I used to. It was part of my mental “uniform”, part of which was an actual USAF uniform. It was part of putting myself together for a day of duty. (Desk duty; as a computer programmer, my duty day was distinguishable from a civilian office job only by the fact that I could be imprisoned if I screwed up enough, and so could my subordinates.)
After I retired from the military, I stopped wearing a mental uniform. Now it’s just business casual clothing picked out from the closet at the moment’s choice, and no watch. And no haircut or shave. Yes, I’m a ponytailed neckbeard systems engineer.
Besides, I’ve gotten a bit chubby since I retired. (Another thing the military insisted on that I never insisted on for myself – weight discipline) So there isn’t a watch band in the universe that fits comfortably, even at the last hole. Life’s too short for self-inflicted discomfort.
Pebble watches use Gorilla Glass, and I never had a problem with the first two I owned: maybe a nick or two on the case, but nothing major and no face damage. With my current Pebble, though, I don’t know what I did to it but the face is totally scratched up. There are several nicks on the case, and there is even a nick in part of the band (which is silver mesh). When I look at this watch, I often think “What the hell happened?!?”
I have about a half-dozen watches of varying quality and price-points. I’d say I wear a watch about 30% of the time. I work remotely for my company so when I’m at the home-office I rarely have a watch on. I do put one one for business travel and meetings at client sites, which one depends upon my attire for that meeting. When out socially with Mrs. MeanJoe I will typically put one on as well. It just seems to be the finishing piece to whatever I’m wearing.
Pretty much always. I have a Timex Ironman I got in the habit of wearing when I used to run. It is my 2d or 3d, and I wear it when gardening, or just hanging around the house.
When I go to work or out most places, I wear either my rectangular Lord Elgin or my 60s Omega Seamaster DeVille. Both analog, manual wind (tho the Seamaster is automatic.) The Lord Elgin was my mother’s cousin’s, and the Omega was my dad’s.
I always wear a analog watch, 24/7. Currently it is a Luminox. For whatever reason I NEED to be able to see, at a glance, what time it is in the middle of the night w/o pushing any buttons. The regular glow-in the-dark types fade too quickly and the Luminox has tritium tubes. The wifey complains its too bright and keeps her up at night. I think she’s out of her mind.
I only wear a watch if I’m going out of the house. As long as I’m home, the watches stay in a drawer. It’s family lore that my dad never wore a watch, except when he was on vacation.
As of this moring I am wearing a Samsung Gear S2 Classic smart watch. I miss the style of the Pebble – thinner, lighter, prettier – but the display and notifications on the S2 are much cooler.
I know some people have issues with the motion portion of it, but the Apple watch seems to work for me very well. The motion I make naturally when bringing my wrist to check the time activates the display for a few seconds.
Nope. I didn’t even sign up for the 2-year contract discount: I paid retail for each device, because I prefer to own them free and clear right away.
(If you ask because you’re wondering why I didn’t get the S3, it’s because the S3 is noticeably bigger and the additional features weren’t worth it to me. I was lucky: not only did I do research online, but one of my co-workers went Pebble > S2 > S3 and I was able to see his watch in person and talk with him about the differences.)
Back when I was a gangly kid, I always broke the crystals of my cheap watches, whacking doorjambs on the way through, etc. For the last 50 years I have worn my watches with the face on the inside of my wrist and the damage has been reduced to almost nil. (Plus it’s easier to glance at the time during a boring meeting than if I had to rotate my arm.)
I wear an inexpensive automatic Invicta. It looks similar enough to a Rolex for people to have commented on it. I do have to set it forward a couple of minutes every week, but that’s close enough for my purposes.
It lives on my wrist 24/7, it’s waterproof to 300m and it takes a beating banging into things and they last very well. If after 4 or 5 years it breaks, I order a new one off of Amazon for around $70.
I’m sitting in a location where I can see 3 other sources of time in a training class, but I’ve not looked at any of them. I’ve looked at my watch at least 3 times.
I like a clean analog display on my wristwatches. A friend asked if I wanted their Apple watch because they got the new one. I said no thanks. I’ll keep wearing my Breitling.
I’ve also worn a watch constantly since childhood. But always digital, and wouldn’t wear an analog if somebody gave me one. And I don’t care about having different watches for different occasions. I buy one watch and wear that one watch until I have a compelling reason to replace it with a different watch. This is the model I’ve worn for the last 15 years, give or take. (It is water resistant, so I never even take it off except to change batteries once every few years.)
I own a watch. Somewhere. It was a Christmas gift from my parents many years ago. I wore it until the battery died and I don’t seem to own the correct tool to remove the back. Cell phones became ubiquitous right around this same time so I still had the time and never really thought about the watch again until just now. Now I’m wondering where that thing is…
I miss the style of the Pebble – thinner, lighter, prettier – but the display and notifications on the S2 are much cooler.