How do you Wear your Watch?

[TEG]

I'm curious as to how you wear your wrist watches. I'd like to know if you wear it face on the inside or outside of your arm, and which arm that is. I just think it is an interesting thing about how people differ in wearing their watches.

I'll Start:

My Watch is Worn on the Left arm, face on the inside of my arm.
It is only a problem with digital watches, where flexing the wrist activates the buttons.

TEG

[iGav]

right wrist, face on outside... it's a chunky G-Shock so I can't wear it on the inside of my wrist cos it'd be annoying as f.... ;)

[PlaceofDis]

i got a nice nike watch a few years back...i wear it on the left wrist facing out...

[G4scott]

left wrist, facing out.

[crenz]

I don't wear watches anymore.

[poopyhead]

left wrist
face out when I wear one
but most days I dont

my mom used to wear hers on her right wrist with the face in
which I always thought was weird
she did it because of her dyslexia
or so she said

[Mudbug]

left wrist fossil titanium - usually facing out, but with the metal band, it rolls from out to in often, and I'm just used to it either way.

http://www.ihodinky.cz/hodinky/fossil/fossil/TI5035.jpg

[3rdpath]

depends on the watch...

my metal wristband watches i wear loose like a bracelet...sometime face up, sometimes face down. dress watches( leather band) i wear face up and snug on my wrist. my biking/running watch i wear snug, facing up.

always on my left wrist.

aren't you glad you asked.... ;)

[Josh]

Nixon on my left wrist, facing out.

[WinterMute]

I'm wierd, I wear mine on my right wrist with the face on the inside, it's a legacy of a bad cut on my right wrist some years ago...

I've got a new RADO Ceramica multi-function, very nice, and essentially scratchproof too... :D

Here's a pic

[Kwyjibo]

left hand facingo out ... otherwise I wouldscratch the crystal whhich is already kinda scratched ...

[wowser]

I have a Snap watch, worn on the left wrist, faced up. The snap watches avoid that 'watch tan line' effect in summer and are also less cumbersome / sweaty

[SPeedY_B]

Left wrist, outwards.

[DreaminDirector]

interesting thread...

I got a Duke from Nixon on the left arm, face out.

[Thomas Veil]

Left wrist, facing out.

[JesseJames]

Swiss Army stainless steel. Left facing out.
Damn fine watch. This is the second one I've owned. I broke the first one - my fault.
I've owned at least 5 Timex watches. Junk. Never again.

[takao]

left wrist,facing out
current watch: swatch skin chrono... i can't stand those thick big ones

[wordmunger]

Left wrist, facing out. That's pretty normal, apparently. But I'm left-handed, so it's still a little weird.

[Roger1]

4 watches up the left arm (all Rolex) 6 watches up the right arm (more rolexes) and 16 tucked inside various pockets in my trenchcoat (antiques-found them laying around the museum) :p


Seriously-no watches for me. I have a hard time making them last more than 6 months before breaking.

[MacFan25]

Left wrist, facing out. That's pretty normal, apparently. But I'm left-handed, so it's still a little weird.

Same here, though I'm right handed. Whenever I don't have my watch on it always feels like I'm missing something...can't stand that feeling. :)

[asif3]

Gucci Watch, Right wrist, facing out. I find it;s too much effort to lift my left wrist up to look at the time, seeing as I'm right handed. A bit weird, but hey...

[kiwi_the_iwik]

How do I wear MY watch?


Think back to Christopher Walken in "Pulp Fiction - The Watch"...


Telling the time is a right bastard, let me tell you.

:p

[Daveman Deluxe]

When I had a wristwatch, I wore it on the right arm facing out, even though I'm right handed.

Now that I have a pocketwatch, I clip the chain to a belt loop and put it in my right pocket. If I'm at a formal event, I clip the chain to the top of my waistband under my belt.

[neut]

i wear mine on my backpack...


peace.

[King Cobra]

Left wrist.

The face is aligned on the same side as the back of my hand.

[cheekyspanky]

Right wrist, facing outwards - I'm right handed but it feels all weird on my left wrist. The watch is just a metal bracelet Adidas one.

[evil_santa]

Not worn a watch for 10+ years. I can get the time from my mobile phone / ipod / computer.

[coopdog]

My watch:

Freckle past a hair. ;) :p

[Aeolius]

No watch, here. I observe daytime and nighttime - the rest is nitpicking.

[djbahdow01]

left wrist facing out.
It a Citizen Eco Drive
Very Nice watch.

[Doctor Q]

I don't want to be left out, so... left, out

Actually, I've changed how I wear it from time to time. I wore it facing inward for a few months, just to see if I liked it, but decided to switch back to the outside. And I wore it on my right hand for a while, just to try it.

And I'll see your question and raise you one:

Do those of you who wear a watch in the daytime also wear it at night? I don't.

[skytown205]

Diesel

Left wrist, out, but sometimes, right, out.

Great question.

[macka]

Do those of you who wear a watch in the daytime also wear it at night? I don't.

Yeah, I haven't taken my watch off since...November 2003. I wear it in the day, in the night, in the sleep, in the shower...it hasn't died on me yet. :D

I wear it on the right wrist, and it faces whichever way it wants to face depending on what I'm doing.

[neut]

Yeah, I haven't taken my watch off since...November 2003. I wear it in the day, in the night, in the sleep, in the shower...it hasn't died on me yet. :D

I wear it on the right wrist, and it faces whichever way it wants to face depending on what I'm doing.

interesting... what does your skin look like under there? starting to stink yet?!? :confused:


peace.

[Golem]

Left face out but I hardly wear watches any more everything has a clock built in and the metal strap+alubook combo allways seemed pretty nasty. I have a couple I wear for Dress but thats it.

[scem0]

When I wore a watch I wore it on my left wrist facing outwards.

Sometimes it would slip around to face inwards, which I didn't care about, so sometimes it faced inwards.

scem0

[macka]

interesting... what does your skin look like under there? starting to stink yet?!? :confused:


peace.

NAw, no smell, it moves up and down my arm, not in one position the whole time. :)

I do have a nice tan mark though. Brown-white-brown. ;)

[jtkellertx]

I wear a Casio G-Shock Wave Ceptor/Tough Solar, its great.
It runs on solar energy (rechargable batt that charges via solar cell), recieves atomic time, along with the non-shock design, time memo (idk what it's for), and water resistant up to 200m.
Sounds expensive.....but it isn't.....$80 USD at a local Wal-Mart.
I've had it for almost a year.
Ohh...and the watch has never run out of stored energy.
This is my 5th watch....all Casio's...all used for about a year then abandoned...but this is gonna last me...all the others were like kid watches.

I wear it on my left wrist (even though I'm left handed) facing up on the outside.

[agreenster]

OH MY GOD

The rumor scene is slow

C'mon Apple, release something already so we can talk about something ELSE. Anything! Next thing you know we're going to be discussing who wears ankle socks.

[Applexilef]

pocket watch on my right pocket, or wristwatch on left wrist, sideways facing out (fits more tight this way).

[Doctor Q]

Good idea, agreenster! I don't wear ankle socks. I had Shredded Wheat for breakfast. I got one bill and one piece of junk mail (from a bank) in the mail. The weather was pleasant today. Traffic was heavy as I was driving home. My left elbow itches. Anything else worth discussing? :)

Don't watches seem much more interesting now?

[Awimoway]

Good idea, agreenster! I don't wear ankle socks. I had Shredded Wheat for breakfast. I got one bill and one piece of junk mail (from a bank) in the mail. The weather was pleasant today. Traffic was heavy as I was driving home. My left elbow itches. Anything else worth discussing? :)

Don't watches seem much more interesting now?

Post of the Day® Award. Redeemable at any Del Taco for free paper napkins. ;)


But to answer your question, no it doesn't make watches more interesting. "How was your day, in 6 sentences or less?" is even better.

I skinned my leg this morning. My cough medicine made me drowsy all afternoon. The weather is cooler today. Tonight's West Wing was one of the best I've ever seen. My leg hurts terribly. And I don't wear a watch--my wrists are too thick for most watches.


And I'm ready for some product releases to talk about. :(

[Nermal]

Yeah, I haven't taken my watch off since...November 2003. I wear it in the day, in the night, in the sleep, in the shower...it hasn't died on me yet. :D

I wear it on the right wrist, and it faces whichever way it wants to face depending on what I'm doing.

Left wrist, facing out. Had it since December 2002, never taken it off.

Edit: And I'm right handed, if you're wondering.

[The_Dood]

left wrist, facing out. i like wearing it a little loose so it hangs... not pushed up all the way.

[Savage Henry]

Watch: Left wrist, facing outwards

Sunglasses: Each arm placed either side of my head and balanced over my ears. The main arch central arch is supported by the bridge of my nose.

Underpants: The rule here I tend to adopt to help me each morning is that each leg should find it's way into it's own "cloth funnel", remembering that any "fly" hole in a mid-garment panel tends to be at the front. Attempting to insert both legs into one funnel is liable to cause all manner of distress the first time you visit the bathroom.

[Nermal]

How overly descriptive of you. Please tell me you haven't had both legs in the same "funnel" before :eek:

[Savage Henry]

How overly descriptive of you. Please tell me you haven't had both legs in the same "funnel" before :eek:

Not without noticing in time!

But 2 people wearing the same underpants at the same time never fails to be a fun way to meet people.


Back on track: I've looked a the two people next to me and they too are left wrist face up watch wearing people, just in case anyone here was keeping score.

[jazzmfk]

Skaagen (black or blue face, depending upon day/event) - left wrist, facing out.

Years spent at the front of a classroom have taught me many things - among them is the phenomena that if I take a look at my watch, at least 75% of the class will have to look at theirs. I tried wearing my watch facing in for a while (easier to look surrepticiously), but ruined a few faces. Now I just make sure there's a clock at the back of the room.

[gwuMACaddict]

left wrist, facing out

[wowser]

interesting thread...

I got a Duke from Nixon on the left arm, face out.

Richard Milhouse Nixon? :confused:

[Koodauw]

left wrist fossil titanium - usually facing out, but with the metal band, it rolls from out to in often, and I'm just used to it either way.


Would having it size adjusted help this? Although some people like having it slide around, I personally do not. Left wrist out. and I also feel naked with out it.

[wdlove]

I wear my watch on my left wrist 24/7. Would be lost without it on. It annoys me when the face moves off my outer wrist, dorsal side.

[Nermal]

Watch: Left wrist, facing outwards

Sunglasses: Each arm placed either side of my head and balanced over my ears. The main arch central arch is supported by the bridge of my nose.

Underpants: The rule here I tend to adopt to help me each morning is that each leg should find it's way into it's own "cloth funnel", remembering that any "fly" hole in a mid-garment panel tends to be at the front. Attempting to insert both legs into one funnel is liable to cause all manner of distress the first time you visit the bathroom.

Watch: Left wrist, facing outwards. Kept on 24/7 so I don't need to think about it in the mornings.

Shirt: Each arm through respective hole. Head through hole in top. Logo to front.

Jersey/Jumper/Hoodie/Sweater/Whatever you want to call it: As with shirt, one arm down each "tube", head through top, hood towards back.

Underwear: Let's not go there. :eek:

Pants: One leg down each tube. Zip to front.

Socks: One on each foot. Quite simple really :)

Shoes: "Left" shoe on left foot. "Right" shoe on right foot. They just slip on, no tying required (or possible).

Necklace Thingy (not sure what they're actually called, it's those 1 cm metal balls that are all joined together): Around neck. Like watch, it's kept on 24/7. Took a lot of strength to clip it on, apparently getting it off is even harder but I've never tried.


That's all. I'm more descriptive than you. :p

Edit: Forgot this one:

Belt: The end with the small metal tag (the "small" end) goes through the loops at top of pants, starting from the front, in an anti-clockwise direction (when looking down from above). When it's gone though all the loops, the front panel of the other end (the "big" end) is tilted up, the small end is inserted in the gap between the panels and pulled to desired tightness. The panel of the big end is then pressed down until it clips on.

That description is ridiculously long :rolleyes:

[oldschool]

I wear my watch on my neck. I have to look in a mirror to see the time.

[Nermal]

This is a serious thread, no need to be stupid (says the guy who just described everything he wears on a daily basis) :rolleyes:

[Panopticon]

Left hand, face up... usually.

Sometimes when I'm feeling vicarious - I wear it face down.

Seriously though. I usually wear it out... but sometimes find myself changing it to face in.

[kiwi_the_iwik]

Sorry, Nerm. I'll be serious, too...

:p


I wear mine on my right wrist, face up. Gets in the way of writing otherwise. Also, I find that time used to travel SO much more slowly at school, because the watchface used to catch my eye as I'd write, and it'd be kind of hypnotically SLOW to watch the second-hand "thud" away.

The answer? Well - THREE options, really.
1) Remove watch
2) Swap wrists
3) Place a piece of gaffer/duct tape over the face (<-- THIS REALLY WORKS!!!)

When I'd work as a Camera Assistant YEARS ago, I had a tyrant of a boss who used to be very demanding - and the shoots used to take an ETERNITY. The gaffer tape trick really kept my sanity, as previously I'd be glancing down at my watch every 2 1/2 minutes, and the day would feel like it took 4 years longer than it should have... Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!

[Nermal]

Sorry, Nerm. I'll be serious, too...

:p

I hereby declare that I have officially hijacked this thread :D

[Blackstealth]

Tissot chronograph. Left wrist, facing out

[bhertz]

left wrist, facing out. I do take it off if I am working on my computer do to the way I place my wrists.

[oldschool]

This is a serious thread, no need to be stupid (says the guy who just described everything he wears on a daily basis) :rolleyes:


since when was this a serious thread? and you're right, my comment was in response to your post...yours seemed a bit sarcastic so i thought i'd continue the "thread".

and i was being serious. Its a choker watch, and not only is it on my neck, the face of the watch is on the BACK of my neck. I have to use two mirrors to see the time. Luckily the numbers are all written in reverse so i have no trouble with that, but sometimes i get the direction of the second hand all confused, and when people ask about clockwise or counter-clockwise then i'm really in a bind.

[MrMacMan]

right handed.
right wrist...


I don't get the whole facing in/out...

Uhh when typing my watch faced up towards the celing... does that tell you wish way?

[macka]

right handed.
right wrist...


I don't get the whole facing in/out...

Uhh when typing my watch faced up towards the celing... does that tell you wish way?

That means its facing out. :)

[Nermal]

Quite simple really, isn't it? :)

[applemacdude]

I wear it on my left arm.

[neut]

I wear it on my left arm.

that's a little gross... i wear mine in my pants. is yours detachable? ;)

oh yeah, this is the watch thread... ummm, nevermind. :D


peace.

[bennetsaysargh]

i hate wristwatches. i have a 20 dollar pocket watch from target on a chain from hot topic. never will wear a wristwatch again. uncomfortable

[Dr. Zauis]

left wrist facing out

[MrMacMan]

That means its facing out. :)

Ah thanks. :p

[Nermal]

never will wear a wristwatch again. uncomfortable

Wear one for a couple of weeks, and you'll forget it's there. I found my current one uncomfortable when I first got it, but now I guess it would feel strange without it on (can't tell for certain, I've never taken it off).

[MOFS]

Left wrist, facing out. That's pretty normal, apparently. But I'm left-handed, so it's still a little weird.

I'm left-handed, and I always found it awkward with my watch on my left hand. Apparently, here in the UK, us lefties are supposed to put it on left hand inside - which is even worse than left wrist out! I just put it right wrist out (despite the fact that that's supposedly for women only, but wtf...) :D

[macka]

I'm left-handed, and I always found it awkward with my watch on my left hand. Apparently, here in the UK, us lefties are supposed to put it on left hand inside - which is even worse than left wrist out! I just put it right wrist out (despite the fact that that's supposedly for women only, but wtf...) :D

Ah...I would have thought that lefties (being one myself) wore their watches on the right hand, because understandably it gets in the way of writing.

Right wrist out = women only? :eek:
It must be a weirdo British thing....strange...*cough*...um...no we love our mother country. ;) :D

[wPod]

I'm left-handed, and I always found it awkward with my watch on my left hand. Apparently, here in the UK, us lefties are supposed to put it on left hand inside - which is even worse than left wrist out! I just put it right wrist out (despite the fact that that's supposedly for women only, but wtf...) :D

just for women? ive never heard that. im a left wrist outside guy myself and im right handed. it would be interesting to see which writing hand people are compared to how they wear the watch. when i was about 12 (yeah its been a while) i guessed which hand people were by looking at them. . . surprised a couple until i told them that if they wore their watch on their left hand people were likely right handed and if they wore it on their right wrist then they were left handed.

[MatMistake]

I used to have a standard wristwatch, minus strap, wich I kept in my back right trouser pocket (along with my keys. I'm the only person I know who ever keeps anything in their back pockets...), but then I got my ipod, and just use that to tell the time...

I really can't stand anything around my wrists....

[MOFS]

Ah...I would have thought that lefties (being one myself) wore their watches on the right hand, because understandably it gets in the way of writing.

Right wrist out = women only? :eek:
It must be a weirdo British thing....strange...*cough*...um...no we love our mother country. ;) :D


:p I think its traditionally linked to that button thing (men's and women's on the opposite sides) and various other thing like that...

Don't ask me, anyway, I just live there (born there, educated there etc)! ;)

[bennetsaysargh]

:p I think its traditionally linked to that button thing (men's and women's on the opposite sides) and various other thing like that...

Don't ask me, anyway, I just live there (born there, educated there etc)! ;)

when i wore a wristwatch, i kept it on my right hand, and im a righty. i dunno. im woerd.
gilgamesh!

[blackfox]

I wrap my watch around the base of where my strap meets the body of my shoulder bag...easy enough to access. If I don't have my bag w/ me (which is not often), I use my cell phone. I have a habit of looking at my watch too much on my wrist, which I dislike...

[Giaguara]

i cant stand watches.

i have a really small one. what makes watches annoying is my wrists. they are small so in most cases i have to look the infants watches.

ive got one that works. it has one tiny screw that must have nickel as my wrists get really itchy and red when i wear it.

so i don't wear it. it/s in my pocket, or backpack .. and i normally use the mobile to see what time is it. :(

[musicpyrite]

I'm too poor to afford a watch, I usually just draw a picture of a watch on my wrist. But somehow, the time is always wrong. Go figure :confused: :confused: :confused:

[Neserk]

I can't stand watches. I bought a clip watch and wear it on a lanyard-type necklace around my neck when I am at school. Other than that I rely on the clocks in my apartment or in the car.

[takao]

I'm too poor to afford a watch, I usually just draw a picture of a watch on my wrist. But somehow, the time is always wrong. Go figure :confused: :confused: :confused:

isn't it correct twice a day ? ;)

[wowser]

I'm too poor to afford a watch, I usually just draw a picture of a watch on my wrist. But somehow, the time is always wrong. Go figure :confused: :confused: :confused:

yeah, it would be right twice a day, but u can get watches for under 5 bucks. u can afford a mac, but not a watch

[musicpyrite]

yeah, it would be right twice a day, but u can get watches for under 5 bucks. u can afford a mac, but not a watch

Hahaha. I'm just joking, wear my watch(digital) on my right hand, dorsal side.