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Old 9th January 2006 | 16:19
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White Bear
 
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Re: WristWatch Selection

Personally I’m surprised the question of digital vs. analog hasn’t come up.
I tried using a digital watch for a while, but found it easier to read an analog face at a glance vs. having to stop and ‘read’ a digital face.

Perhaps it’s just a preference, but I remember reading somewhere that a study showed analog gauges provided more useful information more quickly that digital. This was especially true when mounted in banks, and displaying the same information for multiple units for example.

I know I’m exhibiting thread creep here, but Glass cockpit information is given both graphically, in an analog fashion, and digitally, but I find it interesting that digital dashboards in the automotive world failed miserably, and digital dashboards have disappeared completely from cars.
Any comments as to why?
Regards,
W.B.
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