Poll: Do you wear a watch
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Yup.
I've had the same one since I was ten years old. It's done me proud.
I often deliberately leave my phone at home since I really don't like being called when I'm out and about. I generally only take my phone along when I'm expecting a call, so my watch still serves its original timekeeping function.
I've had the same one since I was ten years old. It's done me proud.
I often deliberately leave my phone at home since I really don't like being called when I'm out and about. I generally only take my phone along when I'm expecting a call, so my watch still serves its original timekeeping function.
Yup, keep it on my off hand, except when I have to remember something, then I move it to my other hand so I remember every time I look at my watch.
Apparently, in WW2, Russians wore wrist compasses as well.
Apparently, in WW2, Russians wore wrist compasses as well.
Even I am tempted to get a Russian watch. They can be gigantic and awesome!thaluikhain said:
Example: this thing looks awesome!
http://www.amazon.com/Russian-Aviator-Military-Sports-Leather/dp/B00N1KJ3C2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1425733343&sr=8-2&keywords=russian+wrist+watch
Fossil? Is this a joke? Regardless, I am amused! Thanks!Colour Scientist said:I just started to wear one this year.
My boyfriend got me one for Christmas. :3
I don't wear a watch and neither do I have a cell phone. I don't have such an eventful life that I need to be on call or keep track of time at any minute.
Plus, watches always made my wrist smell.
Plus, watches always made my wrist smell.
Eh, I thought I had some sort of record here. Mine is, I believe, 15 years old (it did, in fact, have it's birthbuyday just this week). But yeah, I've been wearing it ever since. Well, there has been a cumulative, like, month or so I didn't wear it (when the battery was dead and I had been unable to change it) but that's it. Well, I do also take it off when I'm having a shower, but I'm not counting those.Zhukov said:
I really like my watch - not only tells me the time, but also dates (it has a calendar - it's REALLY useful, actually) as well as other stuff like alarms, stopwatches, timers which aren't that useful (they were few times but anyway).
The most brilliant feature it has, however, is a telephone book. It only holds 30 entries, however, it's built into my watch. It's not the numbers I need (especially after I got a phone) but there is text and numbers you can enter into a watch. A normal looking watch. It has helped me immensely during various exams from school through university.
As I said, I really like my watch. Recently-ish I did go looking to see if it's still sold. It was incredibly hard to track it down (geez, considering I bought it from ) but I did find few places it was sold at. Mostly in Asia, more specifically, India and, I think Iran. There was one place that sold them in the US, too. So, out of curiosity, I tried to look for watches with a similar style, or rather, ones that had a calendar as well as time. I couldn't find any. It's bizarre how a watch more than 15 years old seems to have features I've not seen in any other watch. And I bought it for, like, some really small amount of money - it's not like it was expensive.
I have a Tissot the wife got me for our 10th anniversary. That was 15 years ago! It is a bit fancy, but now I'm looking at all of these under $50 watches and it is tempting.DoPo said:
I get my info: time, date, weather, from my cell phone. I so do not need a watch but this stuff is so cool. (My best buddy is an avid collector of a number of things, including watches. Last count, he was up to 180).
My boy just now told me of watches that connect to your cell phone and so some cool stuff. He thinks them overpriced. Reviewing.
I think it's more than that - I wasn't 10 when I got it. And I think you are older than me, so I think it's actually something like 5 years older.Zhukov said:
For reference, her is roughly what I have: Amazon link [http://www.amazon.com/Laurens-Mens-MMC2J900Y-Telememo-Watch/dp/B004JNG8L4]
It's actually a Q&Q watch, not "Lauren's" to what it was rebranded. I've also changed the wrist strap on mine, so it's metal. It also didn't cost (the equivalent of) 40 dollars. I got it for, like, (the equivalent of) 15, I believe.
Eh, too much work for me - I have to get it out of my pocket. And I wouldn't be able to know what time it is, during the night (I leave my phone away from me, otherwise I tend to silence the alarm while sleeping).Gorfias said:
I really like looking at watches. Not for the time, but just going to a shop that sells them and looking at the selection. That's how I actually found my watch, too. Twice. I suppose I can tell the story, even if it's not very amusing:Gorfias said:
It was me and a friend of mine who loved doing this. So we would go and look at watches together, usually after school. We found this watch in one small watch repair shop and my friend eventually bought it. Then, after seeing what it was capable of, I really wanted one, too...but the guy who owned that watch repair shop had sold my friend the last one. We did ask if he was getting more, and the answer was "next week". Then every week it was "next week" for a while. For all I know, he never did get more - I did travel to another town with my parents and, seeing how I liked watches, I went into another shop while we were there. I immediately spotted mine, and begged them to get it for me. And they did.
No. I pretty much take my phone everywhere I go, so it's just more convenient to use that instead and not pay for a watch. That and I find watches uncomfortable.
Yes.
It's a combination of need and habit. I wore one well before owning a cellphone, so I'm used to looking at my wrist for the time (beats digging into my pocket I guess). Sometimes I will go out without a cellphone, so there's that. I also prefer looking at my watch when I'm in the dark in a movie theater. I always turn off my cellphone, and I don't like discomforting people/telegraphing my boredom with the cell's screen light, which is quite potent in this one case. So wristwatch it is. It's quick, it's silent, it's opaque.
It's a combination of need and habit. I wore one well before owning a cellphone, so I'm used to looking at my wrist for the time (beats digging into my pocket I guess). Sometimes I will go out without a cellphone, so there's that. I also prefer looking at my watch when I'm in the dark in a movie theater. I always turn off my cellphone, and I don't like discomforting people/telegraphing my boredom with the cell's screen light, which is quite potent in this one case. So wristwatch it is. It's quick, it's silent, it's opaque.
Yes.
While I do used my mobile to look at the time but the reason why I got and still used a watch is that there are some workplace that forbid you for carrying a phone in your pocket (retail). Even then out of the workplace I had been in so far, they have a lowsy place for their clocks (usually in one part of the store only and not everywhere).
While I do used my mobile to look at the time but the reason why I got and still used a watch is that there are some workplace that forbid you for carrying a phone in your pocket (retail). Even then out of the workplace I had been in so far, they have a lowsy place for their clocks (usually in one part of the store only and not everywhere).
Every day I can. Sometimes I lose my current watch and go through a period of not having one but I always eventually get another watch on my wrist.
Phone batteries suck and I don't even have service anymore for my cell so I need the watch now. I did still wear watches when I had a working phone though. It ain't obsolete for me!
Phone batteries suck and I don't even have service anymore for my cell so I need the watch now. I did still wear watches when I had a working phone though. It ain't obsolete for me!
I did a long time ago get a really nice watch(really big all shiny steel one), wore it every single day for years, took it as quite the point of pride and probably looked like a complete jackass for that.
But then one of the strap pins broke(watch went flying across the pavement) and had to get it repaired which ended up taking weeks. So I got used to not having a watch and after that putting it on again just felt so uncomfortably clunky it didn't make sense to keep taking it with me all the time.
But then one of the strap pins broke(watch went flying across the pavement) and had to get it repaired which ended up taking weeks. So I got used to not having a watch and after that putting it on again just felt so uncomfortably clunky it didn't make sense to keep taking it with me all the time.
Yes I wear a wristwatch, I could get the time from my phone but looking at my wrist is so much easier than getting my phone out of my pocket.
Yup. Since high school. I always get a weird feeling if I'm not wearing it, like I'm missing one sock or some other similar piece of clothing.
Yeah, I know the feeling. For me not having the watch makes me question the existence of my left hand. I do realise on some level it's needed, but most of the time I think of it as "where I keep my watch". I've wore my watch after the batteries had drained, if only to alleviate the feeling of it being useless.bartholen said:
