Watches?

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[Poll #1550159]

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[ratushebarl.livejournal.com]

Haven't worn a wristwatch in decades, they're not very compatible with metalwork as an occupation. I used to carry a pocket- or carabiner-watch, but after making the move to cell phones this became silly. Even before, telling time was beginning to seem like a pretty retro thing to have a dedicated gadget for.

Footnote 1: I've thought it would fun to get a 1970's style pushbutton LED watch to wear as jewelry, but can't actually be bothered.

Footnote 2: I also have a GPS that tells time, which since I am nearly always lost I usually have with me.

[mangosteen]

I wore watch from when I was in elementary school (yes, multiple Swatches DON'T JUDGE ME) right up until the point where I got a cellphone (i.e. 15 years ago).

That being said, over the past couple of years I've found that I like the aesthetics of wearing a watch, but the times when I'd buy one that I'd actually want hardly ever line up with a) being someplace with quality timepieces, and b) being mentally prepared to spend a few hectabucks on a watch I'd really like.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i still wear swatches. my standard is a 1993 "mappamondo", but i also have a couple kid flik flaks. go ahead and judge me and my aesthetics all you like :)

[donnad.livejournal.com]

I don't remember ever not wearing a watch, even when I was a kid I had a watch I started wearing it every day as a teen. It's the first thing I put on when I get up in the morning. If I get up and forget to put it on (rarely happens but happened this morning) I feel lost without it. I rarely wear any other jewelry.

Funny though, if there is a clock in the room I am in, I will look at the clock instead of my watch to see the time.

I have worn a traditional analog Mickey Mouse watch for about 25 years now. I'm on my second one. The first one stopped working and it was less expensive to just get a new one than to have it fixed.

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

Along with the telling time function of my watch, I regularly use the timer (to time my breaks at work) and the alarms (to remind me of timed tasks I must complete at work at specific times).

If I forget to put my watch on, even if it's a non-day work where I'm not using those other functions, I feel oddly undressed! (It probably also means that I've forgotten my ID, because it sits on top of my wallet when I put things away at night.)

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

I, too, feel out of sorts if I don't have my watch on. It's not because I can't tell time, because I am fine with using many other time-telling devices around me when necessary. I think it's just that I just almost always wear it all of the time.

[redbird]

I stopped wearing a watch because it wasn't comfortable on my wrist, and I noticed after a while that I was routinely taking it off either when I got to work, or when I got home, and leaving it on my keyboard. Where it was redundant, because the computer has a clock.

I clicked "other" for my PDA, on the theory that many people don't think of those as computers, though of course they are. But so is a smartphone.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

I miss wearing watches, but around 2005 I just couldn't seem to keep any of my three pretty little metal watches up and running, and I was carrying my phone anyway, and that was that. Also, I have hairy arms and my pretty little metal watches pull the hair.

[cerebralpaladin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I used to wear watches, but they would break/the batteries would die, and I found that with my cellphone it wasn't worth fixing them. At some point, I'll get a new battery for my ski jacket watch, because it's really useful to be able to check the time without taking out a cell/referring to my wrist while skiing, but I don't make it skiing enough currently for that to make sense.

[cerridwynn.livejournal.com]

To answer Q3, mostly i don't wear a watch because i find them uncomfortable. (I almost never wear bracelets either...)

I used to wear watches, in those long ago pre-cellphone days, so clear the convenience outweighed the discomfort. But with a phone, i now only miss my watch when i'm on an airplane.

[amarysta.livejournal.com]

I have a terrible sense of time, so I used to like wearing watches. I tended to get a basic Timex and wear it until it completely broke and fell off, then take a few years to replace it. I just never got around to replacing the last one.

Plus, now I have a cell phone and a Nick (who has an astoundingly good sense of time).

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

wearing a watch is a bad idea in a kitchen. I once had a pop Swatch that attached to clothing, but that didn't work well. Unfortunately I hate working without visual sight of a clock, for cooking purposes mainly. I do use my mobile as both clock and date regularly at work. I should really start using a plastic baggy for it, it gets grungy

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

What she said.

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

I love wearing a watch. I used to wear one every day between the age of 13-ish and 25. Then a bracelet broke, and fixing it was an involved process (call to order a part, then go to downtown Boston twice - to drop it off and to pick it up), so it took me months - maybe a year - to fix it, and I sort of lost the habit. And now I lost my watch on the plane to Hong Kong! So, I'm watchless.

While I did use the watch to tell the time, it was really more of an accessory. I don't wear any other jewelry (well, a wedding ring), so the watch was it. And it was a kind of watch that went with everything.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I do also use my cellphone as a time-indicator, and when I'm at my computer during most of the workday, I never need to refer to my watch at all. However, overall I prefer the subtle convenience of having a time display strapped to my wrist, rather than pulling it out of my pocket.

I wear a Snoopy watch that kalessin gave me for my birthday several years ago. It came with a plain black band and I'd replaced that with similar once or twice, but I just recently picked up a shiny purple metallic leather watchband that is, well, shiny, and purple. :-) As everyday jewelry goes, it's pretty good. (I own a more delicate "dress watch" as well.)

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

I haven't worn a watch for years. Watches never seemed to last long for me - they always broke much sooner than I thought they should have. Plus, as a pianist, I would have to take the watch off to practice or play, and that's a pain in the ass. I also just don't like wearing lots of jewelry on the hand or wrist - it's not comfortable. I now have a cell phone, and it's nice to once again be able to know what time it is when I'm outdoors.

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

Other device: a pedometer. Rather than explain the pedometer, I will often pass it off as a pocket watch.

I really don't like having something strapped to my wrist when I'm using a keyboard, so I always found myself taking off my watch at work.

[digitalemur.livejournal.com]

We all know that pedometer is evidence that you're secretly a Time Lord, so we just accept your explanation.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

i wear a wristwatch for times i need to tell time (teaching lessons, stretching at the gym). i have a phone too, but i find its clock less useful and more power-consumptive. i don't carry either one *all* the time.

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

my standard wristwatch btw is a 1993 swatch "mappamondo", and i think it looks very cool. (you can google if you care to see one -- i got mine offa ebay for about ten bucks :)

[wren13.livejournal.com]

I don't wear a watch because the acidity of my skin eats leather watch bands and I find the metal ones very uncomfortable. I do have a snap on nurses watch on my purse and a pocket watch, instead.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I have nothing against wearing a watch, and during certain eras of my life I was naked without one. Currently my BlackBerry tells me what time it is, and, it's my only mobile timepiece. But that's only because I don't currently own a functioning watch. If someone gave me one, I'd probably wear it. But it's too much trouble to go out and buy one since I have the BlackBerry.

[dpolicar]

I don't wear hard items near my skin, as a rule... no watches, rings, bracelets, necklaces, chains, etc.

I'm not comfortable wearing them, and the times in my life I have tried to wear something like that (including a watch) I have reliably managed to break it within a matter of months.

I have no objection to carrying a timepiece, but in general I try to minimize the stuff I carry around. I carried a PalmPilot for a couple of years before I broke it, and I realized I really didn't miss it. I now carry a turned-off cell phone when I'm driving or going for long walks (out of fear of a second stroke), but I never use it to check the time.

That said, I'm beginning to think that an iPhone or something similar might solve a problem I actually have, so this might change some time in the near future... but for now, I just don't carry a timepiece.

[redfishie.livejournal.com]

Watches stop when I wear them for too long. Always have. Also sometimes I break out from the metals.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

My sister would cause watches to run backwards after a while. That was kinda freaky.

[spinrabbit.livejournal.com]

I stopped using a wristwatch because some of the wrist positions involved in bookbinding work and biking made it dig into my hand. I have a pocket watch but the connector for its strap broke so I stopped wearing it; if I had a pocket watch with a chain, I'd probably wear it again.

Bear and Small use their insulin pumps as timepieces.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

The one cause for me wearing a watch that wasn't listed: It was a gift from someone I care about. (It's also nice and suits me, stylistically, but that was a big part of why I started wearing it.)

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

I don't wear watches because something about them being in direct contact with my body kills them.

[jim-p.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should rent yourself out to watchmakers... "Does it pass the hammercock test?" :)

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

I hate having stuff on my forearms. When I was in school and carrying a backpack nigh-everywhere, I used to carry a digital watch in my backpack. Out here, I first started using an old mechanical pocketwatch that my family had lying around. Then I caved in to carrying electronics on my person, got a cellphone, and stopped using the watch.

[woodwindy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel -- I don't even really like having sleeves on my wrists, and push them up almost all of the time. Every once in a while I'll put on a bracelet if it's a piece I love, but that's about it.

[jim-p.livejournal.com]

I do wear a watch when I have a working one available to me. I tend to buy cheap watches that break in various ways and/or get lost, and I don't get around to fixing/replacing.

[sarakate.livejournal.com]

I wear a watch because I like to know what time it is. I have that info on my iPhone, but while it's usually on my person, it's often tucked away in a pocket or my purse, and sometimes I leave it on my desk if I'm wandering down the hall.

The watch I wear most often is a cheap plastic Armitron, which I'm sure I got at either Wal-Mart or Target. It's one of a series -- I buy one and wear it until the band breaks (2-3 years, usually) and then I buy another one. I wear it pretty much all the time -- I take it off to shower, but I don't bother removing it for washing dishes, or swimming, stuff like that, because it's water-resistant to considerably deeper than I plan ever to go. I have nicer watches -- one delicate little silver bracelet watch, and one chunky gold men's bracelet watch that I wear loose enough that it's like a big bangle (this is not it, but it's very similar, down to the way that the band and face are the same width), which I wear when the occasion is too dressy for the plastic watch but I still need a quickly-accessible watch -- but most of the time it's the plastic one.

[hotpoint.livejournal.com]

The most notable advantage of a watch over a cell phone for time is that you can subtly check it during a meeting or a show without having to dig into your pocket. Extra points for phosphorescent hour markers on the dial. They also don't tell you to turn them off on airplanes.

At some point I decided I was carrying too much electronic gadgetry on my person, and having something well-machined on my person all of the time would counterbalance that. Ergo, an inexpensive self-winding watch. It pairs nicely with a fountain pen.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

My watch is a very simple Skagen. And my fountain pen is a very simple Sheaffer. .