At Last! A Geeky but Cool Wristwatch! – Emerald Geneva Review

For years, I've desired a wristwatch that would show sidereal (star) time. Such watches are very rare and expensive, and have the disadvantage that, if you're wearing one, then you don't have your regular watch for ordinary civil time. (You could wear two watches, regular and sidereal, one on each wrist, or else two on one wrist--but in either of those cases, forget about ever getting a date for the rest of your life; dual-capability watches are currently unavailable, as far as I can tell). So I was intrigued when I found this app. I was leery at first, but after I used it I discovered that it's just what I was looking for. It shows sidereal time, Sun and moon positions, and so forth, just as if it were a very high-end mechanical watch costing thousands of dollars. In fact, it does a number of things that would be impossible to build into any physically realizable mechanical watch. You have to use it to believe how geekily cool it is. Since it's on my iPhone, I've always got it with me just as if it were a wristwatch (or more accurately a pocket-watch), with an immediately available display that's actually bigger and easier to read (including in darkness) than any actual wristwatch display would be. You can have your cake and eat it too, with this app: Satisfy your Inner Geek by keeping this discreetly on your iPhone, and still have a decently good chance of getting a date with some nice girl.
Review by FSanders on Emerald Geneva.