Do You Still Wear A Watch?

DEFTLEFTHAND

I've noticed many people my own age (26) don't wear a wristwatch, myself included. I never really wore one at any stage, even as child. Granted people might wear an expensive piece for show but do you think the mobile phone has negated the need for a practical ordinary wristwatch?

deaddonkey15

yeah it has

pasty

Nothing like a nice watch! Piece of jewellery, a bracelet and a way to tell the time, whats not to like?

I wear a nice watch and I tell the time from it. So it's practical, not for show.

A watch is a practical and elegant piece of jewelry, a man with a nice watch is a man with taste. Pulling your phone out of your pocket just isn't the same.

Peregrine

Yeah, everytime I leave the house. It doesn't feel right without it.

ceadaoin.

I wear a watch every day and use it often. My phone is normally in my bag so digging it out just to check the time is a hassle. Plus, a watch looks nice.

anncoates

Still wear one. Actually wear it on my right wrist from long habit.

Mountainsandh

No, gave up ages ago, and I'm 16 years older than you.
I'm female, like the looks of them, but something on my wrist bothers me (have psoriasis there).

fullstop

Never have

Aongus Von Bismarck

Yes, I wear one every day, and don't like the feeling of not having it on my wrist when I'm out and about. A good timepiece is a great investment and very stylish. I've a Breitling Navitimer. It's a beautiful watch, and a gorgeous piece of design and engineering.

Tony Beetroot

I haven't wore a watch with years, health and safety issue at work.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Tony Beetroot wrote: »

I haven't wore a watch with years, health and safety issue at work.

It must be so you don't realise it's actually 2015 and that living in a camp for 2 shillings and a thrupenny bit per day isn't a 'living wage'.

Fuzzy Clam

Gave up wearing one when the battery ran out. Best thing I ever did. Looking at it every 5 minutes to see how late Dublin Bus were making me late for work was not good

Ruu

I wear a grandfather clock.

DrGreenthumb

Ruu wrote: »

I wear a grandfather clock.

do you wear it while listening to pendulum?

silverfeather

Why do you want to know?

Mechanical Clocktail

Yes. It's a simple and practical thing. It frees me from having to look at my phone. I don't like how reliant people are on phones.

boobar

I wear a watch...

Love watches, it's not really needed but I just like the look of a nice watch

Not an apple watch or any other smart F5ckin watch either...a good old watch not some overpriced nonsense to like facebook crap on

entropi

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

It must be so you don't realise it's actually 2015 and that living in a camp for 2 shillings and a thrupenny bit per day isn't a 'living wage'.

Or, that some professions using mechanical moving parts could get it caught, or those in a medical field can't wear one for hygiene reasons...you know, common sense.


I like wearing a watch every now and again. A good watch completes an outfit, just like a belt or a good pair of shoes.

StudentDad

Yes I wear a watch. Hauling the phone out just to check the time is a royal pain. Glance at watch, done. As opposed to take out phone, wake it up, look at screen, put back in pocket etc etc. The watch is just easier

SD

Princess Laika

£9.99 from Argos, niggas.

Wibbles19

the only time I don't wear my watch is when I working out, I feel naked without it, and it's a nice watch, a lovely watch. It was a present for my hubby and it is just as important as my wedding ring and worth a hell of a lot more ( I dare you to try and prise it from my cold dead hands)

Tony Beetroot

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

It must be so you don't realise it's actually 2015 and that living in a camp for 2 shillings and a thrupenny bit per day isn't a 'living wage'.

I was the one who enforced the rule due to a worker getting his wrist badly burned when he shorted out batteries on a machine. If he was not wearing the watch it would never have happened.

RobertKK

I wear a Garmin watch, tells the time, counts steps, gives you goals to reach - step wise, how far you walked, heartbeat monitor, connects to an app on my phone.
Has a sleep function to monitor your sleep.
Had stopped wearing a watch for years until I got it.

Disgruntled Badger

'Smartwatch'.... Phones are so passe

harry Bailey esq

Every day.Every man should have at least one good watch.I own several,and it bothers me if I'm not wearing one.

NomadicGray

There's no need for watches anymore, if you wear one its pure try-hardness. Its a fedora for your wrist.

Nodster

OP I'm double your age and wouldn't leave home without one

Pat Mustard

The battery in my phone lasts two days, max.

The battery in the watch that I wear most of the time lasts for up to ten years.

Watches aren't going to become obsolete any time soon.

Steppenwolfe

NomadicGray wrote: »

There's no need for watches anymore, if you wear one its pure try-hardness. Its a fedora for your wrist.

You kids have no idea :rolleyes:

Smidge

I wear this one..its a 90's classic so I read when googled it :eek:
Although thats when I bought it, but still!

http://thewatchlab.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110927-101332.jpg

lizzyman

Tony Beetroot wrote: »

I was the one who enforced the rule due to a worker getting his wrist badly burned when he shorted out batteries on a machine. If he was not wearing the watch it would never have happened.

wat

entropi

NomadicGray wrote: »

There's no need for watches anymore, if you wear one its pure try-hardness. Its a fedora for your wrist.

This post is 2edgy4me. Try harder.

endacl

NomadicGray wrote: »

There's no need for watches anymore, if you wear one its pure try-hardness. Its a fedora for your wrist.

I still know what time it is when my phone battery dies. Your point hasn't been valid since the 6310 died.

Odyssey 2005

RobertKK wrote: »

I wear a Garmin watch, tells the time, counts steps, gives you goals to reach - step wise, how far you walked, heartbeat monitor, connects to an app on my phone.
Has a sleep function to monitor your sleep.
Had stopped wearing a watch for years until I got it.

Ive a missus that does all that ☺☺😊

Antar Bolaeisk

I feel naked without my watch, always have worn one and likely always will (or at least until they invent e-ink tattoos).

kjl

I stopped wearing a watch for years.

I was then given a present of a very nice IWC watch and put it on. It looks really stylish and I often get comments about it.

I never leave home without it now, I really love it and the convenience of being able to check the time at a glance is actually very useful.

If you don't use one, try it out and you will be surprised how useful it is.

Dangerous Man

Yep. Love my watch; it was a gift from my brother - probably the most cherished gift I've ever been given.

silverfeather

I don't like the way they feel I don't wear them.

SparkySpitfire

Nope. Never have, never will.

I mostly think they're ugly, there's very few I like the look of. I also can't stand anything encumbering my hands. Cannot bear rings or bracelets, the weight and feel of them annoy me and watches usually being heavier than both of those things means I've never even owned one.

lizzyman

kjl wrote: »

I stopped wearing a watch for years.

I was then given a present of a very nice IWC watch and put it on. It looks really stylish and I often get comments about it.

I never leave home without it now, I really love it and the convenience of being able to check the time at a glance is actually very useful.

If you don't use one, try it out and you will be surprised how useful it is.

Nice gift! I'd love an IWC Portofino

silverfeather

SparkySpitfire wrote: »

Nope. Never have, never will.

I mostly think they're ugly, there's very few I like the look of. I also can't stand anything encumbering my hands. Cannot bear rings or bracelets, the weight and feel of them annoy me and watches usually being heavier than both of those things means I've never even owned one.

I am kind of the same. I got my mom one for her birthday though. She wears one. I use the phone or even if I had a watch I would keep it in my bag rather than wear it. Everywhere has clocks anyway.

Slideways

I have the Garmin 920xt that I wear when not in work and when training. I also have a Oceanic OCi that I wear when diving. I took to wearing a G shock mudman in work when they banned phones. It made a gallant effort to survive but welding sparks destroyed the screen.

Stinjy

Didn't wear one for years, started working in a place where the obly clock was on the till so I got back into it. Now I can't leave the house without one or it feels weird.

OldMrBrennan83

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LordSutch

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I've noticed many people my own age (26) don't wear a wristwatch, myself included. I never really wore one at any stage, even as child. Granted people might wear an expensive piece for show but do you think the mobile phone has negated the need for a practical ordinary wristwatch?

Can't beat a nice 'go anywhere' sports watch. Always with you no matter what the situation, from swimming to running, cycling (quick look at the wrist), to everything in between, even in the sea!

Mobile phones/smart phones are great, but a sports watch is a separate and more "go anywhere" lightweight piece of durable technology.

markc2951

Phone is my watch

manjosh

Actually mobile phone can never negate the importance of a good wristwatch. And it also doesn't need to be a jewelry like, I still prefer a nice black leather wrist to any other.

PowerToWait

silverfeather wrote: »

Everywhere has clocks anyway.

Like many busy people with schedules and shìt that needs doing at or before a certain time, many, many times every day in various locations, I want to know the time, immediately, at any given moment.

I simply can't be dealing with digging a phone out, I don't sit in front of a computer all day and as for looking for a clock that 'everywhere has' That's gas.

Busy people use watches.

nc19

As a mechanic for the last 2 decades wearing a watch is not practical. I do have a nice watch my wife got me and when I start my new career I will wear it again

dmc17

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I've a Breitling Navitimer. It's a beautiful watch, and a gorgeous piece of design and engineering.

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

It must be so you don't realise it's actually 2015 and that living in a camp for 2 shillings and a thrupenny bit per day isn't a 'living wage'.

Yes, we get it. You're great and everyone else is but a mere peasant.