Main Timepiece of Your Country

[Kouralia]

Well, it's simple. What is the main clock or time-measuring device used in your nation? What types do you use? Have watches been superceded by smartphones etc? Do towns have clocktowers etc. still?

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In Kouralia, clocks are still seen as important despite the advent of smart-phones etc. This is in part due to tradition (people look scornfully at those who try to over-digitise their lives, and frequently peer-pressure wins out), and partially due to social norms. People think of it as ruder to get out your phone to check the time rather than glance at a watch.

Typically Kouralians will use analogue watches - so being able to read a clock-face is important - and frequently they're of the more rugged and simple variety. Many will try to emulate the standard military watch (an alike model is shown below), and it is in fact the most commonly bought watch style in Kouralia. Those who buy overly ostentatious watches with diamonds, gold or the like are frowned upon, even if they are of the highest echelons of the class system. Thus ensuring that even the Highest Kouralian Lords wear wrist-watches that look more 'basic' than a generic gangasta-thug from some inner city somewhere. The only real way to splash out is to get a pocket watch. They are regarded as stylish, classy, and most certainly something that a good majority of Kouralian young men aspire to own. Yes, a good, stylish, quality pocket-watch in Kouralia is as much a status symbol as an iPad in the UK, for example.

[Imperializt Russia]

In the People's Republic of Samozniy Russia, business is done not only on the strength of a man's handshake but the quality of his timepiece, and are almost without exception analogue.
A man who takes care and effort over the keeping of his time is a man who can be trusted to be reliable, punctual and upfront.

In the People's Standing Army, high-quality analogue watches are typically seen as the equipment of an officer, much like in the days of yore when an officer may have been one of the only people in a force to have owned a timepiece.
This is not to say that any non-commissioned ranks are prohibited from owning watches - it's merely a stylistic tradition.

[Anollasia]

We use both.

[Azadstan]

We use sundials.

Be afraid of our ultra-advancements!

[Black Hand]

The Black Hand values analog watches over digital in many situations, most analog Watches are eletrically powered through a piezoelectric device, or a small liquid tiberium power supply in order to give them long battery lives and in the case of piezoelectric, easily recharged by applying pressure to a small external button.
Digital watches while less common, Are still used among those with a need for a multi function watch, also Growing in popularity are Dual mode watches that feature many of the alarm, Stop watch and compass features of digital watches while retaining their analog appearance.

[Fatatatutti]

What is the main clock or time-measuring device used in your nation?

The calendar.

What types do you use?

The Gregorian calendar is most common, though some people just go by the phases of the moon.

Have watches been superceded by smartphones etc?

Watches never really caught on in Fatatatutti for general use. They are used only where close coordination is necessary - e.g. in the military.

Telephones never really caught on either, though cellphone technology is now fairly common. Many people are probably unaware that their cellphones have a time function.

Do towns have clocktowers etc. still?

There are probably almost as many public clocks in Fatatatutti as individual watches.

[Tobys Great Britain]

Analogue clocks and watches are used across Tobys Great Britain. Digital time-keeping is just not used.

[Cill Airne]

Neither - Cill Airiochins use sun and moon dials to tell time.

[Victorious Decepticons]

To say our timekeeping is digital would be literally true, but a bit of an understatement.

The computing cycles of a Decepticon run on a specific timing, so it's easy to code in a clock function based on this. The clock function ticks off a second for every X,XXX,XXX cycles. Using it to tell the "external" time is easy once it is calibrated, and this calibration typically takes place right after activation.

Needless to say, we need no watches or other outside timepieces. From the perspective of a Decepticon with the unpatched version of the clock function, the time is simply "known" as soon as they have even a passing curiosity about it. This type of time-checking will give the person the time down to the second.

By adding the command "exact time" to the thought, the resolution increases greatly. The exact-time command will divide the second down to the number of CPU cycles that have passed since the last full second, which is to say, the program will divide the second into many millionths! The resolution is even finer for those who have upgraded processing power. Most people only use that ability as a curiosity, but it is essential for those who time speed-based competitions.

How many CPU cycles equal a second depend on the person's processing speed, so the calibration may be different for each person. Upgrading (or, horror of horrors, downgrading) the processing speed will require the clock program to be recalibrated.

Our opinions on this ability vary. Some of us think it's very convenient, others simply accept it as normal, but still others - especially immigrants - associate exact times with unwanted obligations. The latter group will quickly patch their clock function so it only gives specific times upon receiving a deliberate thought command. For them, mere passing curiosity about the time will result in a more-vague response like "afternoon."

[Ulvena]

In Ulvena, watches have become a staple in our culture as a way of measuring one's wealth and prosperity. Those who have the most expensive, fancy, or technologically advanced watch are considered very wealthy and important. Those who just use their Readius or any newer electronic device are considered uncultured and lacking in the personality of a noble.

Ulvenans used to use analog watches to an extreme amount. Wristwatches have become far more common amongst the working class and menial office workers. It is a symbol of hard work but also mediocrity. The upper noble class had relied heavily on pocket watches, encrusted with a family crest or other wealthy symbols.

However, due to modernization, the first "digital" watch hit the shelves. Following that, the Ion Watch has also become very popular amongst the newer generations of teens. However, most, if not all of the nobility, including the Royal Family, uses pocket watches made of precious metals. Though platinum and gold are considered exclusive to the Royal Family. It is very much a status symbol for Ulvenan nobility.

[Robata]

We use digtal. Makes sense when you're digital.

[Pavonistade]

Pavonistadians mostly use digital clocks. Analog clocks are used, but they are becoming increasingly rare as digital clocks grow in numbers and usage.

[Crystal Spires]

Everyone knows a real gentleman uses a pocketwatch.

[Celritannia]

Both Analogue and digital are commonly used.

[Baravia]

Analogue clocks are the only timepieces in Baravia.

[Estainia]

That depends on the increment in which you're asking. Our clocks and watches are gear-driven and analog. Our calendar is a solar/lunar calendar unrelated to the Julio-Georgian.