33, female. I used to always wear one - I’ve been wearing a Mickey Mouse watch on my right wrist (I’m right-handed) since I was a young teen.
But I don’t wear it at the gym or in front of the computer (it’s irritating on my mouse wrist) and that is where I spend most of my waking time these days, so I don’t wear the watch too much at all any more.
Famale, 50. I can’t wear a watch. They speed up and eventually die. If I glue felt to the back of the watch, that will insulate it enough to let it keep time, but why bother?
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Ditto.
My watch is waterproof and has one of those blue lights when you press a button, so it’s on me 99% of the time. Sometimes I’ll be out somewhere in a nice dressy outfit and look down and realize my clunky white watch looks really awful, and I’ll take it off and put it in my purse, but it’s generally back on again before we’re even home.
I feel like an anxious puppy without his collar when my watch is off.
Well, I do. 24/7.
For some reason, I’m reminded of the late Reggie Roby, who was a very good punter for the Miami Dolphins in the 1980s. He wore a watch on the field…allegedly, he used it to gauge the hang time of his punts, though I don’t know how he’d be able to punt the ball, then be able to start a timer (or whatever) on his watch accurately. You can see the watch on his left wrist on this football card.
To answer the poll question – I wear a wristwatch whenever I am dressed up. Only take it off when I go to bed.
To answer this question, I also have a cell phone. But to get the time from it I’d need to dig it out of my pocket and flip it open. Much faster to just check my wrist. And since I’m the type of person who must know what time it is at all times, I check the time constantly. If I had to dig my cellphone out every few minutes it would be a big hassle.
My wife bought me a very nice watch that I like very much. Unfortunately, it broke (the winding stem busted) and we sent it to get repaired. When it came back, I think I became paranoid about wearing it regularly for fear of breaking it again and now it mainly stays on the night stand unless I’m dressing up.
Male. 46. I said sometimes, but I haven’t worn one in several years. I had one I really liked for years and I wore it all the time. Then it broke, so I bought a new one. Then I lost that one, I just didn’t feel like dropping more coin on a watch when every damn phone on the planet comes with a clock now.
Still, I do find myslef wandering past the little Watches R Us kiosk at the mall. I come this close to buying one all the time.
In a weird twist – I just hit 10 years at my company. One of my atta-boy options is a $400 watch. I don’t think I’ll take it (I’m leaning toward a Bose iPod docking dealio). I just can’t justify wearing something so expensive just so I’ll know what time it is.
Female, 47, sometimes. I used to wear one all the time, but now that I’ve gotten used to carrying my “digital pocketwatch” (aka iPhone) I just pull that out if I need to know what time it is.
I’m kind of sad about it, because I have a lot of watches that I quite like, but I find them annoying now.
Before cell phones, I carried a pocket watch. Now I don’t even do that.
36, always. I have a pathologic need to know what time it is all the time, and I get very uncomfortable if the need hits and I can’t find out. This gets me an “am I boring you?” from people now and then, and it’s way easier to steal a quick glance at my watch than to dig out my cell phone.
That’s pretty much me, as well. 
My last watch broke a couple months ago, and I tried to go without, but it was driving me bananas. I usually have my phone within 20 feet of me, but it’s almost never as convenient to check it as it is to glance at my wrist.
The biggest issue has been at the gym, when I need to keep close tabs on the time so I’m not late picking up my kid, but I don’t want to keep my phone lying on the sink/counter, and even when I’ve tried that, it auto-locks so I can’t look at the time. But it’s also hard to keep track of time while I’m chivying my 8yo to get ready for the bus, unless I have my watch, since I’m running around the house, combing her hair, etc.
Oh and I’m a 38 year old woman. I admit my devotion to my wristwatch puts me in the “over the hill” category.
Yup. I really need to replace it. I have two spare watches, but I need to get non-velcro bands for them. I just wear a $20 sports watch.
I always wear a wrist watch unless I am otherwise looking at a timepiece of some kind. At night I have to be able to open an eye and see the time. I do things at certain times and I need to know where I am on the progress chart. I have several cheap watches to accomplish the task. Interestingly, my watch and wallet go together. When I remove the wallet, the watch gets slipped over it. If I have the wallet, the watch is on my wrist. A stop watch goes with me when running.
Male, 31-40, and I feel very naked if I leave the house without my wristwatch. I was just shopping for a new one today. Mmmmmmmm, timepiece-y goodness. drool
Although I never leave home without my mobile, I wear a watch all the time. I never really understood why anyone would give up their watch when they start carrying a mobile phone. Sure, my phone has the time, and it’s usually[sup]1[/sup] accurate. But to get the time I have to (1) pull the phone out of its carrier, (2) unlock the screen, and, if outdoors (3) find a shady spot or otherwise position myself so I can read the screen. If I were female, I might also have to (4) fish around for the phone in a purse. This is ridiculous; it’s worse than the first Pulsar digital watches with which you had to use both hands just to view the time. How is this all not 10 times more difficult than looking at my wrist?
[sup]1[/sup]Recently, for some unknown reason, my phone went from PDT back to PST for no apparent reason, correcting itself after a day or so. So it’s not always accurate, even.
I’m noticing a lot of nakedness for a thread about a small mechanical device that generally doesn’t vibrate. :eek:
Female, >50. Voted ‘sometimes’.
I own a lot of watches - I buy them because I like them - but usually forget to wear one. I never wear a watch when I’m working (infection control) and so often forget when I’m on days off. When I do eventually remember, it’s the first thing to come off when I get home because it feels odd.
I am in my mid30s and I ALWAYS wear my watch. I shower and sleep with it on my wrist. Every once in a blue moon, I will take it off for a couple of hours but I end up getting all antsy without it and back on it goes.
And not that you asked, but my current watch was $100. All of my prior watches were $45 timex’s and they each lasted for 3-5 years of constant wear. My next watch may be a Swatch since I never got one in junior high
