# Do you wear a wrist watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 15, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582 "2019-06-15T21:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/141 "2019-06-27T19:15:23Z")
37, and I don’t wear a watch, but actually, I _do_ want one. Something basic and digital, with a back-light. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/142 "2019-06-27T19:41:22Z")
I think I mentioned this in another thread, but I went to the local jeweler to have a link removed. The place was empty, and there was a coffin in the middle of the floor. Apparently, the place closed at the end of April due to the owner’s cancer. Anyway, I went elsewhere and had a link removed from my GMT Master II. Those things cost like $50 or $60 each, so I need to make sure I don’t lose it. I thought I’d adjusted the Sub and the Seiko as far as they would go, but I was mistaken. They were adjusted, and all of my watches fit now. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/143 "2019-06-27T20:06:37Z")
1. Stopped wearing watches when I started carrying a smartphone all the time. Then started again when they invented the smart watch. I currently wear a Garmin Fenix 3HR all the time, except when taking a bath or shower. (I could wear it in the shower, but that’s when I charge the watch.) I also have a nice Omega that was a graduation gift from my parents. But I can’t remember the last time I wore it. Whenever I last wore a suit, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/144 "2019-06-28T12:07:02Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I can’t speak for **Snake** , but I know my own mind on things like this. There’s a cut-off point for me beyond which something simply doesn’t register emotionally as man-made. > > I first discovered this at Giza, while looking at the pyramids. They are, quite simply, inhumanly scaled. The individual stones simply don’t register for me as something human beings could have fashioned or put in place, even though _intellectually_ I know they did both. _Emotionally_, for me, the pyramids at Giza are indistinguishable from works of nature. Spectacular, certainly, but not _moving_. On the other hand, the Sphinx is much more of a scale that I can appreciate as being the work of people, and as such, I found it infinitely more affecting. > > Similarly, I can appreciate all the ingenuity and engineering prowess that went into the decades of electronics development which resulted in my little Moto G5 plus. But if I had the kind of watch that I could see the gears inside of, I’d probably kill 10 or 15 minutes a day just staring at those little buggers turning away, in absolute awe. > **[Wrist Watches: From Battlefield to Fashion Accessory (Published 2013)](https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/fashion/wrist-watches-from-battlefield-to-fashion-accessory.html)** > > The evolution of the pocket watch into the wristwatch accelerated during World War I, and the centennial of the war has inspired commemorative pieces. Interesting! And when you imagine the tooling that had to be invented to even make the parts to the watch. Again, a testament to human ingenuity. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_S\_itmagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Captain\_S\_itmagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_S_itmagnet)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/145 "2019-06-29T04:58:24Z")
Age 58 going on 13. Rolex GMT Master with “Pepsi” bezel. Goes on first thing in the morning and onto the bedside table at lights out. Yes there are others that are more accurate but it’s a Rolex. (a gift from my parents as a reward for reaching my career job) Apart from a couple of tuneups over the years is still a classic. Waterproof and has taken a lot of abuse over the years. Maybe even bulletproof for all I know. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2019, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/146 "2019-06-29T05:06:35Z")
This thread makes me think of my first watch, which my parents gave me for Christmas in elementary school. It was a Flipper watch. Just a regular cheap watch with an image of the porpoise on the face. I thought it was cool as hell. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/147 "2019-06-29T05:44:32Z")
52, no, never wore one. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582/148 "2019-06-30T04:05:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > 59, various flavors of Timex Ironman watches. Much quicker to look at my wrist than pull out and unlock phone. Well past 50. My lock screen has an analog clock display on it, so I don’t have to unlock the phone to read the time. However even so it can be hard to read in bright daylight, or I have to wait for the screen to auto-adjust the brightness. It’s like having an awkwardly sized pocket watch that can be hard to read in the ambient light. So my wife and I both gave each other decent-ish watches last Christmas and I’ve been wearing mine daily ever since. It’s a lifesaver for me especially when driving, because the car stereo we recently bought eliminated the digital clock that used to be there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wear-a-wrist-watch/835582.md?page=7)