# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/41 "2006-12-21T17:42:35Z")
I _think_ I have a watch somewhere… maybe two, but I never wear one as I use my cell phone to keep time. If I had to find a watch, I wouldn’t even know where to look. Maybe the bedroom somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/42 "2006-12-21T17:43:08Z")
I own a ridiculous number of watches. You see, I’ll lose my watch, then buy a replacement only to find the old one. But the one I’ve been wearing most often lately is a Fossil I got in Chicago after I’d forgotten to pack a watch on my trip. At the time I only bought it because it was on a deep discount, but it’s growing on me now. I’ve also got a Swiss Army watch I wear pretty often. So what, neutral and cheap? -Lil ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/43 "2006-12-21T17:52:13Z")
I have a watch – a little pretty bracelettey thing – but I never wear it. I use my cellphone to tell the time if I’m away from home. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/44 "2006-12-21T18:07:26Z")
[QUOTE=Lilairen] So whatever the sort of person who would have a pocketwatch is, I’m clearly it. (And the visible gears are _so cool_.) [/QUOTE] I’ve several skeleton half-hunter pocket watches, and one full hunter with hunting scenes (Swiss!). But I wear a Luminox [1602](http://www.luminox.com/catalog/cat/1600/1602sm.jpg) Automatic Mechanical. I don’t think I own a functioning electric. ---
**Author:** ![Gridnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ee59a6/32.png) [@Gridnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gridnak)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/45 "2006-12-21T18:30:35Z")
I’ve got three. Two Timex Ironman Indiglo’s with a latex…er, rubber strap. They only get used when running or cycling (one with each batch of workout gear). One very nice, silvery, slim faced, something or other I bought when I thought I should own a nice watch, wore once, and now have no idea where it is. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/46 "2006-12-21T18:33:49Z")
I own 13 watches. 11 of them are pocket watches, mostly from Russia. But nowadays I’m like **Johanna** …I use my cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/47 "2006-12-21T18:49:28Z")
I’ve been wearing the same style classic Mickey Mouse cheap-o, leather strap watch for about 15 years now. Of course, I have to replace it every 3 or 4 years. I buy them on eBay (can’t find that style anywhere else) 2 at a time so I always have replacements. I wear it on my right hand even though I’m right handed, so I don’t wear it at work anymore because it chaffs when using my mouse. I also don’t wear it to karate. I wear it at all other times. Oddly enough I am nothing of a Disney fan. I just like wearing a demure Mickey Mouse watch because I think it says “I’m fun” or something. There’s another Doper who does the exact same thing (mickey watch with no disney love). We had a thread about this a year or two ago. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/48 "2006-12-21T19:07:56Z")
Mine is an ESQ, stainless with a blue face. It tells me the time, the date and runs like, well like a swiss watch. It’s about 5-6 years old, cost maybe a few hundred then. Rumor has it, the Kid, who sells watches at the jewelry counter has been checking out a replacement for me for Christmas. She knows my tastes, so I’m ok with an upgrade if that’s what she does. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/49 "2006-12-21T19:34:37Z")
I have a Cat in the Hat watch, but since the battery died, it’s been cell phone time for me. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/50 "2006-12-21T19:38:45Z")
Sadly, my Eco-drive got dropped into a glass of milk and somewhere right now craftsperson who handles watch repairs is trying to clean it. Ironically, I wouldn’t have even bought the Eco-drive if I could have gotten the battery changed in my old Timex Ironman. It was the old style (circa 2000-2001) with buttons on top as well as the sides, with count-down timer and multiple alarms. (It was cool to be able to set your alarm for a 10-minute count-down and see how far you could get along your commute home in just 10 minutes.) I seriously loved that watch, but nobody but nobody would/could change the battery in the thing. One jeweler put it this way: “These things aren’t meant to last more than 5 years. You could ship it to Timex, but they’ll just throw it out and send you one of the new-styled ones.” Sadly, I never thought the new ones were anywhere near as cool. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/51 "2006-12-21T19:41:00Z")
I have an ESQ bought during my brief employment at a jewelry store a few years ago with my employee discount. It’s very nice, silver metal all the way around with a black face, no numbers, and goes with everything. I wear it every day and curse if I forget to put it on. The place I bought it replaces the battery for free. A very good purchase, IMO. Besides my wedding ring it’s the only piece of jewelry I wear every day so I’m willing to spend more on it. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/52 "2006-12-21T23:30:49Z")
My watch is the [Victorinox Excursion](http://www.swissarmy.com/Timepieces/Product.htm?category=excursion&product=24589&). This is my third or fourth Swiss Army watch; I tend to bang them up pretty bad and have to buy a new one every four or five years. I _thought_ I was getting the model with the tritium hands and hour markers, but I guess that’s why Nordstrom’s was selling it so cheaply (a $175 watch for $120.) ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/53 "2006-12-22T01:02:17Z")
i have two watches i randomly alternate between a Luminox 3000 series Quartz with Tritium tubes and the blue dial a Seiko Orange Monster Automatic on a Freestyle velcro/fabric band (i like them better than the standard polymer bands that the Monster and the Luminox come with) of the two, the Luminox sees more use, as it’s lighter than the OM, however, i prefer a good, solid Automatic watch movement over a Quartz one ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/54 "2006-12-22T01:14:15Z")
I’ve thought that commercial was idiotic from the the first time I saw it. But at the moment my only watch is my SO’s second best pocket watch he sent me when we fell in love. Which I suppose does say something about me. _Goes off to wind watch_ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/55 "2006-12-22T01:19:36Z")
I wear a unisex, midsize [Fossil](http://www.fossil.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=12798&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=957&iSubCat=971&iProductID=12798) with a black matte face and a badly scratched crystal. Unremarkable, mid-range, and slightly damaged. Yeah. Guess that’s me. ---
**Author:** ![figure9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@figure9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/figure9)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/56 "2006-12-22T02:01:56Z")
I have a Casio G-Shock solar powered watch with a receiver for the NIST atomic clock that automatically updates the time once a day. It has a calander that is supposed to be good through the year 2099. It has lots of functions, the manual is 40 dinky pages. I got it at a garage sale for $5 What does this say about me? I’m receptive, multi-talented, cheap, lucky and going to live to be **134** years old. 😃🙂 ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/57 "2006-12-22T02:48:33Z")
I find that ad copy astoundingly silly, but I have to admit, the watch I wear the most often is in fact a Seiko, and one of their more “advanced” models at that (a “Kinetic Auto Relay” watch). Not sure what that says about me though, and I probably don’t want to know. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/58 "2006-12-22T03:05:00Z")
The watch I usually wear is a stainless steel Rolex GMT Master II with a Jubilee bracelet. What does it say about me? Probably something like, 'Look at Mr. Status who doesn’t know that Rolexes are _so_ ‘80s!’ But I know that wearing a Rolex is incredibly unhip. I wear it anyway. Why? Because I like the way it looks. I like never having to change a battery. I like the idea of lots of little gears and widgets moving round and keeping track (more or less) of the time. I like the 24-hour hand. Unhip? Pretentious? I don’t give a crap. I wear it because _I_ like it. My Number 2 watch is a late-1970s Rolex non-date Submariner. I had to; I’m a James Bond fan. I should wear it more often, since I had it serviced earlier this year. Number 3 watch is a 1974 Seiko Bell-Matic, stainless steel with a striking blue face. And an alarm. It’s a duplicate od the one dad used to wear. (I have his as well.) I have another one too. I wanted one, so I bid on two. Won them both. The one I wear has a different bracelet from dad’s. It’s more rounded and I like it better. I was wearing dad’s several years ago and a woman was attracted to it. She thought it was very nice. She asked what kind it was, and when I told her it was a Seiko she lost all interest in it. But I like it. I had all three Bell-Matics serviced at Seiko a few years ago. The one battery-powered watch I wear is a black Hamilton Ventura. I like it because it’s funky, and I like the ‘bomb’ motif. Elvis wore one in _Blue Hawaii_, and they were standard issue to the Men In Black. It’s stylish, but not as easy to read in some light as the blocky ‘sports watches’ I normally wear. I have another battery-powered watch, a Seiko Sports 100 Chronograph I bought in 1986. It’s been a good watch. But I like the automatics. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/59 "2006-12-22T03:32:19Z")
I have a Coach. It is breathtakingly ugly, with the requisite "C"s on the wristband and everything, but I never fail to get compliments on it. I was so carried away I bought a wallet to match, and an equally obnoxious purse. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075/60 "2006-12-22T03:36:49Z")
I have a Timex Indiglo silver watch that I bought at Target in 1998. My watch says I haven’t changed since 8th grade. (Well, I haven’t grown at all since 8th grade, so it’s partly true.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-your-watch-that-tells-most-about-who-you-are/385075.md?page=4)