Wristwatches

[ares93]

i wear mine inward. its easier to check the time while shooting that way. and it just became a habit for me.
Omega Seamaster from 1962 btw.

 

[Wynterhawk]

On the outside, that way i can look at it easily by just lifting up my sleeve and bam, there it is.

Ah, but on the inside, you can peek at it surreptitiously, with a mere flick of the wrist...ninja style!

Well on a more personal level, i don't find it comfortable that way, but that's me. I've just always worn my watch on the outside.

BTW, i hope watches aren't becoming obsolete; i have a major thing for watches. I'm not a big fan of jewelry as a whole, but i loves me some watches.

I like watches too, especially the more antique looking ones. I love an analog face. It depends on how I feel, sometimes it's inward, sometimes outward.

 

[Nardpuncher]

i wear mine inward. its easier to check the time while shooting that way. and it just became a habit for me.
Omega Seamaster from 1962 btw.

That sounds like a beautiful watch.

I also am intrigued by the shooting thing.

 

[Goliath]

I'd never heard of the Omega Seamaster before I started this thread. That is a nice-looking watch.

 

[stj]

Outside.

But, is the rule the righties wear it on the left, and vice versa for lefties. The purpose being to minimize banging on the watch, I presume.

An interesting thing maybe not mentioned (I skipped in the thread, sue me.) Wristwatches were considered effeminate until their superior practicality in the trench warfare of WWI broke down that barrier.

I have no idea what I'm wearing.

 

[J.T.B.]

Whenever I see it on the inside of the wrist on somebody, it makes me think of Bruce Willis, as he always seems to have his watch on the inside too.

Bruce Willis and watches makes me think of "Five long years he wore this watch, up his ass..."

I am a lefty but wear it on the left wrist, face outward. And here it is:

I tried going without one but it didn't work for me, it's so much easier to glance at the wrist than to dig the phone out of my pocket. I end up with a stripe around my wrist, especially in the summer.

--Justin

 

[JCooper]

I still have my Dad's old Casio and carry it just because I'm used to it. But when someone ask me for the time I always check on my mobile phone, never the watch - so it's obviously just sentimental piece.

 

[RandyS]

I'm left-handed and have always worn my watch on my right hand. I always assumed most people wear their watch on their non-dominant hand, regardless of gender.

I don't know about everybody, but I'm left handed too, and when I wore a watch, I wore it on my left wrist.

 

[Nardpuncher]

Has anyone ever had their mobile phone become inaccurate with the time?

My Nokia is sometimes 5 to 7 minutes slow.

 

[Holdfast]

I'd never heard of the Omega Seamaster before I started this thread. That is a nice-looking watch.

Yep, they're pretty cool. Mine's modern (well, almost 10 years old now, I guess, but you know what I mean) and still looks nice. If you like the look of Rolex Subs and other sports-type watches, you'll like the Seamaster (esp. if you're like me, and dislike the little date magnification lens thing on Rolexes).

If you want a watch that takes a little of that sports column A and mixed it with a more formal/dressy column B (I suppose in some ways like the Oyster DateJust you posted upthread) and so have a watch that can manage both settings quite easily and not look out of place in either, you could do a lot worse than look at the Seamaster Aqua Terra subrange too.

 

[ancientone51]

Left hand, facing out...except when I was in Weapons Control in the Air Force. Inside was easier to read when you were working manual radar.

Read part of this thread before I ran errands today so I tried one of my bracelet style watch on the inside just for fun. I could handle it that way again easily.

 

[RandyS]

Has anyone ever had their mobile phone become inaccurate with the time?

My Nokia is sometimes 5 to 7 minutes slow.

Mine keeps excellent time so far, but like everything, I'm sure it'll wear out eventually.

 

[scotpens]

Has anyone ever had their mobile phone become inaccurate with the time?

My Nokia is sometimes 5 to 7 minutes slow.

Cellphones keep time via a signal from the cellular network. If your phone's time display is inaccurate, you should contact your cellular service provider.

 

[ares93]

That sounds like a beautiful watch.

I also am intrigued by the shooting thing.

it is. dont have a pic right now. i'm having it restored so its down at the shop. not mine, but identical.
http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af77/bangiman/1962 Omega/omega_2.jpg

oh and about the shooting. i do both short (50m) and long range (400m) shooting. mostly short range, though. .22 bolt action rifle. but when we have tournaments and stuff we have limited time to aim and fire, so every second counts. ergo the reason i'm paranoid about time.

 

[Kemaiku]

From both chronic arthritis and undersized wrists I gave up wearing the damn things years ago and just have my mobile (cell phone) clipped to my belt when out and about.

 

[Mr. B]

Has anyone ever had their mobile phone become inaccurate with the time?

My phone is 3 minutes slow according to the atomic clock... one would expect better from a device updated over a network.

 

[RedShirt]

I've had a watch of some type on my wrist since kindergarten; they're such a part of everyday wear for me that I feel naked without one and people who know me will comment if they notice I'm not wearing one.

I currently have two: one large-faced digital for daily wear and one gold & silver analog for special occasions. They're both Armitrons since I can't see spending ridiculous amounts of money on something that constantly gets banged & knocked against random things no matter how careful I try to be.

 

[An Officer]

I wore a watch from the age of seven to my teens, then stopped wearing accessory type things altogether. Now I've rediscovered the beauty and practicality of a wristwatch and wear one daily, but never at home. I can't seem to relax if I've got bits and bobs hanging from me. I have a few and love them all, digital and analogue, leather straps, metallic straps, round faces, square faces. My favourite right now is a cherry red leather strapped number with a large round face.

I'm right handed and wear mine outward facing on the right.

 

[Holdfast]

I can't see spending ridiculous amounts of money on something that constantly gets banged & knocked against random things no matter how careful I try to be.

Enough about your marital problems, what's your beef with expensive watches?




(just kidding, just kidding; it was just an almost perfect set-up line and I couldn't resist! )

 

[SVD]

I wear it with the face more in line with my thumb, so I don't have to turn my arm so much to read it.

Have I mentioned that I'm pretty lazy?

I'm a step further in that kind of lazyness: Right handed, watch on the right wrist, watch face in-line with my thumb.

I also push it up toward the elbow as far as it will go once it's strapped around, ending up 2 inches above the joint.

....
I currently have two: one large-faced digital for daily wear and one gold & silver analog for special occasions. ....

I follow a similar idea, daily watch is a digital Timex IronMan. The thing's ugly (Grandpa got it for me as a gift), but it's been running for 4 years with no sign of failing. I've replaced the Velcro strap once. If this strap fails, I'll glue the face to my truck dash (no existing clock there) and get a nicer one.
The special occasion watch is a gold Timex with a mahogany-colored, leather-type band and Arabic numerals. I leave it unset and turned off (the setting pin all the way out) until I go to wear it.


Talking about the straps/bands of the watches, I cant stand anything but the Velcro strap or the buckle and band style closure. The plentiful, fine, blond hairs on my wrist are sensitive to being pinched and pulled by the other kinds of bands.