain works differently, it's a a bit of an abstract concept but read previous comments.
@@watchroll3310 Sure it's different for each person, but I called bs because saying it's easier to grasp time on an analog is really contradictory to then say you have to visualize it in different ways (which means mental overhead). Meanwhile with the digital you don't have to do anything, you just straight get the time. It's only anecdotal I know, but every person I know who owns smart watches uses a digital face on them because it's way easier to read at a glance. None of them have any problems with "time awareness" either.
@@GergiH that's was me also when I didn't have enough practice on analog watches. For many it's actually hard to read an analog watch because they have more practice reading digitals. Consider you just haven't get to that point like most people.
The fact that for many of us is actually true overwrites the "bs" argument.
You can't read an analog faster than a digital. That's your perception.
Our perception is that we actually can if you practice long enough.
So it is factually not "bs" for some of us.
@@watchroll3310 If you're only reading hours, you certainly can read analog faster than digital, however you'll also get less information from it. For example digital clock in the video also shows you've filmed the video in June 24, Thursday. You can only get same level of information from an analog with similar overheads of a digital
@@gurbuz12345 That is true. Digitals give you more detailed info.
The beauty of digital is that it tells, unequivocally, what time it is. Not "almost quarter past 7", but "19:13".
I like that. Digital helps me to come on time. Because there's no "negotiating" with the numbers. For me it works better than analog watches.
Also, all appointments in my agenda are in digital time. For instance: 10:15 - call Robert. With a digital watch, I easily see how much time's left. No "translation" from and to analog time needed.
Esthetically, I love analog watches. But functionally, I think digital is superior in many aspects.
I think he might a point for a child learning to tell time. Growing up with analog, I have that “progression bar” built into my understanding any time I look at a digital clock. I’m not imagining a clock, my understanding is built into the numbers themselves. But perhaps that’s not a benefit for some, or even the reverse is true… people do learn very differently.
There’s a lot of cognitive science that says a user who is equally fluent with analog and digital displays gets different information more clearly from each.
Most of this study is done to optimize instrument clusters in operating panels for everything from cars and airplanes to nuclear power plants and heavy machinery.
Assuming equal fluency, digital displays are unequivocally better at precisely determining the present readout where analog provides unequivocally superior context for rate of change (in applications where that’s variable such as a speedometer), amount past, amount remaining, and amount to go.
So to have a fully superior display what you would actually want, again assuming equal fluency, is an analog or simulated analog display for determine elapsed time, time to go, and time remaining, and a digital display for accurate present time. When you need to know the time, it’s easier to read the digital display. When you have to mark 25 minutes or or you have somewhere to be at 10:15 it’s easier to apply a mental target to the analog clock and watch the minute hand approach that target, with no need to really think about the numbers at all.
This is how most advanced instrument clusters work. For example an altitude indication would have the digital altitude displayed in the center of a (likely LCD simulated) analog gauge. The analog gauge lets the pilot see intuitively how quickly they are climbing or descending, as well as their graphical position relative to any operating floor or ceiling they may have. Meanwhile the digital display gives them their precise current altitude for making fine adjustments or quickly communicating that information to someone else like another pilot or a control tower on demand.
Finally, there’s a whole section to this field of study related to what type of graphical displays are best for certain types of information. Now that we don’t actually need analog we aren’t confined to needle gauges and round displays anymore and can include graphical representations that provide the same functional information as an analog display. For example, the altitude indication discussed above may benefit the pilot more as a bar that grows taller at higher altitudes and shorter at lower altitudes than as an old school needle gauge. It’s very interesting stuff.
Analogue watches really helps when you are chasing time it gives you a visual representation of time you have left
I'm still stuck on the hour glass and sun dial
When I read numerical time my brain still converts it to analog format lol
Wow. For most people it's the exact opposite.
Hahaha.. same for me. When I read, say "8:37", my mind visualizes the analog watch face, figures out where "37" would lie in circular expanse, and I imagine an analog format.. :D
Weird flex but nice
Then you're one of the few who has a slow 🧠
Exactly mine also
Whats the model number on that Casio Oceanus? Looks nice!
Is OCWs-100
I'd say it is a matter of preference. I prefer digital. But yes, analog watches have their strong sides: pleasing to the eye, great contrast and viewing angles (both much better than LCD), easy to read a more-or-less time ("it's a bit past 8") and good for guessing how much time has passed or how much is left ("We still have some 20 minutes left before the train leaves").
The downsides of analog watches (in my opinion) are: reading the exact time is harder, because your eye has to search the small hand, then the read the hour, then look for the large hand, read the minutes, and then combine it to get the time. Also, reading the minutes can be hard (depending on the dial).
Digital watches are harder to read physically, because of worse contrast & viewing angles, but (IMO) faster to comprehend: "It's 14:10". That is perfectly clear. I like that it gives the exact time and nothing more. If I need "time passed" or "time left" I make a quick calculation, which (IMO) is no harder than looking at an analog watch and doing a visualization of moving hands. "It's 14:10. How long till 15:00? Well: 50 minutes".
To me, the digital presentation of time is the most neutral there is. No suggestions of time passed or time left, but only the present time: "20:26". Also to me digital feels more "real". The moving hands of an analog watch are in my eyes only an approximation of the exact time. I know this is very personal, so please feel free to have a different opinion.
Digital also helps me arrive in time. The numbers are merciless. If I know I must leave the home at 10:15 in order to arrive on time, I know I will be late if I leave at 10:17. An analog watch to me is more deceptive, I fool myself by saying "the large hand is still roughly at quarter past, right? So I might still arrive on time, right?". Digital watches are brutally honest.
It also depends on what you're used to read. If you grew up with analogs, digitals can be hard, and vice versa. All in all I, prefer digital watches. Analogs are nice for vacation, the weekend, etc. That being said, analog watches are more beautiful. But I prefer digitals.
Great topic!
Good point,
I agree and is the reason my primary watch is analog. It should be noted that a digital source is read while a clock is a pictorial representation.
What a coincidence, I am considering switching to analog and I searched analog vs digital watches. Yours was the first video and your digital watch is the exact one I'm wearing now! 😅
Nowadays smartwatch,not digital watch
@@Nhdve If you have a need for it, I don't. Plus I prefer the simplicity and craftsmanship of a traditional watch. Cheers
Excellent my friend, and I love the loading bar to show how you can quickly estimate time... of course if you want to read time down to the last second, then reading digital is easier, but at a glance, analog wins, you can also calculate how much time is after or before the hour, not accurately with a glance, but oddly when someone asks for the time when you're wearing an analog, you just round the minutes up, whereas on a digital you read the time as you see it... sometimes you sound more nurd this way, as the person asking usually wants the rounded up time LML :-P
Huge thumbs my friend and cheers for sharing :))
Thanks a lot! Yes there is definitely advantages to digital as well. Was thinking about making another video about the digital advantages.
@@watchroll3310 I think you should make the video longer and really go into more depth with some instances where one is better than the other... I know on my analog Chronographs this isn't a glance to get the accurate time, you need fingers and deep breaths LML :-P
I feel you're the best at this side, and enjoy how you explain things... really though the loading bar was genius and original :))
If you need anything from me just ask, usually I have the silly side covered LML :-P
@@WatchUP69MrRangeman Thanks a lot! And I thought you explain things better haha.
@@watchroll3310 I see we both contribute to make it great, so it's a joint effort :))
I like how you explain it from your side, and I will never forget your S100 review, that was the one that pushed me to finally buy one, and I thank you for that :)))
So whenever I see the S100 on your channel it makes me feel I've made a great choice :)
Enjoy the weekend, and please make a full version of this, it needs it :)))
@@WatchUP69MrRangeman It is the reason I visit both of your channels. :)
Yes, indeed, is easy to watch the dial face and to understand where you are in time or to understand how much time you need to spent at work or until lunch. But try watch the dials when you awake during the night or how many minutes you still have to spent in a meeting, in these cases is more appropriate a digital watch.
Digital time is definitely easier to read and comprehend.
However, for me analogue time is easier for me to track and visualise.
I always tend to be less stressed when I see 10 minutes left until a meeting on my Mudmaster, than I do on my Frogman.
i do not agree, i am perfectly capable of understanding how much time is left if you show me numbers instead of a visual rappresentation, i used digital watches my whole life, it's just a matter of getting used to it. cause to me i take longer to read an analog watch.. especially if it doesnt have numbers but just lines
Your Oceanus is beautiful. I have the T200 and love it as well. Absolutely true. My analog watch allows me to always know the time without even realizing many times when I looked at my watch. It’s a sort of peripheral vision thing; I do it so fast that I do it unconsciously.
How do you guys do to read an analog watch when you are in the dark? Digitals have a light button.
Many analog watches glow in the dark and some also have a lume button
@watchroll3310 I don't know, I have a lot of them, and they are basically useless in the dark.
Bro great video. A lot of people don’t get why people like mechanical so much more than digital outside of the craftsmanship.
It’s not the same for me. My brain just gets better the digital watch
Subscribed. Thinking about this long time ago. After around 5 years plus consuming watch related videos, this is the first time a UA-cam channel discussing this.
This is fantastic video and adds to why I love analog watches.
That's why I want a digital analog clock
what blow my main is the fact theres people who cannot read a damn watch
*I prefer digital watches because they “tell” me the exact time. I set all of my digital Casios in the 24 hour format. There’s no brain computations needed, except for when I want to know the precise time, i.e. the seconds count. Then I gander at the seconds to see how long ‘till the next minute. The only downside to digital watches are the viewing angles. Depending on your dial time can be difficult to be had at times.*
*On my analog ⏰ timepieces, rather than being “told” the time, I have to **_read_** the time to know it. And God help me if the timepiece doesn’t have minute indexes (all 60)! I have to gander rather than glance at the minute hand **_after_** reading the hour hand. It’s almost now to where I have to read the analog time twice because I try to figure in where the seconds hand is on the dial. That’s a lot of work to read the time as opposed to having been “told” the time by my digital timepieces. I sometimes wonder if I’m the only one who struggles thusly.*
*Lastly, most analog minute hands don’t correspond to the seconds hand. Your minute hand on your timepiece shouldn’t be proximate or on the next minute, 30 seconds or so into that current minute. To most that doesn’t matter nor is it a moot point. But many of my Casios, G-Shocks, and Pro Treks have a Tough Movement feature which allows for precise synchronicity of all hands once an hour. Combining that with the Wave Ceptor feature and for those who like it, Bluetooth connectivity, keeps time precise, especially twice a year for DST and EST adjustments.*
You are probably right about this (you put some research on the matter, I'm sure), but may be some demarcations between the average time at a glance and a correct time at a glance should be set. For me personally, the digitals (especially positive displays) are easier to read. One look and you see the number of the hours the number of the minutes and the number of the seconds for the given glance. On the analogue watches, there are at least 3 points you should to evaluate to say the time correctly, and each of them will be positioned differently, depending on the time. Additional factors are the hour arrow between two adjacent hour points; small minute points on the dial which also require extra peering, and they might be between two minute points too; constantly moving seconds hand, and on the mechanical watches (no matter automatic or not), this one is ticking/swipes 5-7 times per second. All in all, on an analogue time piece, I can say at glance the hour, the minutes more or less roughly, and the seconds - roughly. I exclude the additional complications from the analogue dial (date, day, month). The presentation is more scattered.
Good point, it would depend on how accurate the reading of time that is needed.
I grew up with analog watches and all it takes a glance for me to process the info given on it. I guess it depends some on what you grew up with. But I invite people try analog watches. Maybe you'll find it better.
My first comment was made relative for telling time to catch mass transit where analog is quick and efficient. But Formula 1 lap times need much more accurate time telling and not to mention accurate time telling to show Einstein's theory of General Relativity where gravity and time on the peaks of the Himalayas is not the same as at sea-level. :)
'In one experiment, James Chin-Wen Chou and his colleagues placed one clock about 13 inches higher than its counterpart. The higher clock felt less gravity, because it was a teeny bit farther from Earth's gravitational field. It ticked more slowly -- albeit a tiny, tiny bit more slowly. The time difference adds up to about 90 billionths of a second over a 79-year lifetime, according to NIST.'
www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/study-your-head-is-older-than-your-feet/63539/
I'd agree with IF there are some numerals on the indices. I've found that if you have numerals on the 3. 6 and 9 like say on a Rolex Explorer its very easy to pick up the time. It might just be me but it gives you brain just enough information to orientate its self with out all the clutter you might find on something like an Ani-dig Protrek or Gshock or something to spares like a diver with just loom pipes. On the Gshocls and Protreks sometimes you lose the hands amongst the clutter for a second. Unless you get the high end ones where they remove allot of the un-needed clutter which I swear is just advertising the functions. Do you really need a daily pointing out what function your using when the layout in an LCD clearly shows you what its doing?
Nice! I was trying to understand why smart watches like the Apple Watch still has analog watch faces.
I think its about horses for courses. I don't think a digital watch can suit every occasion. On the other hand, for multi mode time keeping, nothing can beat a digital watch.
Digital watch - 1 Second needed to look at what’s the time
Meanwhile with analogue….Taking a closer look at the minute hand to determine the exact time
Hey, I'm sorry, but I totally disagree with your video. Not that the visibility and readability factor, ( lcd vs analog one. ) But the perception of time as you said, Analog watch makes more sense in your mind, and helps to visualize the understanding of time. I think you are not right. I'm 22 years old, and I'm a big nerd of digital watches. I've been using them since I was 6 years old.
And yes! seeing 07: 43 in numbers just makes sense for me. Just as much as it is in an analog watch.
Human brain can adopt everything.
I'm assuming you made this video because you adopted Analog watches "earlier" than the digital ones. and you are still having some issues with that, you are converting the time of 07.43 into an analog vision.
PLUS: I'm an amateur athlete, I'm doing so much time-keeping activies such as running, biking, swimming, and I'm using the Stopwatch a lot.
I think digital watch gives you more awareness of the time. when it is "23:59:37" you'll just see it like 12 in an analog watch.
But its not.. it is not 23:59 either..
Therefore, I'll stick to digital ones forever 👌
I use analog and digital but want to transition to analog from a digital clock format because on my phone, computer and tablet, It's harder to read time because the screen isn't bright enough and I want to stop being judged by grannies and old folks about having a digital clock
Yas! That’s why i prefer to use an analog face on my watch :)
Agree with your points👍🏻
Which chronograph watch is better?
Analog or Digital?
@Douglas Pantera I am a big user of analog watches, but Formula 1 racing times need more accurate lap timing and how it is started and stopped. An analog and human touch interface would not be sufficient.
We don't care precise time schedules daily ,digital shows one digit more that we don't want to be relevant.. full face basic watch gives that sense of assurance
A digital watch is a 100% precise time teller that leaves no room for speculation (it clearly reads 17:04:45 for instance) while an analog watch is an interpreter of time (you would read "five after five" even if both watches were perfectly synced). Unless you are totally anal about time both are fine if (and that's a big IF) it's only about time telling. But (and that's a big BUT) as soon as you expect something more than telling the time, you are pretty much screwed with analog watches. It simply starts with the date, on most analogs the date window is fairly small and unless the light conditions are perfect and you have a very good vision, it is unreadable in over 50%. It's also a pita to correct the date any two months unless the watch is radio controlled or kind of an ana-digi style. Next is the day of the week and month which usually almost never gets shown on straight analogs. And don't even start with other goodies like alarms, stopwatch or count down timer. As a watch collector, I have all kind of watches in all kind of price tags and all kind of materials but I tell you that when it comes to a trouble free, always works, never quit, never fail EDC watch with good functionality, NOTHING beats a lightweight, reliable plastic digital watch (that's why I wear a digital Timex most of the time) The Casio SGW-100 is a good example, although not for me had it, gave it away because of a few things I didn't like (too short backlight duration, too short stopwatch, alarms too low and an awful band)
Correct✅
while you could read at any angle, if the hour markers aren't nicely lumed and visible, you are going to read 635 as 530 when you wake up in the early hrs.
This is real
I find that analogue watch is easier to read when driving
Is there any Digital watch who show analog?
Since analog watch always fail bcus too many moving component
Yes, Casio LW20
how to know what month in analog watch? it only shows date
Unless you are Rip Wan Winkle and going into hibernation, do you really need a watch to tell you what month you are in? How about the watch tell you if it’s AD or BC as well!
Every smart device: 💀
Yeah, but digital lcd watches have much better battery life.
Nice! I've always noticed this when checking time on my analog watch compared to digital numerical display. Digital watches with analog - like interface also work like analog watches.
i agree! with a digital watch you are more precise and sure of the time, plus you can't read what day it is with the analog watch if the hand of the watch is directly above the date, so.. to me a digital watch is really the ultimate way of reading time
Not sure, but also consider some findings that earth is spinning fast, compared to previous years, my 2 cents
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I completely agree. I have an Oceanus as well and I always know what time it is without remembering when I saw it last.
You are right......
Brain needs some processing
Very good analysis! Keep it up! Congrats!
Well this a bunch of hooey,digital is PRECISE time all the time.
Its objectively better
Or why horses are better than cars,......