Watches lose ground to cell phones
By Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Allison Elliott occasionally wears the delicate gold windup watch that belonged to her grandmother. But it's really just for show.

Elliott, who's 27, is much more likely to get the time from the clock in her car, the one on her cable TV box or cell phone or from the bottom right-hand of her computer at the University of Kentucky, where she works.

Paul Dryden is much the same. ''To be honest, I can't remember the last time I wore a watch - I'm guessing early in high school,'' says the 21-year-old senior at Connecticut College. The busy student's cell phone often doubles as an alarm clock because ''it goes everywhere I go.''

In other words, the way we track time is changing with the times. the rest