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If you ask a stranger for the time, who knows where they'll look for it. Try conducting your own unscientific experiment: Head into a public place and ask for the time. Eyes will roam across the room looking for the nearest clock. A fumble for cell phones or PDAs will ensue. The question used to be easy to answer - folks would just look at their wrists or tell you they didn't know. Brandi Powell, 28, of Surfside Beach, traded her Mickey Mouse wrist watch for a Timex while she was in college. Now her wrist lacks a tan line where her wrist watch would be. Ask her the time and she reaches for her Motorola Razr. Research shows she's not alone. Packaged Facts, a consumer research company, released a report this summer finding watch sales taking a plunge. The industry lost $4.9 million in sales in 2005 from the ...

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