# Do you wear a wrist watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612 "2017-01-30T21:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/41 "2017-01-31T01:19:14Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > ETA: Hey **MikeG** , which one was the “sweet mid 70’s automatic Chronograph that was the first chronograph to go into outer space”? I know about the Speedmaster Pro being first on the moon, but wasn’t aware of the other watches in space. Seiko 6139-6005 the “Pogue”; named after [Col. Pogue](https://thespringbar.com/blogs/guides/the-seiko-6139-600x-collectors-guide) who wore one in lieu of the Omega he was issued as he was more comfortable with the Seiko. Mine is the all blue version which honestly I prefer to the yellow one. I’m very jealous of your Speedmaster. I love love love my Seikos but if I had the choice between an Omega and a Rolex, I’d take the Omega every day. …ok, ok I wouldnt turn down an 18K Yachtmaster but that sucker would go onto Watchuseek so fast your head would spin 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/42 "2017-01-31T01:24:09Z")
I never liked wearing a wristwatch and about 40 years ago started wearing pocket watches. Now I wear a Dakota watch that clips on to a belt loop. It also gives phases of the moon, ambient temperature and even a crude tide predictor. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/43 "2017-01-31T01:57:17Z")
Yes, I wear a wristwatch. We’re not allowed to bring cell phones in the office, so I have to wear a watch when i’m not at my computer so I can zip from meeting to meeting. I hate modern watches where the battery lasts like 4 months. Fortunately, I have a watch repair kit, so I can take care of it myself, but a battery should last like a year. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/44 "2017-01-31T02:00:37Z")
I always wear a wristwatch, and currently have 11 analog watches that I rotate through, depending on mood. Four of them are large and clunky, three are moderately sized, and three are rectangles for evening wear. I do have some throw-away 30 buck digitals that I wear when bicycling and want a more readable stopwatch feature when timing a climb. I am 69. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/45 "2017-01-31T02:17:39Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > Seiko 6139-6005 the “Pogue”; named after [Col. Pogue](https://thespringbar.com/blogs/guides/the-seiko-6139-600x-collectors-guide) who wore one in lieu of the Omega he was issued as he was more comfortable with the Seiko. > > Mine is the all blue version which honestly I prefer to the yellow one. Wow! I have seen those watches and they are beautiful. I agree that the yellow one is gorgeous, though the blue and silver certainly hold their own. There is a Seiko watch geek’s youtube channel that seems to exist to communicate with his customers—he normally shows someone’s watch while explaining the issues it has. [Here’s a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFOZ8cyQcbY) where he is going on about a rebuilt Pogue. I always wanted to start a serious Seiko collection, but figured I would need to learn the watchmaker’s art in order to maintain them. Watchmaking is on my longer list of hobbies I want to get involved in. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/46 "2017-01-31T02:21:24Z")
Haven’t worn a watch in years and don’t miss it one bit. They never stayed on properly, they were a receptacle for dirt, grime, and sweat, and it is easier than ever to find out the time without consulting one. So I’m good with this turn of events… ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/47 "2017-01-31T02:47:52Z")
In the mid-80’s I bought (kinda) matching wrist watch\* and cigarette lighter. The lighter died years before I quit smoking. I now have the 5th battery in the little Seiko\*\*. I do not have a cell phone - had one for a year, back when they were worn on the hip. I found that the only thing that feels “right” on my hip is the old Stanley (before they went to crap) tape measure. - - Quick! Why are they called “wrist” watches? \*\* - Seiko had designed the watch as a competitor to Timex at the bottom of the market (so goes the story) but cashed in when the US went insane over anything made in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/48 "2017-01-31T03:22:43Z")
I haven’t worn a wristwatch since junior high school. If I do carry a watch, it’s a pocket watch. I hate wearing any kind of jewelry next to my skin, especially on my fingers and wrists. So, no rings, no watches, no chains, none of that stuff. In junior high, when I did wear a watch, I wore it on top of my shirt sleeve. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/49 "2017-01-31T03:24:32Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > - > - Quick! Why are they called “wrist” watches? Because watches were carried in the pocket. Now we use the backronym “pocket watch” for (real) watches. Wristwatches were originally marketed as a women’s fashion item. They became popular for men after they were issued to soldiers in the First World War. ---
**Author:** ![NetTrekker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nettrekker/32/2909_2.png) [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/50 "2017-01-31T03:56:19Z")
I still like wearing a cheap Casio digital for everyday…easier to glance at it than pull out the phone and turn it on. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/51 "2017-01-31T04:11:12Z")
Yah sure betcha! I have the style of watch I’ve worn now for about ten years: light powered, self-setting and it has a nice metal band. No elastic or plastic for me. It’s waterproof and shock-proof and I don’t have to dig my phone out of my pocket to check the time. It’s stays accurate to plus or minus a couple of seconds and wasn’t that pricey: $70. Though it’s digital (sorry Dave Barry) it’s a pretty simple display. I have a gold and silver banded analog dress watch for a nicer look. I’ve probably been wearing a watch pretty continuously for forty years or so. I love them. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/52 "2017-01-31T06:05:33Z")
Not around the house but even if I’m just going into the yard or out to the garage the first thing I do is put my watch on. I go right arm/wrist even though I am right handed; a habit I got from watching my left-handed Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/53 "2017-01-31T06:09:22Z")
I really like watches and always wear one. I’d rather look at a wristwatch for the time than my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/54 "2017-01-31T06:11:37Z")
I’m always wearing a Casio wristwatch. But I have heard the younger generations tend not to wear watches anymore and that this is how you can tell if someone is above a certain age. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/55 "2017-01-31T06:59:11Z")
I never used to, until I received a FitBit for the Xmas before last. After some on-again, off-again use I decided to really make use of it in September, and have been impressed with the results. I’ve been a regular wearer ever since. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/56 "2017-01-31T11:59:09Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > That’s my watch too. Radio syncs to the atomic clock. Hardly ever off my wrist. To bed, in shower, in the pool … Use it every day - like WhyNot need the second hand in my work. And use it to tell the time. Of my three good watches, this one is my favorite. It’s nice that the time is precisely accurate, but the killer feature is the calendar is always accurate. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/57 "2017-01-31T12:36:10Z")
I have a Rolex tattooed 'round my wrist, but never wear a watch. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/58 "2017-01-31T13:50:17Z")
Love watches. Back when I was in sales and marketing I used my collection of nice ones. It’s just so much easier to look at the back of my wrist than getting the phone out. ---
**Author:** ![And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/and_his_buzzer_goes/32/377_2.png) [@And\_his\_buzzer\_goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/And_his_buzzer_goes)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/59 "2017-01-31T14:37:10Z")
I like how they look and appreciate the technology or craftmanship in them, but with all the clocks around nowadays I see no use for one. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/60 "2017-01-31T14:47:15Z")
I’m 45 and have worn a watch for as long as I can remember. Like others have said, it is just so much easier to glance at my wrist for the time than it is to dig out a phone. Currently I’m wearing a Casio Protrek PRG-510 and really enjoy it. It looks nice, has some fun functions like a compass, barometer, and altimeter, and fits me well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612.md?page=4)