Do you wear a watch?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[Strong Atheist]

1. Recommended,

dammit! x(

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. so soon...?

:rofl:

bless their little hearts

[Heidi]

3. Watches are one of the things I left behind when I stopped working in newsrooms.

Deadlines and acute awareness of time were beaten into me since I was 16 and had my first newspaper job -- to a point that even after I gave up watches and thought I was liberated, I still feel very often that time is chasing me. As a result, I don't want or need a watch to remind me. :yoiks:

So, no. I don't wear a watch.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. I need one for work

:hi:

[Heidi]

19. I wish I could send you my mojo for acute sense of time.

I'd love to be rid of it. I'd give it away -- but only to someone I love. :hug:

:loveya:

:*

[maddezmom]

4. yep, everyday and never take it off

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. I love jewelry and I think of watches as another excuse to wear it.

:hi:

[maddezmom]

17. I've worn one everyday since I was 7

My dad bought me a watch with a red band that had a clear back so I could see how it worked...very cool. It was also the same day that my adoption was finalized so I've always been big watch fan. Wish I still had that one thinking back. But I ruined it by getting it wet. My current one I've had for 10 years, waterproof and self winding so I don't need to do a thing but wear it. :D

[Deja Q]

5. Why? My blackberry, pda, iphone, all the store billboards, and hookers tell me already.

No need to buy a mere watch.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. but, of course....

:eyes: :D :hi:

[Dystopian]

6. no!

I have never asked for anything for my birthday......until..
When I turned 39 I asked for a Mickey Mouse watch so I could enjoy the last year of my youth.
Some sort of weird thing I had going on back then:o
Only for that one year....and from then on, I've remained timeless.

peace~

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. I understand this concept and can totally relate...

but, I LOVE jewelry, too ;) :D :hug: :hi:

[Dystopian]

21. Oh yes!

:hi::hug:

I love jewelry, too... but will only wear silver and turquoise...
I have really bad feelings about gold and diamonds...
Have refused to wear them since I was a young girl.
Refused the diamond engagement ring because of that...good thing...
He and his diamond are gone with the wind:D
We're still friends, though...


peace~

[old mark]

8. Yeah, I like old ones - Have one from 1947, a Benrus

made the year I was born - you have to wind IT up to get it going, too...

Mostly I wear a gold 1970 Pulsar electric day/date.


mark

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. cool....

I have a collection of junk watches from the years stashed in a box somewhere around .... :hi:

[MajorChode]

45. I like old ones too

I have my dad's old Buluva from 1958. He wore it for probably about 30 years until it stopped working. I had it rebuilt about 10 years ago and it's in great shape. It's by no means worth much, but I like to wear it as a dress watch. My daily wear watch is the Rolex I've had for almost 30 years.

I have two other watches that have been in my family for over 100 years. Both are Elgin watches. One is a ladies wristwatch and the other is a key wind pocket watch.

[old mark]

56. I had 3 very old elgin pocket watches. The one I gave to my brother

was from 1900 and was a large silver watch with a hand painted dial. I have a smaller hunting case Elgin I am going to get a new crystal for and give to my sister. I have one I got as a gift from my wife that needs a new jewel bearing.
I also have a 1970 Omega electro-mechanical that was my father in laws and needs a repair, but I haven't found anyone locally who has parts and I don't want to spend the big money on it to send it out.

mark

[MajorChode]

58. You might check with this place

http://www.watchesetc.com/

They have a lot of Omega stuff and the owner bought the parts inventory of a lot of watchmakers that have went out of business over the last 30 years or so. They may be able to sell you the parts you need, or you can always ship it to them for repair. I've used them for a lot of watch work over the past 15 years or so.

[old mark]

74. Thanks - I saved that site.

Forgot - I also have a fake Rolex for which I paid all of $8.

mark

[NewJeffCT]

11. No, haven't done it for years

I know very few people that wear watches these days... in fact, a few months back, I had asked my D&D group what time it was, and everybody pulled out a cellphone or iPhone to check the time. Nobody had a watch.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. yes, I understand this is the new trend

:hi:

[HopeHoops]

13. Can't anymore - wrist problems from being a computer geek.

I DO however wear my pocket watch when I'm in a suit with a vest. My grandfather gave it to me about 25 years ago and it was already old then. Still works great!

[Moondog]

16. Yes. A habit, more than anything.

And I seemed to be collecting them at one point. So I guess I like them. I don't wear any (other) jewelry, so that may be part of it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

22. yes, it does get to be a habit. I take it off and put it in the same place

every night.

[Moondog]

28. Ah, but the question is

whether this is a habit for its own sake, or whether you just don't like spending time hunting the bloody thing down the following morning? In my case, it is the latter.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. yes. even to bed!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. I used to never take mine off... I do now. I never take the necklace

and little hoop ear rings. weird - huh

:hi:

[frogmarch]

20. No, because I don't need one, and

besides, my wrists have ugly bony knobs that watches call attention to.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. I bet you are the only one that thinks this way.....

:hug: :hi:

[Brother Buzz]

25. Pocket watch

a 1904 Waltham. It'd so worn, the brass is shinning through the gold finish, but it keep remarkably accurate time as long as I wear and wind it everyday.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Yes, and I can't count the number of times per week

someone under the age of 30 asks me what time it is.

What's the big deal about not owning a watch?

You can get a cheapo watch that tells time just as well as a fancy Swiss jobbie for $15 at the drugstore.

[timtom]

33. See post #32 below.

[TreasonousBastard]

64. When they ask, I often tell them it's time to get a watch, and...

it's not only teens and twentysomethings that ask.

("Do you have the time?" "Time for what?" or "Yes" and walk on...)

[LeftyFingerPop]

27. Only occasionally. n/t

[bridgit]

29. Yes, a Fossil...

http://www.fossil.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?langId=-1&storeId=12052&catalogId=10052&categoryId=30005&parent_category_rn=30000&N=0&contentPageHtml=watch_non_catalog&gclid=CKLPi4We05sCFSRPagodk0LmKQ

[The2ndWheel]

30. If I can get away from time at any point in the day, I do it

The last time I had a watch on my wrist would probably be in 5th, maybe 6th grade, and there was a clock on the wall in every room already.

At work, there is the clock on the screens, a clock on the walls, a clock on the phones. At home, a clock on another few screens(tv and computer), and yet another clock with a friendly noise to wake your ass up in the morning.

Then there are the clocks in the cars, and on all the other various electronic gadgets. Then you'll see the clocks on outdoor signs in front of banks, gas stations, convenience stores, etc. Then you'll see clocks inside of those same places of business.

Clearly one of the worst inventions of all time.

[Blue Diadem]

31. Nope. I kill the batteries.

I was around 30 when that happened. Prior, I had no problems wearing one. I have two, one that is the old fashion wind it up type and one that is supposed to wind through movement. The latter doesn't work so well. I'm too lazy to wind the other.

[timtom]

32. Bought a cheap $20 one at a drugstore

to replace the cheap $20 one I had for ten years.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Tuesday Afternoon!

Yes, I do...

I had to, as a nurse, but I've always loved wearing them...

The one I've had forever, my husband bought for me when I was in nursing school, many eons ago...

It only needs an occasional battery, and a new band. It has run perfectly all these decades!

It has the date too, because I never know what the date is...

It is one of my most treasured things!

:hi:

[mike_c]

35. no....

I wore one for a year or so, several years ago (like 10). Never did get used to having that thing strapped to my wrist.

Many of my daily events are highly scheduled-- like classes, and meetings-- but I don't have ANY problem arriving on time without a watch.

[Arkansas Granny]

36. I don't wear a watch, but I have a one that hangs on a ring on my purse.

Does that count?

[MissMillie]

37. I can't find mine

haven't seen it in months....

[mix]

38. i do

and a cheap one at that

:hi:

[blueamy66]

39. I still wear a 12 year old Movado...

I have replaced the crystal twice.

I love it. It's like a piece of me now.

[greggypetty]

40. Used to Wear one

I had one for a while, and then it broke. Haven't got around to buying a replacement. I am just living without one now. It took a while to adapt to not having one, but I am used to it now.

[LostInAnomie]

41. Fuck yes! A big jewel encrusted one.

How else am I supposed to impress women!?

[Captain Hilts]

42. Yes, Dad's USNA watch. nt

[Vidar]

43. Yes, a $10 digital one that's lasted 12 years.

[NJmaverick]

44. Yes, I have been wearing one for decades

I would feel naked with out one.

[Burma Jones]

46. I used to, now I have a cell phone with me pretty much everywhere

[Ohio Joe]

47. Clocks are a confidence trick invented by the Swiss

Gotta love Remo Williams, it is endless fun to quote :D

[Deja Q]

51. Piffle. All the Swiss did was invent cheese and plot holes.

:hide:

[bigwillq]

48. No (nt)

[bif]

49. Never have

[hippywife]

50. Nope.

Can't stand to have them on my wrist. I find them uncomfortable to wear. :hi:

[Q3JR4]

52. Nope, have a cell phone

that shows the current date and time on the front screen. Will also serf the internet, give me the lotto numbers, let me call all over the U.S. and make unlimited local calls, all for one $50 payment a month.

Q3JR4.
NOT an iphone owner...will NEVER be one.

[KamaAina]

53. Yes. Analog, no less.

Seriesly.

[bikebloke]

54. Carry one in my pocket.

A cheapie with half the wrist band off (I leave the other half so it's easier to find rooting around). On my wrist, I found I was always checking the time. Now I don't, yet am still punctual.

[newcriminal]

55. I'm not sure why, but I think all men should wear a watch.

I guess I'm old fashioned and sexist.

[Doc_Technical]

57. No man, I'm not into time.

I don't like any jewelry, no piercings,
no tattoos, that stuff just creeps me out.

[txwhitedove]

59. No, not for years. Every gadget made now has a clock, timer and/or alarm...

TV's, radios, cell phones, computers, even coffeemakers. So why wear a timepiece on your body?

:)

[Lorax]

60. Can't imagine not wearing a watch.

The only time I don't have a watch on is when I am painting or doing some other dirty type home repair job.

Now that I think of it, I've had the same watch for 16 years. It's a Tiffany & Co. watch that I bought with the fabulous employee discount when I worked there. Even with the discount it was a bit of a splurge. Before then I had always worn cheapo watches and it seemed like I killed them like crazy. Someone recommended I would have better luck with a good watch. So I bought it and I haven't killed it yet. It was definitely worth it.

[midnight armadillo]

61. Never. Being free of knowing the time is very liberating.

.

[fujiyama]

62. Yeah, but for no real practical reason at this point

It's more of a fashion accessory - kind of pointless really since by a force of habit I check my phone for the time. Oh well I suppose if my phone's battery dies I can check the time, but I usually just keep it charged so that's unlikely.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

63. Thanks everyone for all the replies. Sorry, I did not have time to

respond back earlier. :hi:

[TreasonousBastard]

65. I despise people who don't wear watches...

maybe some of them have a phone with the time, but most of them are simply arrogant little twits who have decided time is now meaningless for them.

Of course, the two or three times a day when they decide they really do have to be somewhere, they find people like me to ask what time it is, and that is when I have to suppress my urge to dismember them.

(I did once go through the whole nonsense of poking a stick in the ground, estimating true North, and creating a sundial for one particuarly obnoxious timeless geek.)

[Tuesday Afternoon]

66. Dude!!!! You are my hero!!!!

You do know why don't you............

[TreasonousBastard]

69. Something I said?

[realisticphish]

67. Used to... but I got a job doing stock

and the thing kept popping open when I bent my wrist.

I just use my cell now :shrug:

[Robeson]

68. I have a watch fetish.

[SeattleGirl]

70. Yep. I get paid in billable hours. Watches and clocks are a necessity.

:)

[MilesColtrane]

71. No wristwatch for me.

I don't like stuff hanging off of my arms/hands. So no watch, no jewelry.

I will carry a pocketwatch when there's a need.

[pinniped]

72. I have spent a lot of $$$$ on those damm things over the years.

And I don't regret it one bit.

[Mind_your_head]

73. Yep.....someone very special gave me the one I've worn almost daily for the last ten years. eom

[yy4me]

75. Simple Timex, leather band. Could not do without it. I have

several windup watches but this one, battery operated, is about 12 years old and it just keeps on ticking.

[kedrys]

76. Nope - I have three, but

I also have two laptops, one iMac, my PC at work, a cell phone, a microwave oven, a DVD player with a clock, and the menu from the cable listings, so I really don't see the point. :P The last time I wore a watch, I was late for stuff all day.