Who Like or Hates Wristwatches?

[DanOnRoute66]

Don't hate them although I don't wear one anymore. As small as a wristwatch is, it can get mighty sweaty during a 110-degree day here in Arizona. I use the clock on my cell phone instead.

 

[ErnestoJL]

Can´t live without my wristwatch.

 

[dave lackey]

Can´t live without my wristwatch.

I understand perfectly.🙂 My 1970 Bulova is on the blink as it just stopped working so it is going to be a long wait before I can send it off to the repair shop. In the meantime I am getting by with my old Seiko and my competent but nothing special, fashion watch.🙄

Metaphorically, it is like sending the M3 off for a CLA and getting stuck with the D40 for everything.😱

 

[je2a3]

Vintage mechanical found in thrift shops - Bulova, Hamilton, Gruen, Elgin...

 

[coelacanth]

I love them, particularly the mechanical ones. But I'm not following the trend of those crazy huge watches.

My current favorites are Sinn. I love my Nomos, too.

 

[Athos6]

Don't like them. I just never got used to the sensation of something hanging off my wrist, always has a tendency to bang into something.

Now pocket watches on the other hand... love'em

I'm in the same boat, love watches, love the movements, hate the feeling of them on my wrist. After an hour my forearm is red.

Athos

 

[efix]

Where's the option "undecided"? I have a very cool wristwatch, a "The One" binary watch with metal housing and blue LEDs, but I rarely wear it as I don't care very much for things hanging from my wrist. Apart from that, I think wristwatches are neat and a piece of cultural heritage that should be upheld.

P.S.: And I "still think that digital watches are a pretty neat idea" ;-)

 

[fwellers]

I'm in the same boat, love watches, love the movements, hate the feeling of them on my wrist. After an hour my forearm is red.

Athos

Some people are allergic to Nickel, which is what is in at least some of the high end watch cases and bands.

 

[Ronald M]

My son has a fancy new watch. I showed him my $15 Go Phone and asked if he could make phone calls with his watch.

Now his family has Apple iPhones. He has hundreds invested and bulk to carry. Mine is free almost.

 

[Snacks]

I like my watches like I like my rangefinders: Russian, mechanical, and working at slightly the wrong speed.

 

[doolittle]

Titanium watches are a good alternative for nickel allergy sufferers. Wearing the strap looser helps too (by reducing sweat and avoiding prolonged contact in one area).

 

[40oz]

Titanium watches are a good alternative for nickel allergy sufferers. Wearing the strap looser helps too (by reducing sweat and avoiding prolonged contact in one area).

Simple stainless steel case and bracelet are all that's necessary to prevent reaction to the metal. Any watch that says "Stainless steel back" has a base metal case which can cause a skin reaction and will corrode over time. If the back says "stainless steel case" or "solid stainless steel" you're gold.

The clasp on the bracelet will usually say "stainless steel" if the band is stainless, and they almost always are if they aren't gold plated. But to avoid the issue entirely one can use a leather band. I just prefer stainless because I swim with my watch on, easier to lose it on the dock or at the beach than on my wrist.

Most cheaper watches have a stainless back and base metal case. But plenty of cheaper watches will have a stainless case and back.

 

[karlori]

Lets see I have a Sector OceanMaster, Suunto Aqua, Suunto D9, Citizen Promaster Carbon 54E and would give my soul for a Tag Monaco... I LOVE THEM 😀

 

[JuJu]

I am fine without wallet or cellphone when I go out, but I feel naked when I am not wearing my watch...

 

[furcafe]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/fashion/watches-are-rediscovered-by-the-cellphone-generation.html

 

[Roger Hicks]

I don't know how many (cheap, often free) wristwatches I own, but I know how many working wristwatches I own: the Seamaster my father bought me 40+ years ago. Others have dead batteries or have simply died. Why should I know or care which is the case?

Oh: and I don't even know where my mobile 'phone is. Why should I care, at least from the point of carrying a timepiece, when the M9 has a clock built in?

Cheers,

R.

 

[dave lackey]

Roger, I have heard so much about Omega watches that one day I will own one, definitely.😉

This video is really cool and shows all the mechanical reasons why precision instruments whether a watch or a fine camera are so alluring.🙂

http://www.omegawatches.com/gents/product-presentations/seamaster-planet-ocean

 

[wgerrard]

Hate wearing watches. jewelry, etc. I'm surrounded by things that tell me the time. I'll wear a watch when I'm flying, but that's it.

 

[robklurfield]

I made my living for years in the high-end watch business; built a small but nice collection of them, too. And, now, I hardly ever wear one. Change in my lifestyle I guess. When work required wearing a suit an impression in public, a watch was a useful prop. Now, working entirely from home, rarely stray from my computer with its clock during working or hours (or whilst I'm wasting time on RFF😀 as I am wont to do). When I go out on my bike, I rely on my Garmin computer to know how much time (or, more often, how little time) I have to get back home for my next phone conference. The watches have mostly held their value better than the my cameras (it helps to have been knowledgeable about what to own; most of mine are vintage and a few of them moderately rare). If it weren't for that, I'd probably part with them all (they would fund a some nice photo gear).

not my images, but links to a couple of favorites...
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n433/googaa-46/1593.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Cv-0TBEhWVE/SFYHs-i0zfI/AAAAAAAACFM/XRsuhp--__4/s1600-h/Mil.jpg

http://www.onlinegalleries.com/gfx/76761.jpg

 

[Bill58]

I've unloaded a ton of vintage (but not high dollar) watches recently to just my favorites to fund my other vice--cowboy boots and can testify it's a lot easier to sell vintage watches than vintage (but not high dollar) cameras.