Does yours hang to the left or the right?

smokey20

Personally my watch is always hanged/worn on my left wrist and looking at the "today I'm wearing" thread the left hand seems to be the norm.

I'm just wondering is there a reason, watch wise, that the majority of people wear their watches on the left or is it purely personally opinion.

Personally when I see somebody with a watch on their right hand it just doesn't look correct to me.

peasant

[didactic voice] A watch is usually worn on the less active arm/wrist. Right handed people usually wear it on the left, left handed people on the right [/didactic voice]

smokey20

Why Peasant thank you kindly for your words of instructional teaching..

Makes some sense I guess.

I must ask the next right hand wearer when I see him if he is a lefty.

amacca

no evidence for this but I thought it was tradition/etiquette whatever that a man wears a wristwatch on his left wrist regardless

I defied tradition in my early days and wore it on my right hand (i am right handed) because it felt more correct/right to me

about a year ago I started wearing it on my left (not sure why - maybe started off as an experiment to blend in/maybe wanted to appear more manly:pac:) and now it seems wrong to have it on the right

now theres some useless personal information for ye:D

+noticed lots of celebrities wearing it on their right wrist (will try to find out their handedness just to see)

smokey20

Yes, wearing it on the right regardless of handed ness is just plain wrong and down right disgusting..

On another note, I'm watching Dallas at the moment and John Ross Ewing has a beautiful bi watch, must be 47mm or bigger, and yes he is wearing on the left... Now that man knows how to wear a watch!!

sparrowcar

Slightly off topic but I heard on the radio today that its bad etiquette to wear a wristwatch with a tuxedo or dinner jacket.

Apperantly an old tradition that you should not be preoccupied with time when in the company of friends or at a formal engagement.

Quick google found this

http://watchfreaks.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/etiquette-watches-tuxedos/

MiCr0

Right handed and right hand wearer and proud :-)

Ghost Train

Left handed and wear on left, never felt like wearing on right

Lex Luthor

smokey20 wrote: »

Yes, wearing it on the right regardless of handed ness is just plain wrong and down right disgusting..

On another note, I'm watching Dallas at the moment and John Ross Ewing has a beautiful bi watch, must be 47mm or bigger, and yes he is wearing on the left... Now that man knows how to wear a watch!!

saw an episode last year and he was shopping with a woman for a watch
didnt catch the make, started with 'B' but was big

hi5

Most people are right handed so watches are designed with the controls on the right side of the watch and to be worn on the left wrist for easy access.
Here's a watch for lefties.

schnitzelEater

I'm left handed and wear my watch on my left hand.

I always assumed most people wore on the hand they don't write with.

Menas

I am a leftie and have always worn it on my right hand.
The reason is simple, when I got my first timex I was pretty young and not dexterous enough to fasten the clasp with my right hand.

darirl

I always believed (I've seen this written down somewhere several times over the years) it was to have the best access to the winder, so if the winder is on the right side of the watch it can be easily wound with the right hand.

blindsider

Leftie (mostly anyway :-) and wear a watch on my right wrist - wore it on my left for a few years when I was younger, now it just feels so WRONG!:D

Posy

I'm right handed and always used to wear my watch on my right wrist up until I left secondary school. Around the time of the leaving cert I switched over because the watch became very irksome and got in the way when writing so much for long periods at a time.
I've worn it on my left wrist ever since.

smokey20

Yes, so after my long and indepth market research in to this earth shattering topic, I have come to the conclusion that

- people who wear their watch on their left wrist are more intelligent and good looking than does who wear it on the right.
- Lex Luther is not Superman's archenemy but a big girl who watches "Dallas".

Darwin

Another leftie here and wear on the left too, it just feels weird wearing on the right arm. Now I would grip a tennis racket in the right hand, so changing the time etc. with my right hand is not a problem.

Tails142

I'm a leftie and would wear my watch on my right wrist because the bevel/winder digs into the back of my hand when writing otherwise, i would say it's customary/etiquette to wear it on your left wrist but needs must.

OT but i hate the way branded pens with company names/slogans are written the wrong way/upside down when held in my left hand, bugs me!

smokey20

Yes Tails, the world is indeed made for us righties.

Zagato

smokey20 wrote: »

- people who wear their watch on their left wrist are more intelligent and good looking than does who wear it on the right.

We're also taller

Menas

Zagato wrote: »

We're also taller

Yes, but we are better in bed.....according to my own research.

hi5

A mechanical watch worn on the right wrist won't be as accurate as if it's worn on the left.
Its got to do with positional errors being designed into the least used position on the wrist, if you wear it on the right then this error position becomes one of the most used and throws the timekeeping out.

Zagato

Rory's become a bit confused since he's switched to Omega

smokey20

Well spotted Zagato, however at least one of those pictures has the watch photoshopped on to McIlroys wrist and also photoshopped onto the old geezers wrist aswell.. Shameless advertising!!

Zagato

smokey20 wrote: »

Well spotted Zagato, however at least one of those pictures has the watch photoshopped on to McIlroys wrist and also photoshopped onto the old geezers wrist aswell.. Shameless advertising!!

He is the Omega President, so he probably does wear one, although probably on his left hand;)

smokey20

True

On another note of handed ness.. Somebody posted up a pic of watch on wrist in "today I'm wearing" today and he had it on his right hand, very weird looking... Nice watch tho!!

Ghost Train

Slightly disappointed no one has said they wear two watches, one on the left and right wrist

Eoin

Ghost Train wrote: »

Slightly disappointed no one has said they wear two watches, one on the left and right wrist

Don't worry - Wibbs is yet to post in this thread!