behaviour. I've been wearing watches since I first learned how to tell time and was given my first Timex. That was forty years ago.Back in that era, there were no digital timepieces, so one had to be able to differentiate between the big hand and the little hand. I don't believe the advent of digital clocks has improved people's punctuality, but they have made telling time a bit more clinical. Stating that it's 12:13 may be clear and accurate; but it lacks the traditional warmth of saying, "It's almost quarter past twelve."
I can choose either method even though I no longer wear a watch at all. Because I always carry my cell phone, I figured that I could drop the one I used to have on my wrist. Maybe the hair will grow back there and it'll get a suntan this summer.