Do you wear a wrist watch?

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Posted: 7/23/2016 1:43:47 PM EDT

I'm in my early forties and I've worn a wrist watch since elementary school. As a kid born in the early 1970s wearing a wrist watch was as much a normal thing for a boy as having a wallet that closed via Velcro and playing with Star Wars action figures. Even in high school, since mobile phones were these huge brick-like things only people on the Miami Vice TV show had, those of us wanting to know the time wore a wrist watch. After high school I became an EMT, then later a medic, and wearing a watch was just part of the job. Wearing a watch was ingrained in my DNA.

Even though I'm much older and have been in a career that doesn't require a wrist watch for almost a decade I still wore one so I would know the time. That was up until a few months ago when the batteries on my watches had all one by one died (had been putting off a trip to the jewelers/watch shop to get new batteries for months). So I went watch-less and soon realized if I need to know the time I can just check out my cell phone or look at my laptop.

Putting on a watch had been part of my morning routine for decades, but after not wearing one for four months I'm not missing it. Curious, do you wear a wrist watch, and if so, why? Do you wear one out of habit? Profession requires it? Is it a status symbol you like to show off? Is it jewelry like expensive cuff links for your suit? Etc.

Poll coming up in a minute!

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:45:36 PM EDT

[#1]

I was taught growing up that you should always wears a watch and carry a pen so I do and it has served me well.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:46:12 PM EDT

[#2]

Every day

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:46:57 PM EDT

[#3]

I took mine off four years ago when I retired - haven't worn one since.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:47:17 PM EDT

[#4]

Every day.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:47:41 PM EDT

[#5]

I feel naked and slightly disoriented without one.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:47:42 PM EDT

[#6]

Buy an automatic watch, no batteries required. I've worn a watch religiously since I joined the military.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:47:47 PM EDT

[#7]

Yep. Put it on right after my monocle and suspenders.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:47:53 PM EDT

[#8]

Watch only when at work.

Need hands free.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:48:10 PM EDT

[#9]

The last time I wore a watch was 1989.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:48:20 PM EDT

[#10]

I don't even own one.

I've always wanted a submariner so if I did ever buy one that would probably be what I got, but whenever I have that much extra cash to burn there's always a gun or guitar I'd rather spend it on.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:48:42 PM EDT

[#11]

Ever day.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:48:53 PM EDT

[#12]

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I took mine off four years ago when I retired - haven't worn one since.

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This, three years ago.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:49:22 PM EDT

[#13]

Everyday

Currently wearing a Tag Heuer Link my wife gave me as a birthday gift a few years ago..

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:50:19 PM EDT

[#14]

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Yep. Put it on right after my monocle and suspenders.

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I snickered.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:50:34 PM EDT

[#15]

I have always worn one. My wife buys one for me every several years. I use it for time and not fashion. I wear a Citizen Calibre 8700 Eco Drive.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:50:39 PM EDT

[#16]

I wear one. I like wearing one, and pulling out your phone to check the time while teaching college students sets a bad example.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:50:54 PM EDT

[#17]

Not regularly. Mostly when I'm going to be in areas where my iPhone wont get service, or I don't want to carry it (example, in Smoky Mountains 2 weeks ago and wore my G-Shock everywhere).

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:50:55 PM EDT

[#18]

Wore a watch every day while I was in the army, still have a Gshock, but don't remember the last time I wore it.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:51:14 PM EDT

[#19]

rolex submariner 16800.

it got loose once and got flung across the room

that was a close one.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:51:20 PM EDT

[#20]

Yes 24/7 except to charge for ~2hr a night. Apple Watch.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:51:32 PM EDT

[#21]

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This. TAG here.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:51:45 PM EDT

[#22]

I'm a sixties baby boomer child who was taught by his grandpa men carry: a watch (he had a pocket watch), a wallet ( never let a lady pay for a meal) & a pen--because if you need to write something down, it's important, and lastly, a pocket knife.

How times have changed!

Breitling here.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:51:55 PM EDT

[#23]

I've worn the same automatic (no batteries) watch for the past 33 years....and get asked multiple times every week "excuse me, can you tell me what time it is" -presumably by people who are happy not to wear a watch.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:51:59 PM EDT

[#24]

Not for the past 8 years or so. I wear zero jewelry

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:52:22 PM EDT

[#25]

I was given a timex in 4th grade, and was never allowed to be late after that.

I still feel that if you're 5 minutes early, you're actually 5 minutes late.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:53:21 PM EDT

[#26]

Phones dont work well in the water

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:53:27 PM EDT

[#27]

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I wear one. I like wearing one, and pulling out your phone to check the time while teaching college students sets a bad example.

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No wall clocks in those classrooms? Or clock on the PC on the podium?

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:53:30 PM EDT

[#28]

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Wore a watch every day while I was in the army, still have a Gshock, but don't remember the last time I wore it.

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Replace Army with USMC and you answered for me as well.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:53:49 PM EDT

[#29]

Apple Watch but I only wear it while I'm working.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:53:59 PM EDT

[#30]

No
I cant when im working. Electro-mechanical safety hazard.

My body knows what time it is.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:54:52 PM EDT

[#31]

Everyday. Didn't use to wear one but picked up a G-SHOCK two years ago and haven't been a day without it since.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:55:29 PM EDT

[#32]

I wear one all the time except when I'm at the gym. I use my phone for the time a lot of the time, or the clock in the car or the house, but I've always worn a watch, so...

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:55:48 PM EDT

[#33]

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I'm a sixties baby boomer child who was taught by his grandpa men carry: a watch (he had a pocket watch), a wallet ( never let a lady pay for a meal) & a pen--because if you need to write something down, it's important, and lastly, a pocket knife.

How times have changed!

Breitling here.

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That is kinda how I was raised, but now my cell phone can easily do two of those three things (and more and more, as technology advances, a third one of your list). If someone added a folding knife blade to my phone's case, it could do all four.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:55:53 PM EDT

[#34]

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No wall clocks in those classrooms? Or clock on the PC on the podium?

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I wear one. I like wearing one, and pulling out your phone to check the time while teaching college students sets a bad example.

No wall clocks in those classrooms? Or clock on the PC on the podium?

Many classrooms don't have clocks, and I don't use powerpoint so I usually don't turn the computer on. Powerpoint makes us stupid.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:56:30 PM EDT

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I feel naked and slightly disoriented without one.

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Posted: 7/23/2016 1:57:00 PM EDT

[#36]

Phone.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:57:05 PM EDT

[#37]

yes, phones don't work well in/under water.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:58:14 PM EDT

[#38]

Always wear a watch. Along with all the other normal daily carry stuff, wallet, pen, knife, chapstick, keys, juul, gun, spare mag, belt, zippo.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:58:58 PM EDT

[#39]

I prefer it over my phone for checking time.
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Posted: 7/23/2016 1:59:08 PM EDT

[#40]

Timex Ironman. Never comes off except when I change the batteries.

Posted: 7/23/2016 1:59:34 PM EDT

[#41]

Wore one from age 5 to 33 or so. Wristband broke, and I got used to checking my phone for the time. I never bothered to get the band replaced and stopped wearing it.

My phone does a thousand things, one of which is tell me the time. Felt the watch was obsolete.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:00:01 PM EDT

[#42]

Can't bring the phone everywhere, so wristwatch works

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:00:51 PM EDT

[#43]

Yup. Suunto Core everyday.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:01:04 PM EDT

[#44]

I've worn a watch for 30+ years. I feel naked without it. I prefer to check it for the time even though I also carry a cellphone nowadays.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:01:23 PM EDT

[#45]

I have a noce Movado I wear for special occasions.otherthan that, nope....phone is good enough for time tellin'.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:02:14 PM EDT

[#46]

G-Shock Mudman. Takes a beating and keeps on ticking.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:03:09 PM EDT

[#47]

I started wearing one because I need to for work. I finally upgraded to a nicer analog over my el-cheapo Timex digital. I've found that I like wearing it off duty as well over looking at my phone.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:05:28 PM EDT

[#48]

I've always worn a watch, AND I prefer it to looking at my phone.

I can look at my wrist in one motion.
My watch battery lasts 10 years.
My watch is waterproof (to a depth deeper than I'm likely to go on a daily basis...I hope)
I'm not going to drop my watch and break it.

I'll use my phone for all the other things.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:05:33 PM EDT

[#49]

No. My profession is in a repair field. It ends up getting caught on things and is a danger.

Posted: 7/23/2016 2:06:40 PM EDT

[#50]

Yes. I use the stop watch feature frequently at work. I also feel naked without one as I have always worn a wrist watch.

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