Watches are Rediscovered by the Cellphone Generation

Michael Williams, who runs A Continuous Lean, a men's style blog, ditched his Timex when he got his first cellphone in 2001.

Tyler Thoreson, the head of men's editorial for Gilt Man, the flash sale website, often kept his forgettable watches stashed in a drawer.

And Eddy Chai, an owner of Odin New York, a downtown men's boutique, gave up wearing watches regularly in his mid-20s, when he outgrew his Casio.