Do You Still Wear A Watch?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 16-05-2015 11:39PM #1

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 · 16-05-2015 11:39PM

yeah it has

pasty · 16-05-2015 11:40PM

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

16-05-2015 11:41PM

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 · 16-05-2015 11:44PM

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

ceadaoin. · 16-05-2015 11:44PM

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 · 16-05-2015 11:45PM

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

Mountainsandh · 16-05-2015 11:49PM

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 · 16-05-2015 11:50PM

Never have

Aongus Von Bismarck · 16-05-2015 11:51PM

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 · 16-05-2015 11:53PM

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

Aongus Von Bismarck · 16-05-2015 11:57PM

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 · 16-05-2015 11:58PM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:01AM

I wear a grandfather clock.

DrGreenthumb · 17-05-2015 12:04AM

Ruu wrote: »

I wear a grandfather clock.

do you wear it while listening to pendulum?

silverfeather · 17-05-2015 12:05AM

Why do you want to know?

Mechanical Clocktail · 17-05-2015 12:08AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:08AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:12AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:13AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:13AM

£9.99 from Argos, niggas.

Wibbles19 · 17-05-2015 12:13AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:31AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:32AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:37AM

'Smartwatch'.... Phones are so passe

harry Bailey esq · 17-05-2015 12:42AM

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 · 17-05-2015 12:50AM

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

Nodster · 17-05-2015 12:52AM

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

Pat Mustard · 17-05-2015 12:55AM

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 · 17-05-2015 01:01AM

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 · 17-05-2015 01:01AM

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

Do You Still Wear A Watch?

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