Do you wear a watch?

Inspired by this post and the ensuing ding-dong, I feel inspired to post a poll.
Feel free to explicate below :)

I wear a battery powered quartz watch every day. It has stamped on the back that it's water resistant to 330 feet, but I"m dubious. I don't wear it in the shower or pool, but it might get rained on.
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Not me. I take a dog with me everywhere I go and he wears my automatic watch on his tail to keep it wound and my smartphone hanging from a short chain around his neck so he doesn't accidently dunk it while drinking from the toilet.

The cats are the property timekeepers, but I do wear a watch for work. Necessary, not necessarily accurate.

I wear my dad's watch that he was given for 25 years service by him employer. It has the date, and his name and the company initials on the reverse. It may be one of the last gold watches given to anyone for 25 years service anywhere as he was given it in 1985, but the place he worked was pretty old fashioned in a number of ways.
It's one of those "dual winder automatics", but I wear it all the time anyhow. On months with less than 31 days you have to manually move the date on and sometimes I forget ... Timewise it runs a little fast, but that's OK with me.

I like the clean lines of that watch.

My mom has a wind-up table clock that she managed to bring over when we fled Vietnam back in '75. I used to think it's ugly and old, but now I think it looks so nice, hehe. Must be my age. It has this antique look to it (doh), and it still works, as long as you remember to wind it up. :D Oh, a picture would be nice, huh. Well, I always want to see a picture with a post.

Anyways, I wear a typical battery-powered watch. I think it's water-resistant too, but I usually take it off when I cook or wash dishes or handle anything that involves water.

glatt;913371 wrote:

I like the clean lines of that watch.

I think it looks really nice too. I think watches with simple or clean lines look elegant.

I have a cheap-ass battery-powered Decade. Yep, I said cheap-ass. I don't remember the last time I wore it. The battery is dead.

I love wearing a watch when I'm dressed for appointments, formal events & everything else except sporting activities. My issue is that every watchband I have had in the last decade lasts a couple months before the free loop that holds the excess strap down invariably breaks. Shortly thereafter, the fixed loop breaks rendering the band useless. Pisses me off. Therefore, I don't wear my watches much anymore.

I wear no jewelry of any kind. That's my policy.

You can never have enough watches!

And never know what time it is. :haha:

Gravdigr;913430 wrote:

I have a cheap-ass battery-powered Decade. Yep, I said cheap-ass. I don't remember the last time I wore it. The battery is dead.

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That's not a scratch arcing across the face, it's the reflection of my camera lens.

That's not a black watch, this is a Black Watch. :haha:

Undertoad;913472 wrote:

I wear no jewelry of any kind. That's my policy.

When I was in military service I had no choice, they [SIZE="3"]MADE[/SIZE] me:

[CENTER][SIZE="5"][COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]A Special Forces Soldier[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE="3"][COLOR="Blue"]As seen by His Wife:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]A stinking Member of the Family who comes home once a year in the back door with a Rucksack full of Dirty Laundry and a Hard On, polishes his Ring, Watch and Knife then Three Months later goes out the Front Door for another Year.[/COLOR]
[SIZE="3"][COLOR="blue"]As seen by His Commander:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]A fine specimen of a Drunken, Brawling. Jeep Stealing, Woman Corrupting Liar, with a Star Sapphire Ring, Rolex Watch and a Demo Knife.[/COLOR]
[SIZE="3"][COLOR="blue"]As seen by The Department of the Army:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]An Overpaid, Over Ranked tax burden who is Indispensable because he has Volunteered to go Anywhere, Do Anything, at Any Time as long as he can Booze it up, Brawl, Steal Jeeps, Corrupt Women, Lie, Wear a Star Sapphire Ring, Rolex Watch and carry a Demo Knife.[/COLOR]

[SIZE="3"][COLOR="blue"]As seen by Himself:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]A Tall, Handsome, Highly Trained Professional Killer,
Female Idol, Star Sapphire Ring wearing,[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Demo Knife carrying Gentleman[/COLOR]
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[COLOR="darkolivegreen"]Who is always on time due to the reliability of his Rolex Watch.[/COLOR]
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[SIZE="3"][COLOR="blue"]As seen by His Enemies:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[COLOR="darkolivegreen"][SIZE="5"]The Meanest Motha in the Valley.......[/SIZE][/COLOR][/CENTER]

I'm pretty sure you weren't forced to wear a Rolex. A watch, maybe, but not a Rolex ... ;)

Undertoad;913472 wrote:

I wear no jewelry of any kind. That's my policy.

I don't see a watch as jewelry, but I suppose it can be. To me, a watch is a tool.

I have half a dozen or so watches, but only one doesn't need a battery (one needs winding). One watch talks, one has a built in tv remote. Most of the rest were free, one way or another.

Undertoad;913472 wrote:

I wear no jewelry of any kind. That's my policy.

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___________________________________[/COLOR]How about hats??
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I wear hats, naturally, a man needs a hat when he has hair remaining and doesn't shower every single day.

Grav: That watch looks nice. All you need is something that runs. ;) I don't know about there, but here it only costs about $7-$10 to change the battery.

Chris: Nice! Thanks for showing us your watches.

Classic: Have you ever tried non-leather strap watches?

One of the first "news" stories that brought my attention to the silliness of political coverage was when Bill Clinton was made fun of by "journalists" for wearing the same watch that I had.




I actually wear that model of watch now, as well.

I hate shopping for watches, so when I need a new watch, if I see one in the store that is the same model as one I've had before, I get it.

I wear a casio AW80-1BV


I read the time analog and keep the digital display (which is large enough to read easily but not obcusre the rest of the face) on day and date as shown, it has stop watch, timer , alarms and apparently a 30 entry database for phone numbers I have never used. I had one previously and the battery became somehow loose and the watch would just turn off at random, I looked for a different one but couldn't find any that had the right balance of features for me that this one does, so I bought another.

The water resistence number on a watch is a secret code.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Resistant_mark

Watches are often classified by watch manufacturers by their degree of water resistance which, due to the absence of official classification standards, roughly translates to the following (1 metre ≈ 3.29 feet):[5]

Water resistance rating

Water Resistant 3 ATM or 30 mSuitable for everyday use. Splash/rain resistant. NOT suitable for showering, bathing, swimming, snorkelling, water related work and fishing.NOT suitable for diving.

Water Resistant 5 ATM or 50 mSuitable for swimming, white water rafting, non-snorkeling water related work, and fishing.NOT suitable for diving.

Water Resistant 10 ATM or 100 mSuitable for recreational surfing, swimming, snorkeling, sailing and water sports.NOT suitable for diving.

Water Resistant 20 ATM or 200 mSuitable for professional marine activity, serious surface water sports and skin diving.Suitable for skin diving.


Manufacturers water resistance classifications are interpretations and are not part of any ISO standard definition

I take my watch off for swimming, but don't mind if it get's splashed with water.

chrisinhouston;913473 wrote:

You can never have enough watches!

the guy sitting across the desk from me has a watch for every day of the month, he is constantly chekcing out new ones.

I'm pretty sure I've mentioned that I'm fairly easily entertained. One of my personal games is, when in public, when I see someone look at their watch, I wait seven seconds, and then ask them if they have the time. I don't recall ever having someone tell me the time without looking back at their watch. It was just seven seconds ago!!!

This one time, when I said "Excuse me, do you have the time?", the guy didn't miss a beat when he replied "For what?".

lumberjim;913589 wrote:

Is that Ogre? Or am I thinking of another movie?

Lola Bunny;913584 wrote:

Grav: That watch looks nice. All you need is something that runs. ;) I don't know about there, but here it only costs about $7-$10 to change the battery.

I only gave $6 for the watch, iirc. I think, if you buy your battery at Wal-Mart they change it for you for free.

Time to throw y'all a curve:

Now that everyone knows watches can have depth pressure ratings (e.g. WR100m=333ft=10atm), you should also know that a watch's ability to handle increased pressure does not necessarily mean it's constructed to handle decreased pressure. Having worked on military free fall (HALO) parachute teams, I routinely exited aircraft depressurized at 22,000 ft. Atmospheric pressure at that altitude is low enough that some watches, including some expensive watches, and even some designed to handle increased pressure had their crystals pop out from the outward force of normal pressure inside the watch. So if you're ever on a commercial flight at cruising altitude and the cabin suddenly loses pressure, for goodness sake watch out for flying watch crystals while you're reaching for that dangling oxygen mask. :lol:

Beest;913587 wrote:

I wear a casio AW80-1BV

Mine is similar

Gravdigr;913611 wrote:

I only gave $6 for the watch, iirc. I think, if you buy your battery at Wal-Mart they change it for you for free.

Oh yeah....I forgot about that. The lady told me that when she was going to charge me $7 to change the battery on a $5 watch I bought at Target. Hehe....anyways, I decided to toss that watch, since it's old anyways, and bought another $5 watch at Wal-mart and get free of charge battery change in the future. However, I forgot about it and when the stupid watch ran out of battery after half a year or so later, I tossed it. Nothing goes for $5 anymore. I put out $20 for something nicer, so I won't mind putting out $7 for battery in the future. By the way, it's one of those digital watch usually worn for sports.

The batteries they have at jewelry counters in places like Walmart, Sears, Penny's...etc. are usually new old stock with much of their shelf life gone. That's why they guaranty the batteries they change for only one year. The battery expiration date may be just shortly after that. It makes you go back every year for another battery change.

I bought a watch case opener (like this one) for about $6 to change the battery myself. If the jewelry counter salesperson can do it, you can do it. It takes even less time to do it yourself than to go to the store and wait for someone else to do it for you. I buy fresh batteries from someplace with a high turnover rate (like Walgreens), so they haven't lost much of their storage life and won't reach their expiration date (printed on the battery package) for another 4 years. I change the batteries only once every 3 years and never have a watch stop because the battery went dead.

Never? You change the battery when it isn't dead yet?

My watches last for decades; so, I already know how long they'll operate on a fresh battery. Replacing the battery every 3 years gets it done both before it reaches its expiration and before watch operation drains it completely. Additionally, I get to do it at my convenience without being inconvenienced by a stopped watch. The cost of a battery (<$8) defrayed over 3 years just isn't a deterrent. Why go coach when for a nickel more you can go first class.

My watches run a long time. I have a friend who can change the battery for me. I asks him to change the batteries to my expensive watches and the inexpensive one, I go to a store. It lasts like 5 years or so more, so it does't bother me to pay a little for it.

The Henry Graves Supercomplication watch ...

I have several but I wear none.

limey;914010 wrote:

The Henry Graves Supercomplication watch ...

Not a wristwatch, but I guess that wasn't specified.

For several years as a teen I 'wore' a pocket watch, I sewed special loops on my jeans for the chain. I bought the watches from a jeweler, but they only lasted 18 months or so, I got through several.

Why only 18 months, because they were cheap watches or because you beat them up?
You know, like twirling them on a chain to win the heart of fair [strike]maiden[/strike] monster. ;)