wristwatch

Not once did he check his phone or wristwatch as the young photographers discussed their work.

“But before affordable wristwatches and smartphones, people relied on clocks in public spaces,” Mendez wrote in an essay for the city’s Department of Neighborhoods in 2022.

Using radio waves, atomic clocks continuously send signals that synchronize our computers, phones and wristwatches.

“This wristwatch, for instance, marks the exact moment in time when history changed forever.”

Authorities seized 29 luxury wristwatches, 120 items of jewelry, 22 high-end cellphones and assorted electronic devices.