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Styles and technologies change, but whatever we use to tell time, most people consider the wrist a sacrosanct spot reserved for a timepiece.
Watchmakers use old and new mechanics to perform the age-old task of measuring the passage of time. You don't see many folks wearing a sundial these days, but people still embrace almost every other means of keeping time, from old-school mechanical watches to the latest gadgets using e-ink and microstep motors. Here are seven Wired watches that make dime-store digitals look staid.
