What does it mean to wear a watch?

I wear a watch everyday and have wore them since childhood. Then, it really was a way of telling time. But since then with clocks and cell phones all around, it is often easier to just look at them then look at the watch. So why do I still wear one? Well, mainly because I feel weird not wearing one because I am so used to having one on. But also because I still do use it to tell time, though not as much as before. Sometimes I left my cell phone in another room, or I don’t want to have to dig for it in my purse, but my watch is always on me.

A smaller, but yet important reason is because I love love love my watch. It’s very pretty and the one I have been using for the last few years was a birthday gift from my aunt. Oh, and we seem to be a watch family. Since every single person wears one.

I can finally use mine to tell time again now that I got glasses! For a few years there it was just a pretty piece of jewlery.

I wear a watch only when I leave the house as a part of my attire and to be able to check the when I need to. When I’m home or working around the yard I don’t like wearing a watch. I also like to wear a special watch when I go traveling where I don’t have to adjust the at different time zones.
I don’t feel I am not completely dressed without a watch either.
That’s it.

I never thought about it before, but it just struck me as funny that people go around with clocks strapped to their bodies.

I haven’t worn a watch in over 15 years.

The same thing just happened to me like 2 months ago. I hadn’t worn one for like 10 years. I think the main reason I got one is because (sorry how femanine this sounds) it seems to complete my work outfit…...I mean it’s manly.

It’s nice not to wear a watch an be not be burdoned by worrying about the time. I try not to wear mine as often as possible. Plus I used to have a really nice Nixon watch which I lost so I have a cheap nasty number now. The more you have, the more you have to lose, especially these days.

Before cell phones and all, I wore a nerd watch, with a calculator and timer and stopwatch and note taker, etc.

Now I wear a souped-up nerd watch, made of titanium, it is capable of going 300 feet below water. It has a timer, and stopwatch, and can tell time in any longitude you want. It has four dials (I don’t know why—maybe to look cool), but the coolest thing, to me, is that it has a slide rule, and I actually know how to use it!

Anyway, I don’t have to take it off when I go swimming. I can time my food and know, wherever I go, when to turn things off or take them out of the oven. I can time my children in their races, etc. Also, the watch was my fiftieth birthday present (to myself, but it was presented by my family), and I got it online at half list price.

What can I say? Even nerds grow up?

Ah, daloon, I love how you summed up every guy I know and their watches. I don’t know what it all does but it’s freakin’ sweet!!

Lurve to critter & daloon… lmao

I used to wear one. I’ve bought quite a few. Titanium, Stainless, Gold, I even have a $1000 Maurice Lacroix, but I don’t wear any of ‘em except one.

I got a $2 watch with a velcro band and a built-in compass for X-mas one year. It goes on my belt when I’m at work. At work it’s just too dangerous to wear any jewelry.

Dang, @daloon – all it needs is a fold-out Swiss Army knife!

Rolex, just to show off.

My husband loves watches, I never wear a watch, ever. I have two very nice watches. I think each has been worn 5 or less times. I have plenty of ways of knowing what time it is, so I just don’t wear one, anymore.

I do love shopping for watches for him. I love buying him older watches (he has enough of the kind that do everything, except for baking bread!) and he’s really begun to appreciate the simplicity of the older watches. I can’t afford to do it often, but they are nice on occasion.

He says if he forgets to put one on, it’s like he’s not wearing clothes – it’s just that much a part of him.

There’s always a solution to figuring out all the things on your watch: RTFM. Oh wait, did I keep it?

I have a few nice watches, I wear one when I feel like it, not for function but more as a fashion accessory.

@daloon, A slide rule on a watch? That cracks me up. How big is it?

Sakata is right. It is too dangerous to wear jewelry at work. And I do believe that the word jewelry should answer your question.

the unanswerable one based on personal taste :)

I wear a watch to tell time. I don’t carry a phone. It is way easier to just look at my wrist. I use the alarm. I use the countdown timer for renders and such. I am terrible with the date. Even when it is my birthday I will look at my watch for the date. I feel naked without it.

we rely so much on our cellphones to tell us the time, we’ve forgotten about accessorizing our bodies with necessities, unlike tattoos, which these days seem to be “the” necessity.

my 19-year-old does not see the need for a watch because he depends on that damn cellphone for everything.

wearing a watch is accessorizing these days. it is a piece of jewelry that does not even need to function, but yes, i do depend on my left wrist.

ever see somebody wear it on the right and just cringe at the sight?

Actually, I would wear one on the right because I’m a lefty, but I’m not trying to make a point.

@Blondesjon: I was going to make a eyebrow ring comment but then I deleted it at the last minute.

I have worn a watch all my life because I have been either a student, a teacher or/and a parent. The one area where punctuality counts is at school. You show up for class or an appointment on time, be you teacher or pupil.

I wear a simple LLBean watch on my non-dominant hand.

For me it means staying punctual and looking good doing it. I have a nice wristwatch.

I think that I was on the opposite track of the continuum than you are now, kevbo. I have tried to wear watches with very, limited and temporary success most of my life.

I always scratched the crystal. I lost too many to count. People told me I was wearing it on the wrong arm (I’m left handed.).

With the advent of ubiquitous cell phones and other digital devices that have the time, I heaved a huge sigh of relief and took them all off never to return.

Sometimes I miss my original Spiro Agnew watch (stolen in a robbery), but I wouldn’t be wearing it if I had it.

I used to wear a watch. I used it to tell what time it was. Then I had an allergic reaction to the band or something. Now I have to reach in my pocket to get my PDA or my cell phone to tell what time it is. I find I don’t really check it as often as I did when I wore a watch.

That’s the only purpose I can think of for a watch, but as Dogbert said in today’s comic, “Things need more than one purpose?”

I’ve never heard of a watch being some sort of social symbol. Perhaps wearing a watch could be viewed as indicating a busy person, and thus importance. But that sounds like marketing fluff to me.

I used to love wearing a watch. As a teenager I fell for Swatch watches in a big way, and even had one with a band that smelled like strawberries! I’d like to wear one now, but I have a metal allergy (or reaction, whatever). I can’t find one that keeps all the metal off my skin. :(

@augustlan My husband has that problem. We used to try nail polish (wears off), stainless steel bands, etc. Finally, he gave up watches too. He still has to be careful with belt buckles.

I’ve always been told that guys who wear watches are more responsible. I always wear one to important stuff like a job interview or something but just for appearances. I’ve since given up mostly because all my watches are dead. Anybody want a pile of dead watches?

yes, watches do die. shame.

then, if you want to go thru all the changes, you have to replace the battery, but who does all that? you just toss it in a drawer and go “watchless” for a few months before you get up the nerve to buy or get another one as a gift.

i like watches. somebody earlier said that it shows responsibilty. i do concur.

Watches may give the illusion of responsibility.
But I know someone who prides himself on his watches and he shows up to 90% of his meetings between 10–20 minutes late. To me, responsibility is something that is proven over time, not by appearance alone.

I haven’t worn a watch in at least ten years, but I don’t know if that effects how others view me.

@LostInParadise: it’s a circular slide rule framing the crystal, and it’s about one inch in diameter.

I used to hate watches, but i was tired of always asking people what time it was soooo i got one. Now i feel naked if i forget to put it on.
Plus theres some cool watches out there, i mean how many people do you know with a watch that tells time in binary?

<——-nerd

Don’t you mean ubernerd?

@Sakata yea something like that :P

I used to have one of those. uber, bone.

ROFL

It does mean the watches gets carried around by the people wearing them, which in turn helps them stay young and shiny while all the stationary watches are aging more quickly and wither away. Isn’t time dilation a wonderful opportunity. I love wearing my watch ;-)

It means that you have trouble keeping track of time and need a special device to help you.