wristwatches

[gradus]

I always wear the watch bought for me 30 years ago. I if I could afford one I would acquire a Breguet but don't ask me why, it's the beauty of the engineering and craftsmanship that goes into the making that appeals. At a pinch I'd settle for a Patek or even IWC, probably not a Rolex.

[doversoul1]

They must hace seen this thread

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/feb/22/art-watchmaking-craig-rebecca-struthers-jewellery-quarter-birmingham-pictures

It’s a thread like this that makes me glad I am part of this forum and yes, I wear a wristwatch.

[Zucchini]

Yes, I wear a wrist watch. If anyone stops me in the street and asks me the time, I can look at my watch and tell them. If I remove my iPhone from my back pocket, they may snatch it and run away.

And, classic misdirection trick, you can look at your watch and tell them the time and find he/she has taken your money, hat, scarf, shoes and hip flask ...

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

They must hace seen this thread
https://www.theguardian.com/artandde...ngham-pictures

Wonderful pictures and article - thanks very much, dovers

[kernelbogey]

What a lovely thread!

Like Cali I have not worn a watch in decades - at a guess, since 1990, though I have no precise memory. My idea (then) was that there was nearly always somewhere nearby where you can check the time. This experiment has since became a habit.

Once I had bought a (Nokia dumbphone) mobile, I found I was tempted to use it to check time. But I then developed a game with myself to estimate the time before checking it and found that I was usually quite accurate. I now also play this game when I wake in the night, estimating before checking by illuminating the clock radio display. Again, I am mostly fascinatingly accurate in my estimate, mostly within 5 minutes (though last night I was an hour out). Often I will take into account the level of natural light seeping around the blinds; and now the birds have begun to sing, such sounds from the gardens. During the day, when out and about, I find I usually have a running idea of the time in the back of my head and only check on my phone if I have an appointment ahead. As you will gather, I find something very satisfying about utilising this body clock'.

I am slightly irritated by my own use of my (now) iPhone as a watch, as it sometimes seduces me into checking the latest news. The device provides much more than I need and I'm very tempted to revert to a dumbphone when the contract runs out on this one.

But ever at my back I hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near

[Mal]

"Look no hands"

Only the digital ones.

Not so, for instance, we have the Reveal Watch: "This mystifying watch reveals the current hour and minute through a looking glass while the past and the future fade to gray. It’s an analog..." Some other very strange watches here:

https://coolmaterial.com/style/19-cool-watches-that-require-a-phd-to-tell-time/

[Richard Tarleton]

Only the digital ones.

Just worked that one out. But seriously....

I'm left-handed (Pulcinella) and wear my watch on my left wrist.... With winders on the right, wrist watches are really designed for left wrists - awkward to adjust a watch on your right wrist.....just one of the many disadvantages we left-handers labour under

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

"Look no hands"



Not so, for instance, we have the Reveal Watch: "This mystifying watch reveals the current hour and minute through a looking glass while the past and the future fade to gray. It’s an analog..." Some other very strange watches here:

https://coolmaterial.com/style/19-co...-to-tell-time/

Anyone do a "wrist sundial"?

[Pianorak]

You might have ruined any water-resistant property though: the shop should guarantee ensuring that/replacings seals etc.

If it had been a water-resistant/proof watch the cost would have been £18.

[french frank]

Out of interest (nosiness, more like!) are you left or right handed, anton?
I see a fair few right-handed people wearing watches on their right wrists, which I've never quite understood. In the good old days of having to wind them up I would have thought that the position of the mechanism made that awkward!

I wear my clockwork one on my right wrist (and am right-handed). I wind it up before I put it on in the morning.

And, classic misdirection trick, you can look at your watch and tell them the time and find he/she has taken your money, hat, scarf, shoes and hip flask ...

At least I'll still have my watch!

[Bryn]

And, classic misdirection trick, you can look at your watch and tell them the time and find he/she has taken your money, hat, scarf, shoes and hip flask ...

The solution is simple:

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I regularly wear a wristwatch (one of those accurate radio-controlled ones), but when it's hot, or when I'm playing the piano, it can become annoying, so I put it in my pocket.

When I was a classroom teacher, I had a pocket watch (causing much amusement). I still have this watch, which can only be used when wearing a jacket.

For running, a Garmin sports watch is my regular friend.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Only the digital ones.

[richardfinegold]

Most young people that I know don’t use watches. I’m a Physician, and taking a Pulse with a Phone can be done but it’s not very practical. I simply feel naked if I leave the house without wearing one, although I take it off as soon as I enter my home

[Mal]

And, classic misdirection trick, you can look at your watch and tell them the time and find he/she has taken your money, hat, scarf, shoes and hip flask ...

Shoes? I guess if it's an Urwerk watch, telling the time is like having an acid trip, so they could take your shoes, but my guess is the watch would frighten them away or eat them:

https://www.urwerk.com/en/videos.php