Do you wear a wrist watch?
Seems fewer and fewer people wear a wrist watch anymore....male or female.
Most just look at their so-called "smart phone"
I like a wrist watch and have three of them, all day/date style
A cheap $40 Timex when doing mechanical and other work and 2 very nice Seiko watches.
Most just look at their so-called "smart phone"
I like a wrist watch and have three of them, all day/date style
A cheap $40 Timex when doing mechanical and other work and 2 very nice Seiko watches.
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No. I don't wear rings either. I spend most of my time either operating or working on machinery ranging from autos to heavy equipment and I don't like "snag points" on or near my hands. 0 -
Feel naked w/o a mickey on my wrist.. 0 -
I seldom remember to take the cell phone to town, even then I rarely turn it on. I often wear my titanium solar Casio Pathfinder. I like the tracking barometer - storms do not sneak up on me ever. I still have my old battery powered Pathfinder on its 4 th set of batteries and still works great - band is getting rough considering its going on 15YO. 0 -
Wouldn't be without one. I have worn one most of the time for more than 50yrs. That being said I have the reputation for being notoriously hard on wrist watches. The one I am wearing now has set a record for working for 10yrs or so. It's a inexpensive Citizen eco-drive perpetual. Its an analog (dial and hands) with a small solar cell in the dial so I have not had to change the battery in all this time. Do they even teach kids to read watches and clocks with hands anymore? For some reason most digital watches appear cheap to me so I'll just stick with the big and little hands. Bob 0 -
Tried wearing wrist watches decades ago. Always managed to break them somehow.
Tried "pen" watches, broke them too.
Tried pocket watches.....yup... broke them as well, gave up.
I could probably wear one now, since I am retired, but since my car has a clock, I just go that way.
Don't feel comfortable wearing anything but clothes.
Even more comfortable without, but lets not go there.......
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I came across my Citizen a little while back and i was thinking I should get the battery pulled before it explodes. Last time I wore it was 10 years ago? Don't have a cell phone so I get where I need to be when I get there. 0 -
I hate to be that guy but to answer your question "Yes and No - maybe - sometimes..."
I had one very nice longine wittinauer wrist worn watch acquired my senior year of highschool along with a few cheap gas swatch watches (I guess that dates me somewhat)
While I like wrist watches I rapidly learned that I could not wear them at work or play because they always seemed to get irreparably damaged or destroyed - catching on things or getting punched or smashed...
So I tried cheap watches that were essentially disposable items - but I don't like cheap watches...
I also tried the all stainless steel and titanium Swiss watch which held up okay except for the glass - and the watch was rather heavy and the band could put a hurtin on you and bite you - digging into flesh...
I do wear a watch when dressed up in formal or fancy attire - event wear (weddings and funerals and christening and graduation or holiday outings) and never had a problem with damage or snaring or other issues...
My longine was a funny story - purchased at an upscale department store - they had an event where a high end jeweler set up shop in the 60 days leading up to Christmas...
The watch I selected had 3 secondary dials and a day number box and an actual chime - it was an instrument / it was a chronograph...
I had never heard of the company and for me it was expensive but it ended up being a graduation present...
I only wore it on special occasions and took great care of it - was cautious and kept it clean and safe...
10 years into owning it the watch stopped working and one of the main hands separated from the mechanism...
I took it to the family jewelry store where my class ring had come from and the owner said he could not work on the watch - he was not trained or certified or authorized and was not an affiliated dealer - longine being rather exclusive and his opening it up would void any warranty...
I was a bit incredulous - but he had the address and phone number for an authorized dealer in Philadelphia - after pleasant contact and discourse I dropped the watch off at their retail location - a ridiculously high end bespoke fancy English style shop selling men's jewelry and accessories - men's travel stuff and of all things a whole display case of jacket buttons , super expensive exclusive buttons made to order from exotic materials and a pattern or crest catalog (hardback leather bound gold embossing)
Car and house keys that had gemstones in them or platinum wire inlay or nimske banknote engraving...
About a week later I received a call and was asked to make an appointment with their assistant manager lady - who explained that for only two years longine had partnered with wittenauer to produce some entry level brand introduction / brand placement watches and automotive quartz clocks...
The partnership was a failure and wittenauer had quality control issues so they severed the relationship rather then tarnish the company name and reputation.
So she could not replace the watch with another similar model and it was beyond repair - could not be fixed...
I pointed out that the watch had two custom bands and had been engraved with the date of graduation and my initials and DHS (delran high school) and politely asked about the warranty and what were they going to do for me...
She produced a thin leather portfolio that featured a dozen of their entry level watches (no multi functional multiple dials) and she assured me the engraving would be duplicated and she would provide me with a pack of 3 bands (leather and ostrich and manta ray)
I picked out the watch I liked the most - had to select engraving font and style - face diameter and watch thickness - travel case style and material (hard leather piano hinged traditional sportsman)
You may understand why I have repeatedly used the word ridiculous.
I now have a full faced longine wrist watch the thickness of a nickel with multiple black bands and a binocular style material and construction travel case - the back or obverse of the watch is 25% banknote engraved in addition to the above referenced script...
All done in two weeks by an in house regional artisan and service expert.
When I picked up the watch in 1990 it cost approx $185.00 plus tax (major holiday discount)
The invoice or build sheet for my new longine wrist watch comes to $2100.00
I am now and have been and always will be a longine man - a brand endorser and ardent fan.
I do own a number of (maybe a dozen) watches in the $50-&125 price range from tactical to fashionable - sport or rough use to plain but fancy...
I do like to take a watch with me when I travel - sitting it next to the phone by the bedside or attaching it to my possibles shoulder pack / go bag...
Yes the cell phone destroyed a certain share of the watch market (much like the decline in buggy whips) but the cheap models at Walmart and the expensive exclusive pieces are doing better then ever...
Women have taken to wearing big oversized "man" watches...
And a nice pocket watch or pendant watch will always be in style IMHO.
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I have a few old wrist watches that I haven't worn in a very long time. One a Swiss Army with a leather band, a couple of Timex with twist o flex bands, and a Rolex that was a gift from family. All are the type having mechanical hands and all are battery powered except for the Rolex which is powered by movement (if that makes any sense). I also have a nice fancy pocket watch that my wife gave me for our 25th anniversary many years ago.
I post this mainly because of questions about old battery watches. Mine are all dead now and still have the old batteries inside. I have tried to open a couple of them but lack the proper tool or tools needed to unscrew the backs. I wonder if they would be worth the trouble and expense to take them to a jeweler?? Or after all this time if battery damage has made them junk?
Just because I no longer wear them, I hate to see nice things become inoperable. Same goes for old guns, tools, etc. I do find pleasure in making these things come to working life, even if I don't really need or use them.0 -
wear one almost 24hours day, except in shower, when I take it off now I have a white outline of the watch as my arm is tanned dark brown, I told the gal who was giving me my MRI that the tan line was my retirement watch for when you just don't care what time it is. since I have retired I haven't changed the date though it was off by about 10 days or so.......... 0 -
Yes,a luminox. Only brand I've found that can hold up to the daily abuse I put it through. 0 -
yes. a timex. I only take it off when I shower 0 -
Timex Ironman from 1988. nice and slim. another one from 2003. has IndiGlo. newer ones are too thick.
all my dress watches got stolen in the latest burglary. Guess, Swiss Army, Fossil, and an Elvis watch.0 -
I have half a dozen watches in my junk drawer, both wrist and pocket style. The only one I use is the $10 one I got for fishing. (It has a back plate I can pry off to replace the battery every couple years.) I still have the wind-up Waltham my Dad bought at a pawn shop for my 8th grade graduation.
No smart damn phone, either. But I find that our society is literally festooned with clocks. Cars, billboards, businesses, all trying to tell us to hurry, hurry, hurry or like the Mad Hatter, we'll be late.
Except that I can't be late - I have nowhere I have to be at any time except when I choose to be there.0 -
redneckandy wrote:No. I don't wear rings either. I spend most of my time either operating or working on machinery ranging from autos to heavy equipment and I don't like "snag points" on or near my hands.
+1 I can look at the sun and tell what time it is...or my stomach will tell me when it is time to eat.0 -
G Shock...haven't been able to destroy this one...yet. 0 -
Timex Datalink. I like have phone numbers on it, and it reminds me of birthdays and anniversaries. I bought my first one in 1997, and never looked back. 0 -
Yes an Apple watch. 0 -
I never was a watch fan really. I used to wear my wedding ring, and my wife had bought me a neck chain that I wore for a while. Inexplicably, I woke up one day and felt claustrophobic towards jewelry. I haven't worn ANY since.
My late brother used to like pocket watches. When we were going through his stuff after he passed away, we found the watch I gave him when I was maybe 14-15. It had been so long since he had it on him that I thought he had lost it. It was $30 in ~'85 or so. That was a lot for a farm kid to save at that age. It is worn now and a little beat up, but I might get it serviced.0 -
I started wearing one when I was six years old, in 1957. I always had a good old Timex on my wrist.
Twenty years ago my girlfriend bought me a gold wristwatch that had the date on it, it was made of gold, beautiful Swiss made.
I always had a light circle around my wrist, where I got a sun tan around my wrist watch.
Then 8 years ago I got a job as an over the road truck driver. You have to have a cell phone with you at all times driving a truck.
The cell phone always has the correct time.
I started leaving the watch on the shelf in the truck. And one day I transferred to a new truck and I accidentally left the wrist watch behind, never saw it again. Haven't had a wrist watch since.0 -
Yes. Ever since I was 8 years old. I found a bottom-level Timex in the Sterling catalog for $5.09, saved up my allowance, and bought it. That was in the early 1960s, so that $5.09 was probably the equivalent of $40 or so today.
I have worn a wrist watch ever since. I worked for one police department that actually required officers to wear a wrist watch on duty.
I have usually chosen inexpensive watches from Timex or Casio, but I did find a very nice Seiko while walking on a beach in Hawaii. It was an automatic chronometer with stop watch function and it looked really cool. It didn't work well though, and eventually quit altogether.
A couple of years ago, Bass Pro had a sale on some of their watches, and I bought a Rolex lookalike for $10, but it was made of pot metal and began looking bad after a while.
So, I dug out an old Smith & Wesson watch and put in a new battery and used it for a time.
A few months ago, I splurged and bought another Seiko chronometer. I don't know how all the features work, but it looks cool. This one has a quartz movement, so it will probably last longer than my old one. I found it on a site called "Pass the Watch," and it was about half the price I had seen advertised elsewhere.
My wife is one that relies on her phone for a timepiece. I bought her a nice watch, and she wore it for a little while, and then it went into the jewelry box, along with a lot of other jewelry pieces I gave her. Low maintenance she is.0 -
Have a Seiko Diver 8F35-0019 That has not been off my wrist for 25+ years ( except for surgery). Yes I sleep with it on.
Weighs in at about 7 ounces. Perpetual Calendar with a 10 year battery, I've replace twice so far. The
Traded a Buck knife and $20.00 for it in almost new condition. The illumination is starting to fade.0 -
I would be more at home in the 1800s than now. I like the old ways and styles much better. When I go out I have one of my great grandpa's pocket watches on. Usually the center one, a Waltham, or the 2nd one from the left, a Hamilton. 0 -
All day every day. For years I used a first gen Citizen Pro Master that I still have . I now use Casio G Shocks. Leaving the house without a watch on my wrist is the same as no knife in my pocket. Makes me feel naked. 0 -
Brookwood wrote:I have a few old wrist watches that I haven't worn in a very long time. One a Swiss Army with a leather band, a couple of Timex with twist o flex bands, and a Rolex that was a gift from family. All are the type having mechanical hands and all are battery powered except for the Rolex which is powered by movement (if that makes any sense). I also have a nice fancy pocket watch that my wife gave me for our 25th anniversary many years ago.
I post this mainly because of questions about old battery watches. Mine are all dead now and still have the old batteries inside. I have tried to open a couple of them but lack the proper tool or tools needed to unscrew the backs. I wonder if they would be worth the trouble and expense to take them to a jeweler?? Or after all this time if battery damage has made them junk?
Just because I no longer wear them, I hate to see nice things become inoperable. Same goes for old guns, tools, etc. I do find pleasure in making these things come to working life, even if I don't really need or use them.
"Swiss Army"...? Military issue?0 -
Everyday and even at night.
I seldom take my watch off.
I have had the same watch since 1981 and I have worn it every day since then its a Seiko Automatic Dive watch.
Like this but without the day function mine only shows the date and I don't even set it anymore because I cannot see it without reading glasses:
I have probably worn out 8-10 watch bands. I have had it rebuilt 2 times, once in the 90's and the last time 4 years ago.
When I showed up in Basic training I didn't have a watch and we weren't allowed one but In AIT the Drills told us we needed a watch. So we got to go to the PX on Sunday. I got my money from my locker and Bought the watch it was $62 I made about $200 a month at the time as an E-2. The Drill told me that was a nice watch and I told him I figured if I was going to need a watch I should get a good one. It has been on my wrist ever since then and is on it right now.
I got a Rolex GMT master for my 40th B-day. I wear it a few times a year just to keep it running but I always come back to the Seiko.
If I told you what its been through you wouldn't believe me and I would probably have to kill you and stick your head in a safe0 -
I have worn a wristwatch daily ever since I got one as a "graduation" gift, grammar school to high school, about 60 years ago.
I remember being so thrilled with my first luminous dial that I wore it to bed and was startled when I woke up with the eerie glow in dark adapted eyes.
A watch collector friend gave me a "resin" cased Marathon and it hooked me on light weight watches.
I am on my third Marathon, the original lost in house fire, the replacement failed under warranty, the third is doing fine.
I have a plastic Timex as backup.
The steel and gold are to wear to dinner, etc.0 -
Wear a shinola and a Casio calculator watch from the 70s. Casio still sells the same model. 0 -
Sometimes, Fossil and Seiko. Sometimes I just go with the "smart phone." If you doubt it is smart, it has more computing power than NASA had when they sent men to the moon. And I can text Wundudnee any time I like. 0 -
I every day carry wrist band mounted sundial and an abacus and a plumb Bob and a pocket heliograph and signal mirror - along with a Gerber pocket octant and a lensatic compass - a slide rule and a pocket tsquare with spirit bubble level - a stop watch - a thermometer and barometer and hygrometer as well as a wind speed measuring device - an altimeter - a depth gauge...
A Rockwell hardness tester - a tungsten carbide pencil / hole punch - a Swiss army knife and a Leatherman and Gerber multi tool - a carbon fiber collapsible composite atlatl and obsidian or Flint lapped projectiles -EMT shears - a Spirograph - a flensing knife - a dog whistle - a selenium rare earth magnet - a range finding armored combat tactical monocular with night vision function - surgical tubing - stainless steel ball bearings - bacon grease and a duck call...
All in a custom tactical armored weather resistant custom shoulder bag from the Swiss army / victornox folks - a ready to go CCW compatible EDC go bag - a pocket dump gone wild...
Nobody else will be prepared in a similar fashion - it's pretty awesome. :shock:
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I've always worn a wristwatch. I appreciate them like guns.
I have a Tag Heuer diver that I bought instead of a wedding ring for my first marriage, since I don't wear a ring.
Paid a lot for it but certainly less than the wife's wedding ring/engagement ring combo.
She's long gone but that watch has been lots of places with me. Twenty eight years, I guess. And another marriage.
A few years ago I semi-retired it and switched to a Luminox for work. Wore it many years till it died.
Then I bought another Tag on ebay kinda like my original and wear that most of the time now.0
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