# It's your watch that tells most about who you are **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075 "2006-12-21T15:53:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/21 "2006-12-21T16:56:35Z")
An 8-year old bottom-of-the-line Timex Indiglo, black numerals, second hand, scratched crystal, expandable gold band. No date, no alarm, just a watch. A gift from my sister. My partner received the same thing from her at the same time, and also still wears it. When it finally ceases to function, I will buy something quite similar: Basic, analog, with a second hand (necessary when administering psychological testing). I don’t care whether or not it has numerals, or whether the numerals are standard Roman (vs., e.g., Hebrew). I used to get phases of the moon watches back when they were actually constructed to occlude a circular moon as it traveled around the watch; since then, many so-called moon phase watches depict crescent- and half-moons that appear and move across the top of the watch, but this makes no sense to me. With the analogue moon, the watch actually showed the correct phase. Many current watches now show a static phase moving in a circle. What’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/22 "2006-12-21T16:58:15Z")
I have a digital watch that cost £5 ($10) and has lasted 10 years. I have a reserve Snoopy wind-up watch. So I like value for money, am a nerd and have a sense of humour. ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/23 "2006-12-21T16:58:33Z")
I’ve got a whole bunch of watches, mostly knock offs from Chinatown in NYC. The one I wear everyday is an Anne Klein with a cool lion face I bought on sale back in the 80’s. I’m nobody… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/24 "2006-12-21T17:01:23Z")
My watch was a gift from Mr. K. It’s dainty and elegant. It soooo clashes with my flannel shirt and fuzzy slippers. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/25 "2006-12-21T17:06:57Z")
Steel, with black dial, analog, steel chain. It was a present on my 18th birthday, and I’ve kept it ever since. I actually have two identical ones, because I thought I’d lost this one and bought a replacement. What does that make me? Conventional? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/26 "2006-12-21T17:08:09Z")
> [@missy2U](#): > > I’m kinda hoping for a new one for Christmas… > > [QUOTE=Papermache Prince] > Which, a new watch or a new husband? [/quote] Decisions, decisions… I don’t own a watch. Guess I’m nobody. OTOH, I spend about 18 hours a day sitting in front of a computer and they all have clocks in them, so I guess my watch has a hard drive, video card, CRT and keyboard. w00t. p.s. the girl in that Seiko website is more than a little hot, if also more than a little oddly-proportioned… ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/27 "2006-12-21T17:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] [That IS nice!](http://www.squiggly.com/swatch/p/product/i/6524/code/YCS4006AG/name/Freezing%20Rain) [/QUOTE] 😃 and, believe me, the picture doesn’t do it justice. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/28 "2006-12-21T17:11:34Z")
I’ve got a Casio Pathfinder. Altimeter, Compass, Barometer, Thermometer… oh, and it tells time, too. Solar powered. The only drawback is that it’s got a rubber band, and it’s going to be a bitch to replace the band when it wears out. I don’t think a replacement band will fit it. I guess I like to be prepared for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/29 "2006-12-21T17:13:05Z")
I own one watch. A Fossil Big Tic Atari-licensed animated Centipede watch, like [this one](http://www.amazon.com/Fossil-Watches-Atari-Centipede-Leather/dp/B000CBS94G), except with a segmented metal strap instead of that wide-cuff leather one. And yes, I like classic old games. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/30 "2006-12-21T17:14:45Z")
Omega Seamaster Professional (automatic) in titanium is my everyday watch. [Pic here](http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00097IE66.01-A1NEOFY5CVN52._AA280_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg) What does it say about me? Um, I have entirely too much money to spend on watches? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/31 "2006-12-21T17:15:08Z")
I haven’t worn a watch since my Mickey Mouse watch broke in like sixth grade. So I guess I’m a defective person according to Seiko. Though what it really comes down to is that my cell phone is my timepiece, so… _shrugs_ at least I know it’s not time to buy a watch 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/32 "2006-12-21T17:16:29Z")
And actually, when I look at it, that looks like a pic of the stainless version. Mine is like [this one](http://www.brugte-ure.dk/billeder/thumb/318-1.jpg). The stainless version is the one that James Bond wears. So maybe my watch says I have a license to kill? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/33 "2006-12-21T17:18:52Z")
[http://216.23.169.71/photos175/ph\_175\_571108\_1155309569\_file3.jpg](http://216.23.169.71/photos175/ph_175_571108_1155309569_file3.jpg) That’s mine. I actually have the back display turned off so it’s just a black face with the hands. If you press the light button however you see the back display info. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/34 "2006-12-21T17:20:14Z")
I’m like most 21st-century people: My watch is my cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/35 "2006-12-21T17:25:17Z")
[QUOTE=Dervorin] Steel, with black dial, analog, steel chain. It was a present on my 18th birthday, and I’ve kept it ever since. I actually have two identical ones, because I thought I’d lost this one and bought a replacement. What does that make me? Conventional? [/QUOTE] Careful, prepared for anything. Secure. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/36 "2006-12-21T17:33:58Z")
I have one that says it’s a Acqua Indiglo, but it’s not a Timex. It’s almost exactly [this one,](http://www.twincitysupply.net/catalog/images/A62872.jpg) minus the gold, and the numbers are all right side up. Plus it glows when you push the stem in. I think it was about $20 at a grocery store in Ohio. I wanted small, cheap, water resistant, indiglo. Perfect for camping, the PTA meeting or dinner with the in-laws. It almost never comes off. I just shower with it on. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/37 "2006-12-21T17:39:17Z")
I wear a tiny sundial on my wrist. It doesn’t seem to work more than half the time. And at work the day drags on because the time never seems to change. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/38 "2006-12-21T17:40:45Z")
[QUOTE=Papermache Prince] Which, a new watch or a new husband? [/QUOTE] Still thinking… ---
**Author:** ![Lilairen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lilairen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilairen)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/39 "2006-12-21T17:41:04Z")
I have a semi-broken (the second hand came off, I need to get it repaired) wind-up pocketwatch on a chain. Open faced, so one can see the gears working when it’s actually running. A couple of days after I got it (I’d needed a watch) I went out to lunch with a friend I knew from usenet and had not met face-to-face before, who looked at it and said, “You _are_ the sort of person who would have a pocketwatch.” So whatever the sort of person who would have a pocketwatch is, I’m clearly it. (And the visible gears are _so cool_.) ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/40 "2006-12-21T17:42:29Z")
Mine says “I’m a forgetful person.” Because I forgot to wear it today… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075.md?page=3)