Wristwatches

[Miss Chicken]

Increasingly, when I ask someone what the time is they pull out their mobile (cell) phone.

I have to occasionly ask for the time because a) I don't wear a wristwatch because there is something about me that makes wristwatches stop b) I do not have a mobile phone.

So I ask do you own/wear a wristwatch? If you do is it an expensive one or an el cheapo? Is it a digital watch?

Please excuse me for starting so many threads on boring subjects as I have of late - unfortunately I don't have anything better to do with my time.

 

[An Officer]

I enjoy your topics. They're usually pretty good to chime into. At least you contribute to the forum in a positive way. Not boring at all!

I love to wear watches. Usually not when I'm working or spending time with the kids though, as it just gets in my way, and is wont to get kid splattered, scratched, tired looking (especially the leather ones), whatever. I wear them on my right hand, so all this is more so for me.

I do not own digital wristwatches at all, I think they are not as aesthetically pleasing. I have about six. Each of a slightly different colour and design, and I wear them when I want to dress up a little. They're not cheap, as I like quality instead of quantity, but they're not expensive either.

When I'm not wearing one, which would be about 50% of the time, I use my mobile, too!

 

[Smiley]

I own a relatively cheap Coleman digital wristwatch. I only wear it on certain weekend days when checking the phone would be inconvenient. I used to wear a watch all the time, but the watch tan was annoying, and it was sometimes a pain with long sleeves.

The time on my phone is more likely to be correct than that on my watch, and I can also check the phone's battery level at the same time.

 

[iguana_tonante]

I used to wear wristwatches, but i was never a fan. I don't like having stuff around my wrist, and as soon as the temperature allows, even my sleeves go up the elbows. So since I started using a mobile phone with its own clock, i happily stopped wearing one. Now I would probably go mad it I were forced to wear one. Beside, I think that taking the mobile out to watch the time has a charming ancient quality to it, like a modern version of the fob watch. Now, if I just could rid myself of the drumming, the constant drumming...

 

[auntiehill]

I almost always wear a wristwatch. I have this compulsion to always know what time it is, even if I have no reason to.

I wear the same, boring little Timex with a black leather band. It's simple and it goes with everything. It's cheap but it's very efficient. I've had it for YEARS.

Hubby uses his phone for the time. He recently got a watch for Christmas, and he seems to like it, but I'm not sure if he will wear it very much.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

For me, it's a cheapo wristwatch every time (pardon the pun). We aren't allowed to wear wristwatches at work, though, due to infection control policy, so I simply sling mine around my badge holder. It does pose a dilemma when it comes to clinical skills exams, where we have to keep time e.g. measuring a patient's pulse, yet still have to adhere to strict infection control rules.

My watch of choice is an inexpensive digital watch, often a Casio or a Timex, but I also have a more expensive watch for special occasions (it was a gift).

 

[trekkerguy]

EDIT: ^^^ I love your avatar. lol

Wristwatch? Wristwatch? What is it you are speaking of?

*Pulls out Cellphone to txt someone for more info...*

 

[Crusher Disciple]

I wear a watch every day, pretty much.

On the days I lose it and can't get it on before I leave the house for work (like today), I have to tote my cell phone around (and with me to lunch) since I have no concept of time.

 

[Mallory]

I've worn a watch every day since I was around eight or nine years old. My current daily watch is a relatively inexpensive Timex that's been running for years now.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I have a cheap watch that i wear for day to day use and i have my fancy Casio WaveCeptor Atomic Watch that's my going out watch.

 

[SeerSGB]

When I think of it, I wear one. Though I prefer pocket-watches. Currently saving up to get something along these lines:

 

[JonathonWally]

I have a few nice watches, and really really nice watch my loaded uncle gave me that I'm too afraid to wear really.

A watch says something about a guy, so I spend decent money on them but not crazy. I have 6. None digital.

I wear a digital watch to the gym, nothing special. And I wear $8 digital watches for work, because if I get blood on them (or other "fun" stuff) I toss them immediately.

 

[Holdfast]

I wore a pocket watch on my waistcoat today. It's a great little prop for using in boring meetings because no-one can miss your distaste at the slow progress. No-name maker (made for the Bombay Railroad according to the dial).

Apart from the pocket watch, I have an automatic Longines Conquest on a black leather strap and a quartz Omega Seamaster Professional on a steel bracelet.

I'm thinking about adding an automatic Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Co-Axial with a white face & brown leather strap as I kind of feel I need a watch with a brown strap sometimes and I like the contrast of the blue hands against the white dial.

 

[Lindley]

I've tried wearing wristwatches in the past. Inevitably, no matter what material they're made out of, the back of my arm becomes uncomfortable within a few days. Not outright rashy, but off.

I did the pocket watch thing for a while. I still have a couple of nice ones. For most things, though, the cell phone does a good enough job.

 

[iguana_tonante]

A watch says something about a guy, so I spend decent money on them but not crazy. I have 6. None digital.

I've heard that more than once, but I never understood it. It just says how more are you willing to spend on a watch. A status symbol, if you wish, but nothing more. I understand a nice watch with a nice suit, but I don't attach any special meaning to it.

I wore a pocket watch on my waistcoat today. It's a great little prop for using in boring meetings because no-one can miss your distaste at the slow progress.

How... delightfully evil on your part.

 

[JonathonWally]

A watch says something about a guy, so I spend decent money on them but not crazy. I have 6. None digital.

I've heard that more than once, but I never understood it. It just says how more are you willing to spend on a watch. A status symbol, if you wish, but nothing more. I understand a nice watch with a nice suit, but I don't attach any special meaning to it.

It's not just the amount of money you spend on it. It's the design, is it flashy? is it subdued elegance? Is it in your face blingy and tacky?

When dressed up, guys have fewer options than women to express themselves. You're choices are pretty much how many buttons your suit has, the shape of your lapel, tie tack or none, your tie, style of shoes. That's it really. So a watch is your chance to express yourself.

 

[An Officer]

I've heard that more than once, but I never understood it. It just says how more are you willing to spend on a watch. A status symbol, if you wish, but nothing more. I understand a nice watch with a nice suit, but I don't attach any special meaning to it.

To me, it means you're willing to take time with the smaller things. And if you do that, it might be you are of a similar mindset in other parts of your life too.

To begin with, it probably means you're not wearing old rags for underwear, which you can't be bothered to change... and if I were too tired to make dinner, you probably wouldn't buy ingredients for a sandwich, instead of delicate little bites of interesting things to make me smile...

Every single thing you do and say, says something about you...

 

[Holdfast]

I wore a pocket watch on my waistcoat today. It's a great little prop for using in boring meetings because no-one can miss your distaste at the slow progress.

How... delightfully evil on your part.

It's my schtick.


PS. JW - there's a huge variety of options on a suit or jacket - far more than just number of buttons and lapel type. But I do definitely agree with your broader point of a watch choice being another outlet for self-expression.

 

[thestrangequark]

I have to occasionly ask for the time because a) I don't wear a wristwatch because there is something about me that makes wristwatches stop...

Sorry to go off topic, but this statement struck me as particularly interesting because my mother is the same way: every watch or clock she's ever owned has broken -- usually in a bizarre way. I guarantee I am not exaggerating. The clock in her car runs fast, which is a vast improvement to the clock in her old Taurus, which ran backwards. The cuckoo clock in her kitchen used to keep time and chime on the hour, but the pendulum wouldn't swing and the cuckoo never popped out. Lo and behold, when I visited her for Christmas this winter the bird and pendulum had suddenly started working -- completely out of the blue -- but now the clock (which still keeps accurate time) chimes the wrong number of times! i.e. It may be 3pm, and the clock will read 3pm, but it will chime 8 times!

She's never had an alarm clock last more than a few months.

Back on topic: Personally, I've never worn a wristwatch because I find them uncomfortable, though I wouldn't mind a small and classy, fine diamond and platinum ladies' watch for special occasions. I also find subtle, leather-strapped and simply-styled wristwatch to be quite an attractive accessory for a man (my dad has a gorgeous, art-deco wristwatch from the '40's that I've always admired). I think chunky and overly-jeweled watches are tacky.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I don't own any watches at all. I haven't worn one in twenty years at least.

I have no use for the things, since at work there's clocks all over the place, and when I'm on vacation in NYC, I use my (borrowed) cellphone.