I have a strong preference for having a complete display of numbers on a watch face. I do own one blank watch face with red hands on black background which I like a lot. But for daily use, give me Arabic numbers and an analog watch. I ask myself, why? Am I so simple minded that I must be reminded, like a pre-schooler, what the arrangement of numbers is? Here's my rationale. If I mostly or only wore a watch during the waking hours when I am alert and composed, and the watch is on my wrist, right side up at all times, it hardly matters. It probably reads a fraction of a second quicker in my brain for having a complete set of numbers, but it's an academic point. But I sometimes wear my watch to bed, or have it at the bedside, and may wake up in the middle of the night, or very early, need to know what time it is. Is it first light or later but overcast outside. In that state of semi-awakeness, I want a full set of signals, not a cutesy-poo geometric to figure out. Give me all the data, and my state of mind will rise to the occasion. I don't like bars or a blank watch face in place of numbers, thanks.
