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Two years ago, I received a watch for Christmas, but I never got around to wearing it. For me, wearing a watch is uncomfortable on both wrists. Since I had no use for it, I ended up selling it at a pawn shop for a measly $10, only because I really needed to the money. :(
That's exactly how I am with pocketwatches. I'll only wear one if it's vintage; i.e. a Hamilton/Waltham/Elgin/whathaveyou from the 1800s or early 1900s. Which is why I don't wear one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parker
The only watch I really used was a nice pocket watch that I'd carry when ever I needed to one of my suits. It gave purpose to that pocket on the vest that comes with suits.
It was polished brass, and maybe nickel or something (it was silver). It's face and it's back opened up to expose all the internal workings of the gears for viewing through glass. The watch face was fairly minimalist, but nice.
Then it broke.
That sounds lovely :(
I haven't taken it off in years. It's pretty smelly.
Although I only work in retail I would need some Military grade kit to survive at work. Passages, entrances and counters are notoriously narrow in our store so you go to walk past someone and you'll smash in to the wall or bang your watch off a sharp corner. My last 3 watches have all broken cause of this effect. The glass ends up chipped or cracked. It's also a bit annoying when I'm trying to balance big piles of stock on my arm/wrist since dvd/cd cases tend to care that they're not level.
I would have owned if we were not burgled when I was a teenager, 2 rolex watches my dad had in his posession. I couldn't wear either of them however as they were made of gold and I'd come out in a rash if I put them on. He did own a third watch my mom is fairly certain was a Breitling or something similar which was a non gold metal. I'd have worn that for sure. The 2 rolexes I'm not sure what I'd have done with, the sale of them would sure as hell have helped me with a few decisions.
I used to have a nice watch with a leather strap in high school that I wore all the time, but the strap broke and then I lost the watch. D:
I still have a decent digital watch I wear when lifeguarding though.
I haven't worn a watch since I dropped my cheap digital watch, which bent a button inward, permanently showing me the date. Now I just use my phone.
I have a really nice one my dad got me for Christmas that I wear once a week or so because I don't wanna hurt it.
I often will look at an invisible watch on my wrist when I reference time. I have a good sense of time and use the gesture to help remind people time exists, they are wasting it, and I have better places to be. If you see my invisible watch, you know it is you-have-disappointed-me o'clock.
Real wristwatches are unwieldy objects which get in the way of a great many everyday activities, and the pros of hampering oneself with one is not apparent to me.
I've worn a watch every day since third grade, but I'm not aroused by it or anything
well why not?Quote:
Originally Posted by rubah
I got this watch as a gift a while back, and I wear it more than I have any other watch for three reasons: 1. I love how it looks 2. The strap is rubber so it doesn't pull my hair like a metal one, it doesn't itch like an itchy velcro strap and I'm not allergic to it like the fake leather band 3. it's not uncomfortable like most watches I've worn, I don't feel like I'm trapped when I'm wearing it. Usually I'll wear a watch and it won't sit comfortably on my wrist and I'll feel claustrophobic because it'll sit so tight on my wrist. This watch does not do that.
A funny story about wearing it and forgetting I can use it to tell time:
Yesterday I was hanging out at a gas station/eatery across the street from where my GF works while I was waiting for her to get off work when my phone died. I thought tit, now what am I going to do and I looked around to try and find a clock so I could see what time it was. It wasn't until I scratched an itch on my wrist did I remember I was wearing a watch that could tell me the time.
I'm so done with watches and have been for a while. I actually had this conversation with a friend recently. His defense of the watch was how much faster it was for him to glance at his watch versus fishing his phone out of his pocket. A few mere seconds doesn't make for a very strong argument in my opinion. A better argument would be for the aesthetics.
In the end, a watch is a single purpose device. I have no room in my life for such a single purpose device. I care enough gadgets with me at all times, I don't need a watch that I have to take on and off for showers and be wary of snagging on things all the time. I'll gladly pull my phone out of my pocket if I need to see what time it is, and in a few extra seconds I can check the weather, my e-mail, FB, and a dozen other things
my mom is fond of buying me this bracelet that's made from amber (that's sap)
I lost the first one bc i left it on the counter when I washed my hands. Yay.
(the bracelet is expensive)
This is why I don't wear a watch.