Phoenix84
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May 27, 2015 21:42:55 GMT -5
Post by Phoenix84 on May 27, 2015 21:42:55 GMT -5
Do you wear a wrist watch? If so, what is it and how much did it cost?
I wonder, with the advent of cell phones, is wearing a wrist watch becoming passé? I've been looking around lately, and I've seen a lot of people not wearing watches...
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May 27, 2015 21:46:23 GMT -5
Post by msventoux on May 27, 2015 21:46:23 GMT -5
I stopped wearing a watch years ago. I was either always in an area that had a wall clock somewhere, in my vehicle that has a clock, or had my phone handy. I bought a Fitbit that goes on the wrist like a watch at the beginning of the year. It shows the time if you press a button on it or tap the face of the display. I still hardly ever use it as a watch.
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May 27, 2015 21:49:52 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 21:49:52 GMT -5
I think watches are on their way out. I don't see them on the younger guys at work. Its all about the phone.
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May 27, 2015 21:50:52 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 21:50:52 GMT -5
Hey, do kids get taught how to read an analog clock anymore?
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May 27, 2015 21:58:35 GMT -5
Post by msventoux on May 27, 2015 21:58:35 GMT -5
Hey, do kids get taught how to read an analog clock anymore? Good question. If they're not, does being told to hold the wheel at 10 and 2 during driver's ed make any sense? (Just looked it up, I guess 9 and 3 is being taught now as the correct position.)
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May 27, 2015 22:10:01 GMT -5
Post by mroped on May 27, 2015 22:10:01 GMT -5
I do wear a watch. I have a flip phone that is mostly in my truck or on it so if I need to know the time...I just look at my watch! I wear a Timex Expedition, costs about $35-40, analog ofcourse, can't stand the others. I wear them out pretty fast because of my job so I gotta buy a new one every 2-3 years. Also I have a SEIKO 5 first generation kinetic that has been in a drawer for the last 18 years. I bought it in Osaka in 1992 and cost me about $75. I took it to a jeweler for a cleaning about 15 years ago and the man ofered me $1500 for it. I'm thinking is about time for another check on it, cleaning, oiling and resetting and I'll give it to my son. He already asked me about it a couple times.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on May 27, 2015 22:13:17 GMT -5
I wear a fitbit with a built in watch. I haven't worn a watch in about 6 months. When I did, it was usually a fossil. Not much more than $100.
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May 27, 2015 22:51:19 GMT -5
Post by MN-Investor on May 27, 2015 22:51:19 GMT -5
I'm 62 and feel lost without a watch.
I have my Timex Expedition ($35-40) which I wear at night because it has an indiglo button and I can see what time it is if I wake up at night.
During the day, or at least when I go out, I have a Citizen eco-drive watch (~$125). It's nice looking and is powered by light.
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May 27, 2015 23:11:09 GMT -5
Post by taz157 on May 27, 2015 23:11:09 GMT -5
I'm 35 and feel lost without a watch. My DD is 3.75 at times, she wants to wear her watch because mommy wears a watch. It's a digital watch that cost $6. Come to think of it, she hasn't worn it much lately. My DH bought me a nice Movado watch for Christmas one year once I started working in a corporate setting; however, I need to get the watch fixed so I'm currently wearing a $8 watch I bought at Walmart. When my DD is older, we'll teach her how to read an analog clock as she'll still need it for any analog clock she encounters anyway.
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Post by moneymaven on May 28, 2015 0:01:06 GMT -5
I wear watches and I kind of love having several. I have 4-5 that ranged in price from $25-200. Funny enough, my dad is the exact same way though his collection is much larger. He could not care less about any other accessory or clothing, but he loves his watches.
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May 28, 2015 0:44:49 GMT -5
Post by Apple on May 28, 2015 0:44:49 GMT -5
I wear a watch. Day-to-day watch is just an inexpensive Timex (because it's mostly non-conductive so I won't shock myself on accident, well, when I'm allowed to actually do my job anyway). I have a really pretty silver and blue Stuhrling skeleton watch (winds with motion), that was much more expensive. I also have one with a mercury dime as the face, and several from when I was in Jr High and High School (so Garfield, Donald Duck, The Lion King with braided leather strap, etc). I've been wearing a watch since I was in elementary school and feel like something is missing when I'm not wearing one.
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May 28, 2015 1:01:10 GMT -5
Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on May 28, 2015 1:01:10 GMT -5
I wear a watch all the time. I have a couple of dressy ones, a Mickey Mouse watch collection (10 or 12), a Seiko scuba diving watch, but mostly I just wear an inexpensive one for everyday - it's easy & cheap to replace.
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Phoenix84
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May 28, 2015 5:37:48 GMT -5
Post by Phoenix84 on May 28, 2015 5:37:48 GMT -5
Do you think that watches will become like wearing cell phone belt clips or suspenders?
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May 28, 2015 6:42:49 GMT -5
Post by Blonde Granny on May 28, 2015 6:42:49 GMT -5
My primary watch is a Rolex and I wear it frequently. I also have another 10-15 in the drawer, some needing batteries. I'm old school and like wearing a watch. I also see them as jewelry as most in the drawer are reds, blacks, whites in color.
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May 28, 2015 7:06:37 GMT -5
Post by milee on May 28, 2015 7:06:37 GMT -5
Do you think that watches will become like wearing cell phone belt clips or suspenders? Yes.
Within less than 5 years, the only people wearing a traditional watch will be older people and racing sailors. (To get accurate race start times, 99% of my racing sailor friends have big, ugly waterproof Timex watches. It's a bit of an "in" joke.) The younger population and the progressives of the older population will wear nothing (like they do now) or one of the wearable tech pieces that are coming on the market now like an Apple watch or Fitbit accessory.
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Post by TheHaitian on May 28, 2015 7:13:15 GMT -5
I haven't worn a watch in years ... Since pre college (I am 30) and I have about 4 in a drawer that were given to me as gifts.
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May 28, 2015 7:28:41 GMT -5
Post by Regis on May 28, 2015 7:28:41 GMT -5
I'm 51 and probably haven't worn a watch in the past five years.
All three of my children (20, 22 & 24) wear a watch from time to time but not on a consistent basis. They have nice watches so they wear them to more formal events.
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May 28, 2015 7:44:58 GMT -5
Post by teen persuasion on May 28, 2015 7:44:58 GMT -5
Do you think that watches will become like wearing cell phone belt clips or suspenders? Yes.
Within less than 5 years, the only people wearing a traditional watch will be older people and racing sailors. (To get accurate race start times, 99% of my racing sailor friends have big, ugly waterproof Timex watches. It's a bit of an "in" joke.) The younger population and the progressives of the older population will wear nothing (like they do now) or one of the wearable tech pieces that are coming on the market now like an Apple watch or Fitbit accessory.
My older boys both wear watches for recording their running times. They specifically wanted watches that could do splits, so they could get times for multiple sections of the courses, in practices. In races they have to remove their watches, or be DQed, so they rely on team members/coach to get them their times mid-race, for pacing.
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Post by Tennesseer on May 28, 2015 8:05:07 GMT -5
In a casual setting, checking your electronic device for the time is fine. But in a business setting such as a meeting or formal social setting, checking your electronic device mat be viewed as rude. You may be only checking the time, but someone leading the meeting and watching you look at your device, may think your phone and what ever you are looking at is more important than the meeting. The same would hold true at a social gathering.
With wearing a watch during such events, you can discreetly check the time.
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May 28, 2015 8:05:45 GMT -5
Post by teen persuasion on May 28, 2015 8:05:45 GMT -5
Just realized, DH began wearing a watch again when he became an EMT. He needs an analog watch on his arm to do BP and pulse. He wears it all the time, now, since he never knows when a call will come in and he'll need to respond, same way he keeps his turnout gear in his trunk.
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May 28, 2015 8:16:31 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 8:16:31 GMT -5
As a teacher, I live my life according to bells so I never really needed a watch. Then after the divorce I worked retail. This was late 1990s and early 2000s so people would constantly ask you what time it was. And for part of that time I sold . . . you guessed it . . . watches. So I have several, some of which were awards for sales contests.
Most of my students don't know how to really tell time. I have a large classroom clock right in front of them, but they still ask me what time it is or check their phone.
Unlike Milee, I don't think watches will completely go out of style for women. Many are mostly fashion accessories like bracelets. I can, however, picture a girl asking what time it is and admitting that she doesn't know how to read the watch she has on her arm.
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May 28, 2015 8:27:41 GMT -5
Post by steph08 on May 28, 2015 8:27:41 GMT -5
I'm 29 and I always wear a watch - the only time I don't is when I take a shower. I wear a nice Guess watch to work. I don't know how much it cost - my parents bought it for me. I'm guessing less than $100.
I wear a Timex at all other times. I wear it to bed - my eyesight is terrible and I can't read the alarm clock without squinting or leaning out of bed to get close to it.
I will say that DH and I almost never look at our phones for the time - even though we are on them a lot.
Seriously - if we are sitting on the couch at night playing on our phones and one of us asks what time it is - we either look to the big analog clock on the wall or the indoor/outdoor temperature gauge that also tells the time.
Runners will also still be wearing watches - at my half marathon on Monday, the vast majority still wear Garmin or other GPS watches to track their time/pace/distance. I saw very few using phone apps. But that might be a thing you do as you master longer distances. I bet a lot of 5k runners use phone apps, but as you get more seriously into running, you go for better equipment.
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May 28, 2015 8:30:53 GMT -5
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Post by Phoenix84 on May 28, 2015 8:30:53 GMT -5
How can someone not know how to tell time on analog clock? It's really easy.
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May 28, 2015 8:38:53 GMT -5
Post by teen persuasion on May 28, 2015 8:38:53 GMT -5
How can someone not know how to tell time on analog clock? It's really easy. First, you have to know which hand is hours, which is minutes. Then you have to guesstimate between the numbers on the clockface. My watch has no numbers, just lines. It is really easy to put it on upside down, totally confusing. My 10yo has learned to read my watch, when he wants to know the time in church, for example. But just the other day he asked me the time, and I responded "quarter to six". He wanted to know what that meant, and why I always said that. DH and I explained, but the concept is much more intuitive for analog than digital.
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May 28, 2015 8:40:04 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 8:40:04 GMT -5
I wear a Fitbit every day and that has the time on it.
I do have some cute Fossil watches that I never wear because of my Fitbit. Fossil should make a watch that counts your steps too.
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May 28, 2015 9:09:42 GMT -5
Post by The Captain on May 28, 2015 9:09:42 GMT -5
I'm in my upper 40's and feel naked if I leave the house without a watch.
For work I wear a Bulova. On the weekends or when working outside a nice waterproof timex or Fossil.
I've paid as little as $15 for one of my watches (actually a nicer one at a garage sale) and as much as $150.
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May 28, 2015 9:28:02 GMT -5
Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 28, 2015 9:28:02 GMT -5
I never not wear a watch, I feel naked without it. I even kept my watch on while hospitalized.
I have a Seiko I wear every day and an Omega dress watch (that needs a battery change). My Omega Constellation was my graduation gift to myself when I got my MS.
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May 28, 2015 9:49:54 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 28, 2015 9:49:54 GMT -5
My primary watch is a Rolex and I wear it frequently.
I wear my Rolex, period. I bought it used about 10 years ago and it cost $2,500. I did learn the hard way that "waterproof" does NOT mean you can wear it swimming almost daily every summer for 5 years without having it serviced; eventually the gaskets protecting the innards are weakened and the watch dies and repairs are expensive. So, now I don't wear it in a chlorinated pool.
After the Apple Watch came out, there was a cartoon (I think it was "Pearls Before Swine") in which one character explained to the other that the Apple watch was great because you could tell what time it was without having to get your phone out!
My older boys both wear watches for recording their running times. They specifically wanted watches that could do splits, so they could get times for multiple sections of the courses, in practices. In races they have to remove their watches, or be DQed, so they rely on team members/coach to get them their times mid-race, for pacing. Just out of curiosity- why would wearing a watch be a reason to disqualify someone? Seems like a strange rule, especially given the proliferation of heart rate monitor devices that you see worn at most athletic events.
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May 28, 2015 9:58:02 GMT -5
Post by Lizard Queen on May 28, 2015 9:58:02 GMT -5
In a casual setting, checking your electronic device for the time is fine. But in a business setting such as a meeting or formal social setting, checking your electronic device mat be viewed as rude. You may be only checking the time, but someone leading the meeting and watching you look at your device, may think your phone and what ever you are looking at is more important than the meeting. The same would hold true at a social gathering. With wearing a watch during such events, you can discreetly check the time. This. To answer the question, no, I do not wear a watch. I miss it terribly, but apparently not enough to take one the the several I own to a jeweler to get a new battery. I think you may need a special tool or something to get the cover open. Still, using my phone to check the time seems like a pain in the ass, and sometimes rude. ETA: Nothing too fancy--Timex indiglo/Fossil/other cheapies
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May 28, 2015 10:00:23 GMT -5
Post by CarolinaKat on May 28, 2015 10:00:23 GMT -5
I have several watches that are more like jewelry than a watch. I really enjoy those. However, I do not wear these everyday, as I wear minimal jewelry on work days.
DH can't wear a watch due to his profession.
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