Poll: Do you wear a watch

[kasperbbs]

I used to, but then cell phones came and i didn't need it anymore. If i were to wear one again then it would be only for fashion since that would be the only purpose for it and i don't even need to take out my smartphone at work since theres a bunch of huge clocks everywhere.

 

[Idlemessiah]

Yes, every day. It's easier than digging into my pocket for my phone, especially this time of year when you have to fight the layers. It has a battery life of 2 years, as opposed to 20 hours. And it looks fancy as hell.

 

[Pikey Mikey]

Varies. Before I had got a phone with an mp3 player in it (when I was 16 I think), I used the watch that I got when I was 11-12. Then I stopped using it. Then I started using it again and used it 'til I got a tattoo that obstructed a bit of it (healing purposes) and I just haven't gotten around to wearing it again :/
It sort of comes and goes with that one. But I do love it (it's brushed steel with a sapphire-blue dial/clock-face. Looks amazing ^^)

 

[FPLOON]

Yes... I can't go anywhere without knowing that my <link=http://images.asos-media.com/inv/media/6/7/4/1/431476/silver/image1xl.jpg>CASIO watch is secured to my left wrist at all times... I've tried the whole "use phone as watch" shtick, but that shit just doesn't feel right to me at all...

Other than that, I fucking love my watch! It's the best watch I've ever had so far in my life! (And, just like every watch that came before it, I set the stopwatch setting to stop at 6.66 seconds exactly...)

 

[Albino Boo]

I've worn a watch for the last 35 years so its an ingrained habit. I do won a number of watches. For everyday use I wear a Bulova automatic,

Spoiler: bulova

, for more formal occasions I wear an Alfred Dunhill facet automatic

Spoiler: dunhill

And last but not least I do occasionally wear a half hunter pocket watch

Spoiler: close to what mine looks like

 

[Evil Smurf]

I was bequeathed my Grandfather's watch, so I wear it for sentimental value.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

Watches are pretty much a fashion accessory for me, so no, I don't wear one

Not unless I'm doing something high class or whatever, but that's very rare. Otherwise, I can use my phone or I usually don't care all that much since my routines and schedules aren't too time-sensitive.

 

[DocJ]

Yeah I have one. I like watches, people say it's easier to tell time with your phone nowadays. But I still find it easier to just flick my wrist and see the time. Also since mine is a nice metal one it's a good size for a makeshift knuckleduster.

 

[Timeless Lavender]

Yes, I love my watch. I need to always know the time since I have some form of fear of not knowing the time (I know, quite silly)

 

[FirstNameLastName]

Yep. I used to just use my phone, and I still could if I wanted to, but I just prefer not having to reach into my pocket and use my phone whenever I want the time.

 

[Robert B. Marks]

I wear a Seiko 5 automatic as my regular watch. However, for my dress watch, I use a gold Bucherer automatic that belonged to my grandfather (and, despite being made in the late '60s or early '70s, still keeps REALLY good time).

However, when it comes to my timekeeping pride and joy, there's my great-grandfather's Waltham 610 pocket watch - it's been in the family since at least 1910, it was made in 1899, and it keeps good time. It sits beside my computer as I work, this little piece of the 19th Century, ticking happily away...I cannot express in words just how amazing cool that is...

(Funny story about the Waltham - when my father gave it to me, he thought it was overwound. As it turns out, my father had just never given it the regular maintenance any mechanical watch requires. So, I got to tell my dad, who loves cars, that watches need oil changes too...)

 

[Scarecrow1001]

I wear a Smartwatch, namely the Pebble. Whilst it doesn't look fantastic (first model) it is useful and extremely fun, so naturally, I always wear it.

 

[Robert B. Marks]

Scarecrow1001: From what I hear, the Pebble is one of the few smartwatches where the makers actually decided to make it a good watch FIRST - I've heard good things about the Pebble.

 

[Robert B. Marks]

I used to wear a watch religiously, and was the kind of person who had to have it properly timed to the second. But then I developed carpal tunnel and my wrists couldn't take any pressure anymore, so I haven't worn one in years. If my wrists miraculously healed I'd prolly slap one right back on.

If I might make the suggestion, you might enjoy a good pocketwatch. Get a vintage or antique like a Waltham or an Elgin, and you can get the thing for probably under $200, and it will be as good, if not better, than any pocket watch made today (seriously, between 1880-1925 the American pocket watches were the best in the world). Then, when you want to check the time, you pull out the pocketwatch.

 

[freaper]

Nah.

I use my cellphone to keep the time (makes it sound as though I'm a mythical time-keeper of sorts). Plus, I've got skinny wrists so the watches I'd want to wear wouldn't fit, or would just pull on my hairs.

 

[persephone]

I used to wear a watch religiously, and was the kind of person who had to have it properly timed to the second. But then I developed carpal tunnel and my wrists couldn't take any pressure anymore, so I haven't worn one in years. If my wrists miraculously healed I'd prolly slap one right back on.

If I might make the suggestion, you might enjoy a good pocketwatch. Get a vintage or antique like a Waltham or an Elgin, and you can get the thing for probably under $200, and it will be as good, if not better, than any pocket watch made today (seriously, between 1880-1925 the American pocket watches were the best in the world). Then, when you want to check the time, you pull out the pocketwatch.

A lovely suggestion; thank you! I would, I'm sure, were I still in school, or if I worked. But the onset of my carpal tunnel coincided with a whole host of other problems from my immune system basically deciding it was tired of me being a functional human being, so I haven't needed to precisely track time in years. But if I ever get back in the game of life, that's probably exactly what I'll do.

 

[bobmd13]

I wear a Tissot PRC200.

http://cdn.watchshop.com/images/reviews/1258371089.jpg

Unlike the one in the link above, I have replaced the displacement band with a navy blue strap. I have quite large wrists and the displacement catch was on the last hole in the leather strap. It just did not feel safe.

Unlike a lot of people, I rarely carry a mobile phone except when traveling on business.

 

[Solbasa]

I've worn a watch ever since I was a young kid. There are a couple reasons why; a not small part is out of habit, since I've worn a watch so much for so long that it feels weird not to be wearing one (it feels weirder to me not having my watch than it does to not have my phone with me. The other main reason is convenience: it's quicker and easier for me to glance at my wrist than it is to take out my phone and check it. Plus, if I ever did stop wearing a watch, it would probably take forever to kick the habit of idly trying to check it when I want to know the time or day.

 

[Brown_Coat117]

Pocket Watch because I'm a complete ahole.

 

[Riddle78]

Whenever I step out of the door,I throw on a watch. Force of habit,before cell phones became a thing for anyone under the age of seventeen. And I prefer a watch. Much more socially acceptable to simply check something on your wrist,than fishing around in your pocket to pull out a multipurpose device that HAPPENS to have a clock in it.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/229/b/7/table_phone_by_jollyjack-d6il6fp.jpg

You have no idea how offensive someone at the table finds cell phones...