I’m not exactly sure when I started wearing a watch, but it’s probably been at least 30 years. My current watch is a Vivosmart hr+, which I like because it is a fitness tracker, GPS watch and heart rate monitor all in one. It also tells me the weather, which is kinda nifty.
I sure loved my Swatches in the late 80s/early 90s. They were awesome. After having kids I went to digital watches because having a timer and stopwatch is handy when you have children. That was before smartphones were prevalent.
In my experience I am an outlier in that I prefer to wear my watch 24/7.
I’m eagerly awaiting my new watch, ordered from Amazon 2 days ago to replace the older one which died suddenly Friday. It drives me buggy to not have a wristwatch.
Yeah, I can look at my laptop if I’m working, or my phone most of the rest of the time - but it’s nice knowing I’ve got something always on me to tell the time. Otherwise, far too easy for me to lose track of time.
I’m in my 50s. It’d be interesting to see a correlation between age and watch usage. My son (22) wears a wristwatch but I think he’s an outlier in his generation.
Hijack: Seiko, you’ve let me down. My two previous Seiko watches each lasted well over a decade. This latest one (solar, as I was getting sick of changing out the batteries so often) gave up the ghost after only 4 years.
I’ve heard the kinetics have reliability issues. The Solar can easily be recharged by leaving them on a windowsill. If you are in an office environment it can be tough to charge it. For outdoor folks they are awesome.
Solar - and I never had any problems with it charging despite being a desk jockey. I once misplaced it for a month, found it under the couch, and it was still running.
The only time my cheap Timex watch comes off is in the shower and when the battery dies (although, a much more likely fate is the band breaks long before the battery dies and I find out I can’t replace the band and end up getting another cheapo watch)
Always. Started when I was a kid and had trouble with left and right. Now it’s a habit. I buy a cheapo (less than $15) watch and toss it when the battery dies.
My Seiko is solar and I’ve not had a problem. One of my Citizens, though (the radio one that I love most), died completely during my air cargo shipment from China to the USA. No amount of charging revived it. And of course, my warranty card was in my sea shipment and wouldn’t arrive for a couple of months. I sent it in to Citizen anyway, and to their credit, the warranty replaced the movement without any additional documentation.
I love my Seiko and already have two Citizens, but I think my next watch might be another Citizen.
I sometimes wear my late grandfather’s watch. It’s nothing fancy–it’s even digital–but it makes me feel good sometimes. Other than that, no.
Maybe if I had one that looked really good, especially if it was totally mechanical–self-winding or even just regular winding. Or if someone bought me a high quality smartwatch, which would be more of a gadget than a watch. (The prices are way, way too high for me to justify buying one for myself. And I suspect the cheap ones aren’t any good, unless someone can tell me otherwise.)
When I was younger I liked the idea or wearing one, but I never much liked actually wearing a wristwatch. They tend to irritate my wrist, especially when I sweat or exercise. I tried a bunch of different band styles, and none of them suited. Before I got a cell phone I sometimes wore a pocket watch. Since I first got a cell phone I never wear a wristwatch or pocket watch.
Another Timex Expedition wearer here, both analog and digital display. Analog for the quick glance, digital for checking it’s accuracy whenever I catch the NRC official time signal at 1:00PM on CBC radio. It’s been a habit for me for nearly 40 years, but perhaps when this one finally stops working I’ll not buy another.
Can’t recall not wearing a watch. Got my first for Christmas when I was 7 or 8. Currently have a couple Citizen Eco-drives, one for work, one for dress. Pain in the butt to change the time twice a year but both are accurate to a few seconds a month. Also have a 1975 Rolex Oyster, paid $300 for it at an estate sale. It needs repair, the quotes I have received are in the $800 range. Repaired, it would be a $2500 watch.
That’s why I have 2. My work Citizen is about 6 years old. The crystal and band have some scratches, they are small enough to not be noticeable. I use to wear cheap Timex watches, I could go through 2 or 3 a year. The $500 I spent on the Citizen has been a sound investment. I won the other Citizen in a contest a few years ago. It’s a genuine Eli Manning signature series watch.
Two watches, the $14.99 analog Timex from Walmart goes on my wrist as an automatic reflex when I go out, as it has been my whole adult life (don’t remember the kid part as well as I used to). The unnamed digital watch is used for refereeing/coaching soccer since it has a stopwatch feature included, but that is the only time I wear it.
Conversely, I never ever wear a watch when I am home, have more than enough clocks to figure out the time.
Sapphire crystals and platinum everything else. Expensive is relative; I consider my watches cheap, but I call them mid-range. Seiko and Citizen for me, in the neighborhood of $450 to $550. To the real watch nerds, these are low end garbage.
Actually my throw-away watch, the one I use for sports, is the absolute low end. It’s an Apple Watch 1, and it’s doesn’t have a scratch on it. It’s got the cheapo body and the cheapo face, and the plastic bands. I’m pretty impressed by its durability.
I have several wrist watches, all analog, all but one non electric, all of them 30+ years old
I wear none of them, dont even wind them.
Wearing them sucks, pulls the hair out of my arm
I have little concept of time and kind of like it that way
I always wear a watch (analog) except at home. It’s the first thing I take off when I get through the door, and the first thing I put on in the morning. My first watch (Timex, of course) was a Christmas present when I was in the 4th grade. Never been without since.
