Core77

Actually, analog gauges are much easier to read. The mind process an analog gauge much more directly. Take reading an analog watch. A person reads the short hand at 3 and the long hand at 11 as "a little before" four. It takes just a quick glance. A person reads 3:55 and has to process the digits, do the math, and figure out from the precision what is intuitively gleaned from the analog watch.

I don't agree with that at all. When I glance at my digital watch, I'm not doing any math in my head... the configuration of the numbers form a kind of symbol that automatically registers to me what time it is. When I look at an analog clock, it takes almost a half second longer to register. I think it depends on what you're more familiar with.