# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/61 "2017-01-31T14:47:29Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > 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. That’s true at least with the kids I coached(high school). Apparently watches are not cool to wear. The odd thing is when asking the time, they still tap their wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/62 "2017-01-31T14:56:06Z")
Yes, I like to war an analog watch. I have a half dozen or so that I cycle through. Very recently my work has given me a fitbit that goes on the wrist, but does not have a watch on it. So I either wear it and a watch on one wrist (can’t wear something on my \*other \*wrist) or just wear the fitbit and look at it ten times a day before I realize it’s not my watch. Or wear the watch and keep the fitbit in my pocket. I think that’s the best option. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/63 "2017-01-31T15:34:09Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > …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. They are not all like that. I currently wear a cheap analog Casio that is solar powered. And on a shelf I have a slightly older digital Casio with a ten year battery. At least they claim it is ten years; I’ve had it for about five and not had to change it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/64 "2017-01-31T16:22:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I have a Rolex > tattooed 'round my wrist How accurate is it? ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/65 "2017-01-31T16:25:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > How accurate is it? Always 4:20; make of that what you will.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/66 "2017-01-31T16:44:07Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Always 4:20; make of that what you will.🆒 Well, I was hoping for ‘It’s spot-on twice a day.’ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/67 "2017-01-31T16:45:55Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Always 4:20; make of that what you will.🆒 > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Well, I was hoping for ‘It’s spot-on twice a day.’ 😛 Did you have to be so blunt? ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/68 "2017-01-31T17:24:31Z")
The last time I wore a wrist watch was around '89 or so. After having several snazzy 80’s wrist watches I grew weary of having extraneous stuff on my person, and never looked back. In all those years between adopting a cell phone and doffing a watch, I got really good at estimating time, often down to the minute, to the amazement of my watch-wearing buddies. These days, when I need to tell time, there’s always a non-watch way, and I’m still almost always on time. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/69 "2017-01-31T17:45:38Z")
I wear a watch. I like an analogue face & second hand, with a digital inset for date/timer/alarm settings. But honestly 99.999999% of the time I’m just using the analogue face. I started with watches that had to be wound every day, flirted with a pocket watch briefly in the late 60’s, moved on to a self-winding watch which seemed magical to me in that it wound itself via my arm movements, and made the transition to batteries reluctantly because it was a PITA to change 'em. Tried a solar-powered watch for a while, but it was less than optimal since I was spending so much time indoors. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/70 "2017-01-31T18:07:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Did you have to be so blunt? I see what you did there, bud. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/71 "2017-01-31T18:56:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Always 4:20; make of that what you will.🆒 I’m afraid I’d be chronically late with a watch like that. I’ve got a Misfit Shine which functions as a watch of sorts. It’s a little tricky to learn to tell time with it. It’s based on an analog dial, but the hour is a large dot and the minute is a blinking dot. So what I would see as five til 2 on a regular clock face is actually 2:53 to 2:57. I wear this all the time since it’s waterproof and I also use it to monitor sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/72 "2017-01-31T19:07:58Z")
[Pebble Time](https://www.amazon.com/Pebble-Technology-Corp-501-00020-Smartwatch/dp/B0106IS5XY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485889612&sr=8-2&keywords=pebble). I really like it. Lots of watch faces to choose from, and it buzzes with new email, text messages, and Facebook notifications. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/73 "2017-01-31T21:42:22Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > I’m 45 and have worn a watch for as long as I can remember. Same here. There’s a picture of me in a fancy long dress at my 8th grade graduation and I’m wearing a watch. 🙂 There is no shortage of clocks around me, but I also always wear a watch. I’ve always preferred an analog display. About ten years ago I worked for a company that gave out watches as 5-year anniversary gifts: you picked what you wanted (up to a certain amount), and they ordered it. I got a fancy digital watch, but found that I was “translating” whenever I’d look at it: I would look at the numbers and have to picture the face of a clock in my head. It got annoying pretty quickly, so I sold the watch. Outside of that experience, I used to wear simple Timex watches…until a few years ago… > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > [Pebble Time](https://www.amazon.com/Pebble-Technology-Corp-501-00020-Smartwatch/dp/B0106IS5XY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1485889612&sr=8-2&keywords=pebble) This is what I wear now. More specifically, a [Pebble Time Round](https://www.pebble.com/pebble-time-round-smartwatch-features). I get a digital watch with an analog face. 🙂 And in addition to the features **Son of a Rich** mentions, the display is always on – IOW, it’s always a watch. A while back I read about Pebble in an issue of _MIT Technology Review_ and immediately ordered one; that was three Pebbles ago. The company was recently acquired by Fitbit, and Pebbles are no longer sold/officially supported. I’d ordered one of the new Time Rounds via Kickstarter, and got that money refunded to me. My Pebble will continue to work for a while longer, but soon I will upgrade my cell phone to a Samsung and at that time I’ll switch to a [Samsung Gear S2](http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-s2/). ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/74 "2017-01-31T22:04:01Z")
A few years ago, one of the paralegals in our small group of four found a legitimate place selling Movado watches for half their retail price. All four of us ended up buying one (solidarity, I guess?). It was the first (and still the only) “nice” watch I’d ever owned—prior to that, I’d primarily bought Fossil watches. I thought it would drive me crazy to not have any sort of minute markings on the face, but for most purposes, it gives me enough information. And if I need to know more precisely than that, I can always look at my phone, or my Fitbit, or my computer clock, or… ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/75 "2017-01-31T22:20:02Z")
The only thing I requested for my 7th birthday was a wrist watch and I have worn one unfailingly, daily ever since. I presently wear a gold watch given to me by my grandmother when I graduated from college 40 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/76 "2017-01-31T22:54:47Z")
I won an Apple Watch at work, and I really like it. I don’t think it’s worth paying $300 for, but for the price (free!) I’m happy to have it. I went on Amazon and picked up a bunch of watch guards and bands in different colors, so now I can coordinate them with my outfits. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/77 "2017-02-01T01:19:13Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > I won an Apple Watch at work, and I really like it. I don’t think it’s worth paying $300 for, but for the price (free!) I’m happy to have it. I paid for mine, but won’t do that again. I prefer analogue watches, and although it has analogue watch faces, I can’t look at the time without gesticulating to activate the screen. Like I said upthread, though, I actually do like it for fitness. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/78 "2017-02-01T02:03:39Z")
I haven’t worn a wristwatch since high school. For a long while I wore pocket watches, and I still have quite a few of them, but there are clocks in my environment no matter where I am - work, home, car. I’ve sortof promised myself I wouldn’t wear one until I could afford Patek Philippe. So my wrists will be bare forever. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/79 "2017-02-01T04:37:50Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612/80 "2017-02-01T14:36:59Z")
Yes. I wear a Casio A-851 Men’s digital watch. It was manufactured in 1983 and it still runs like a champ. [Here is what it looks like.](http://digital-watch.com/DWL/1work/casio-a851/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/778612.md?page=5)