Watches?

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[Poll #1550159]

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[denyse.livejournal.com]

I used to wear a watch all the time so I could just glance at my wrist and be able to write the time down whenever I wrote a medication or other order - which is required. Now it's computerized I don't have to do that, and it's rather telling that my watch battery died a few weeks ago and I haven't gotten around to fixing it. If I still had to time all orders it would have been fixed for sure by now.

[frobzwiththingz.livejournal.com]

I gave up wearing a watch just out of high school, when I realized that the only reason I had to wear a watch was to sync up with a culture that was overwhelmingly time-obsessed. This, of course, meant that there were *so many* time references available that it just wasn't necessary for me to tie one to my own corpus.

[pmat.livejournal.com]

I have a good time sense, and can usually estimate the time within 10 minutes or so, which is close enough. When I need more precision, there are generally devices which know the time in my environment -- everything from my computer to the thermostat. When I'm not at home or work I do have a smart phone which I can check if I need to.

[jendaviswilson.livejournal.com]

My watch is also a heart-rate monitor (when I'm wearing the chest strap), as well as a cycle computer and pedometer (also when paired with relevant doohickeys.) I wanted a watch that could do all that without me having to bring an extra gadget along, so I bought a Sunnto, which at the time was the ONLY heart rate monitor that also looked like a nice watch.

I've had it three years or so now, many replacement Zagg shields, one replacement strap, a total replacement after it lost a screw during a ski trip, etc...

[apintrix.livejournal.com]

I wear a watch when I'm teaching so that I know what time it is. When I'm not teaching, I don't, because I don't find them all that comfortable.

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[banana-pants.livejournal.com]

I like having a stop watch and alarm clocks with me all the time. I also found the timer very useful this weekend for our activities.

[contrariety.livejournal.com]

I will never understand people who use a cell phone instead. I hate having to hunt around in my bag for some object every time I want to know what time it is. Glancing at my wrist is way better.*


*For me, obviously. Everyone is different. :)

[cubes.livejournal.com]

I used to wear watches only occasionally. The turning point was some time after I met my husband, and he bought me a good watch, one that wouldn't break if I looked at it crosseyed (or even if I smacked it against a cinderblock wall). It's attractive, but in a casual way. It felt weird at first, being a metal watch and heavier than anything I'd worn before, but I started wearing it a lot.

Then I got another good watch, one that is jewelry as much as a timepiece, so I can wear one or the other no matter what the occasion. Now I feel naked if I leave the house not wearing a watch (and earrings, and lipstick. I blame that last bit on my mother).

If both watches weren't both waterproof and nigh-indestructable, it might be a different story.

[fin9901.livejournal.com]

I used to wear a watch all the time, but then the one I was wearing broke and I never really got around to replacing it. I used to wear my watch with the face on the same side as the palm of my hand, instead of the back of my hand, which made finding the right watchband problematic since many watches worn that way end up with the buckle eating into the bone.

Since I got a cellphone a few years ago I just use that if I need to know what time it is, which ends up being not that often.

[gosling.livejournal.com]

I also have a pocket watch. It ended up attached to the zipper on one of the compartments of my wallet, as I appear to be too disorganized to actually remember to move it from one pair of trousers to another.

[rms-butterfly.livejournal.com]

I prefer to wear a watch; they're convenient. But, when a battery wears out, I tend to forget to have it replaced. I currently have 4 or 5 watches waiting for new batteries, including a very cute gold-toned Mickey Mouse one.

[tyellas.livejournal.com]

Even though I admire them as jewelry, I have never taken to watches - not only am I another watchkiller, but when I wear one, I feel compelled to check the time constantly. Whereas with my cellphone, I only check the time when I want to.

Maybe one more option...

[ddreslough.livejournal.com]

for 'Why don't you wear a watch?'

Because I don't own one. :) If I owned one, I would wear it.

[jab2.livejournal.com]

texas eats watch batteries, apparently, so i wear a watch when i have one that is functioning. less than half the time i've been here, honestly...

[nezumiko.livejournal.com]

I like watches and I own several. I never wear them. My work is almost entirely at the keyboard of a laptop, and having a watch on impinges my typing, irritates my wrist, and scratches my laptop. I used to carry a pocket watch, but since my iPhone (and all my previous cell phones since about 2000) tell me the time and sync with NIST clocks, I really can't be bothered to carry a second device as well. Although I'd still like to, one day, own a RALLY NICE pocket watch and carre it, BUt that would be affectation and aesthetics, not practicality speaking.

I wear a man's watch with a two inch face

[mryt-maat.livejournal.com]

I wear a HUGE black men's watch because I like being able to slightly cock my head and glance at it when I'm in a meeting. This is less douchy than lugging out my cell phone, blackberry, or ipod (yes, I usually have all three) to figure out what time it is. Plus it gets a lot of attention from men. And I still am into attention, even though I'm married and not interested in exploring more beds.

[whitebird.livejournal.com]

I wear a watch. Currently, it's a small-size face Skagen. Most watches made today are way way way way way too chunky and big for my wrists, so usually only a Skagen, or some of the very expensive Rados that I've seen really work for me. I've worn a watch since, oh, let's call it second or third grade. I probably still have that one, it has a replacement band, but the watch itself still works as far as I know.

But I usually check time using whatever I can look at the quickest. Computers have clocks, and I know to look at them, I can get PST, EST, and GMT using three clocks in the Macs dashboard. The iPhone has a clock on the lock screen.

The current watch is pretty scratched up nowadays, so I should get a new one, at least for nice events. They don't make the model I like anymore, or the other model I like. Bah.

[karakara98.livejournal.com]

When I worked for Timex as a summer intern, I acquired something like 10 watches over 3 months. I also gave a few as gifts. I wore one or the other of these regularly until all the bateries died. I got one fixed, meaning to get around to the others. The one I got fixed is big and clunky, so I don't like to wear it while typing. Also in the "to be fixed" category is a gold omega that belonged to my grandmother that I like to wear with a suit.

I like wearing one, because there's such a proliferation of times on ever electronic surface. Right now, my desk phone says 4:55 while my computer says 4:51. I couldn't gaurantee that the watch would be correct, but at least it's consistent, and I can judge how late I'm running against it. I also like having a watch for meetings, when pulling out my cell phone would be rude, and when I'm running around when pulling out my cell phone would be inconvenient.

We moved from pocket watches to wrist watches for a reason!

[istemi.livejournal.com]

I have a good time sense, which is supplemented by all the time-telling devices around me, like the laptop or work phone. Outside of the office I rarely need to be precise about time.

If I weren't so rough on them, I might wear a watch for decoration. I love the kind with the sun-and-moon disc.