# Watch List **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971 "2018-06-12T15:49:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/61 "2018-06-14T20:23:12Z")
I had refused to wear a watch for decades, just for the general “doing something different from everyone else”-ness of it. The cell phones were invented, and it seemed like the next cool thing, looking at the handheld computer that masquerades as a phone. Then it finally dawned on me that getting the phone out of the purse or wherever was a royal PITA, and impossible to do subtly. So now I use a Fitbit as a watch, for the times when I need one (airplanes, getting medications for elders, etc.) or just want to know the time. I dislike the fitbit on my wrist, and admire novelty watches I see online, but it’s useful for right now. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/62 "2018-06-14T22:22:08Z")
I’m pleased to see that I’m not the only one who sports a pocket watch. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/63 "2018-06-15T12:48:49Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’m pleased to see that I’m not the only one who sports a pocket watch. Battery operated, I presume? ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/64 "2018-06-15T12:58:55Z")
Apple Watch has left me with a watch case full of Swiss watches that I never wear. But, when I want to look sharp, I wear either the Omega Speedmaster Professional, a.k.a. the “Moon Watch”, or the Rolex Submariner. Day to day, as a runner I wear my black Apple Watch on the Nike “Volt” strap. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/65 "2018-06-15T13:14:28Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > But, when I want to look sharp, I wear either the Omega Speedmaster Professional, a.k.a. the “Moon Watch”, or the Rolex Submariner. Hah! A buddy of mine is a real watch aficionado (horologist). Although he buys and sells watches all the time, the two that you mentioned are his two favorites. Do you know his YouTube channel? (Christopher) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/66 "2018-06-15T14:45:51Z")
I voted other. Wristwatch, solar powered. I’ve had it for 15 years and no battery to change. Plus, it gets time sycnh at 5 am PST every morning. So no time adjusting either. My phone is a backup, but it is easier to just look at my wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/67 "2018-06-15T15:08:57Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Battery operated, I presume? Mechanical, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/68 "2018-06-15T15:14:42Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Mechanical, of course! I think it was a reference to your name. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971/69 "2018-06-15T15:17:32Z")
I wear a Citizen Eco-drive. Solar powered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-list/815971.md?page=3)