If you have ADHD, an Autistic Spectrum Disorder, or other health issue that impacts working memory or executive function it's a lifesaver. I can't rely on my phone for notifications because I can't rely on myself to set the sound loud enough or to remember to bring it from one room to another. My watch sends me all the notifications I need even when my phone is on silent in another room. This means my clothes and dishes are washed, the litterboxes are clean, I eat lunch regularly, all my medication gets taken, I'm not late to appointments or meetings, and my husband is no longer constantly angry that I'm not answering the phone. What someone who doesn't have these sorts of issues does with the watch to justify the spending I have no idea. As for the expense, it's much cheeper than even one of the following: having to treat cats for UTIs (last time required hospitalization for ~$1500), the medical issues not eating will cause (migraine trigger which requires daily medication when not managed), or the divorce my inability to even remember my share of household chores was inevitably going to lead to in a few years (I was the primary income for many years).

Except it's not just "recent culture" -- hand knitting has been women's work since knitting moved into the factory. In addition, there's no inidcation in historical literature that only men knit in the past, just that knitting as a profession was something only available to men. At the same time, only men could be in sewing guilds, baking guilds, etc, but these were tasks frequently performed inside the home by wives, mothers, and daughters. The statement in wikipedia does not state that knitting was historically a male skill, just that it was a male-only profession.