Why do you wear your watch on your left or right wrist? You have two votes. Please pick left or right, and the second vote why. As a kid, I wore mine on the right but moved it to my left wrist in my teens just because I thought the left was correct, just because access to the crown pin, but I've only ever owned digital watches! So I looked online and I found this link giving some insight to the subject - https://ciceroleather.com/psychology-of-wearing-watch-in-right-hand/
I recall getting a watch for Xmas when I was 12 or 13, cheapass Timex but that was all my parents could afford, at least I now had a watch to know how late my parents were when they eventually bothered to come pick me up after school. It was stolen during basic training and I was 22 when my GF gave me one belonging to her late grandfather. I wore that on the left because my work was physically demanding and it would be more likely to be damaged on the right. I stopped wearing a watch altogether when I got my first palm-pilot. At least it didn't need to be wound every day. Never saw the point of watches after that. I cannot recall the last time I wore a watch.
Nothing fancy, I have a Seiko 5 Sports day/date. I wear it on the left wrist. When I first started wearing one I tried the right at first. Just didn't feel right. The one about accessing the crown is a good reason, but the crown on this one is so hard to get out while on my wrist that I don't ever bother. I always reset it every morning to the second, though I believe it lasts around 72hrs on its own. I insist on mechanical watches when they are as cheap and accurate as they are, I tend to be around 7 seconds off each morning. Nothing wrong with that. The seconds hand moves 6 times per second, almost completely smooth. Take it off the wrist and it has a transparent backplate so you can see all the internals operating. I love that, definitely worth the downsides on that alone. There's something about it being completely mechanical. There is no battery, a little spring powers it for 3 days to great precision, it's great fun to think about. After all, you need some of the nice things in life otherwise what's the point of living? You can get one for around $150USD brand new.
My first watch was a Christmas present too, it was digital. Displayed the time, hit a button to see the date, then back to the time. Another button for the backlight, and that was it. Size of a brick and cost a small fortune
I wear it on the left at work and the right when going out. Those are the only two times I really wear one. I usually just use my cellphone. I also wear the face on the underside when on my left wrist and on the outside when on my right.
Good point, BB. For nurses having something with a second hand to check pulse rates makes sense and wearing it where it will NOT be in the way AND not be a potential source of infection when working on open wounds makes sense. Pulling back your surgical glove to check the time would be risky and there is usually a wall clock in theaters and wards. The butterfly is cute.
You would not have said that back in the days of the old “boiler” autoclaves. Every time you bent over that ruddy thing the watch fogged up! From the inside!
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day... The first watch I remember was a Seiko. My wrists were still quite thin (maybe 12 years old) and the watch was not a kids' watch. It fit better on my right wrist, but my Dad said I should put in on the left because I could never tell my right from my left. The last watch I got was also a Seiko. My wife got it for me long ago. The day I retired, I took it off and have not touched it since.
LOL! I remember that cheap Timex claimed to be "waterproof" but it would constantly fog up from the inside if you wore it outside in the rain. Because I was a teenager by the time I received it I had already learned to estimate the time by the shadows. I was rarely off by more than 15 minutes and back then that wasn't a big deal. I can recall looking at it during boring school lessons.
I always preferred those old Timex watches. Just out of High School, I did construction, then worked in a steel mill. Neither of those jobs treated watches well, so we either didn't wear them or we got new ones every few months. Besides, watches on jobs like those seemed to make time slow down during the workday.
All my past watches disintegrated whilst working in construction. The one that's been surviving for a few years now is the Garmin Tactix Bravo.
I don't actually remember how they broke, but I do remember the lenses being cracked on several occasions, and having the strap get broken once. In the steel mill, sparks always took their toll on watches and glasses. And skin.
I stopped wearing a watch when I started working in the sewer. I kept forgetting to take it off and it got kinda gross. I made a chainmail watchband out of stainless steel wire, but apparently even stainless will eventually stain my skin. I havnt worn one for 10 years now. I wore it on the left and I never thought about why. Im right handed.
Years ago, myself and the girlfriend had a fit bit watch each. The silicone straps disintegrated, they started bubbling up near the screen and then fell apart, but they did the job whilst they worked. The ones where the face and strap look all one part.
Mine was a present from my sister, who thought it may aid in weight loss and exercise! Didn’t work but a great timepiece. Ps. Surprised to discover that wristwatches were around in the 14th century.
I got my first watch for my 5th birthday. A Timex I think. As a Gen X latchkey kid I needed to know when it was teatime and time to go home. I stopped wearing one when I became a chef. I inherited my grandfather's gold watch, a Seiko, about 20 years ago when his second wife died. Grandad Monte died in 1976 so I waited a while to get it. I've never really worn it. I always wore a watch on my left wrist.
I haven't worn a watch in years. My hands are in things all the time past my wrists, so I don't bother. Despite being right handed, I've always worn mine on the right. Can't say why other that it seemed more correct for me than on the left
