Do you wear a wrist watch?

No because I don't like the feel of anything on my wrists. Never wore bracelets either, but I'm seriously thinking of getting one efore my next Dr apt for the reasons AZ JIM said!
 

When I worked in computer engineering, we weren't allowed to wear any rings, watches etc., so I became used to not wearing a watch. It's only recently I've started to wear a wrist watch again, but it's just a cheap Timex. I don't usually carry a mobile phone, and when I do, I keep it switched off.
 
I always wear a watch when I leave the house. I have a nice Seiko that I wear when we go anywhere special, and a basic Timex digital for just daily stuff. The Timex chimed the hour from the day I bought it, and the instructions that came with it were of no help. I finally found a short video on UTube that showed how to turn that off.
 

Yes but I have to put it in a drawer at night because it announces the time on the hour in a loud but
pleasant voice. It's EXTREMELY ACCURATE.
Blind people like this kind of watch. You can "Google" the different types. There are several.
 
Rosemarie said:
I recently bought a self-winding watch...no need for batteries. However, it only works while you're wearing it.
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Rosemarie, I hope you don't mind me asking this but could you tell me the brand name of your self-winding watch and where could I purchase one? I have so many watches that the batteries are dead. I hardly ever need a watch because I only wear them when I go out and that isn't very often. But, when I do go out, I like to have a watch that is working and I am tired of having to replace batteries. If I could find an old fashioned wind up watch that would be wonderful! If I'm asking too much, I do apologize.
 
I wear an analog watch as do two of my children (mine is self-winding). My husband and other child rely on their cell phones, which I find to be too bothersome.
 
I have only owned two wristwatches, a Bulova that my folks gave me in high school, and an early TI digital with red LEDs that I bought about 1975. I don't like something hanging on my wrist, so I have mostly carried a pocket watch. I've owned several of them. The first was a cheap dollar watch that was destroyed by an accidental dip in salt water. The one I carry now is digital, and cost 25 dollars about 10 years ago. It's super accurate. The original movement died a couple years ago and I replaced it for less than 10 bucks. I don't have a smart phone.

Don
 
Yes, I’m usually going somewhere, catching a bus or meeting someone, I couldn’t be bothered getting a phone out to check the time
 
Ruthanne said:
I wear one when the battery is working. So, it's been awhile..need to get a new battery.
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I wear the "Casio G-Shock Tough Solar." NO battery replacement. Charges itself with any light - sun or indoor lighting. It has a "storage battery" that may need to be replaced...after 30 years. It also never needs adjusting - gets a signal from the main clock in (I think) Colorado. "Atomic Clock."
 
Sometimes I wear a watch. I still work and I wear mine as much for fashion as I do to see the time. I bought it because I loved the way it looked, not because it was a good time piece.
 
Only when I leave the house....

I feel naked without it...but very rarely look at it.

I normally check the time in my car when I'm out and about.
 
AprilSun, my name isn't Rosemarie but I'll tell you what self-winding watch I had. It was a Kenneth Cole, a man's watch but looked very fashionable on either sex I think. My youngest son had several watches and I liked that one so much he gave it to me. Then I got tired of it running down because I didn't wear it around the house so I asked him if he cared if I gave it to his son, so that's who has it now. While trying to find a photo online I came across a watch winder! If I had known those existed I'd have probably kept it. The one I had looked like this except I think it was all silver looking not yellow. It was one of these and here is the winder too.images (3).jpgs-l300.jpgimages.jpgI keep trying to delete the 3rd watch, which is showing as an attachment. I don't want it on here so just ignore it.
 

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Linda said:
AprilSun, my name isn't Rosemarie but I'll tell you what self-winding watch I had. It was a Kenneth Cole, a man's watch but looked very fashionable on either sex I think. My youngest son had several watches and I liked that one so much he gave it to me. Then I got tired of it running down because I didn't wear it around the house so I asked him if he cared if I gave it to his son, so that's who has it now. While trying to find a photo online I came across a watch winder! If I had known those existed I'd have probably kept it. The one I had looked like this except I think it was all silver looking not yellow. It was one of these and here is the winder too.View attachment 66758View attachment 66760View attachment 66761I keep trying to delete the 3rd watch, which is showing as an attachment. I don't want it on here so just ignore it.
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Linda, your name doesn't have to be Rosemarie! I appreciate your response and anyone else who has information that will help me find a watch that doesn't require batteries. I will search for those kind of watches and see what I can find. Thank you so much!!!!
 
For many years after I didn’t need a watch for work, I just stopped wearing one altogether. After I had a cell phone, then I looked at that if there was not any kind of clock nearby, and I needed to know the time for some reason.
Then, my daughter got me an Apple Watch (and like CeeCee says) , once I got it , I never stopped wearing it.

The Apple Watch pretty much completely replaces my need for a watch, a phone, and a fitness tracker, as well as a health monitor.
It keeps track of my swimming, walking, and whatever other exercise that I do, plus my heart rate at all times (and I can even do a basic EKG with the Apple Watch ), it has cell connection, so I don’t need my cell phone for phone calls, text messages, or alerts, and my phone stays put away in my purse most of the time.

It probably has a zillion different looks, (some are moving ones, like flowers that open up as you watch them) including any picture from my photo stream, plus complications that display the information that I most want to see, and can be easily customized for any whim that I might have.
So, the Apple watch is not just one watch, it is several hundred watches, all in one. When you add different bands (which can be easily changed out), then you have even more variety.

I love that I can set the water lock and wear it swimming !
Even if I didn’t want to track my swimming for the fitness information, it is nice to know that the watch is totally waterproof when swimming.
Overall, there really is not ANY downside that I can see to the Apple Watch, and I love wearing it !
 
When I was working, yes, religiously. Since retiring, no. I now use my cell phone. After wearing one for so many years, I do admit missing it from time to time but finding one that appeals to me today is like finding a needle in a haystack. I still look from time to time but the styles don't change much and the current ones aren't very appealing to me. Don...
 
I have my grandfathers watch from the late 1800s. It is a pocket watch with a cover and roman numbers.
I also have my fathers pocket watch which I don't ever remember him not having.
I had a self winding watch many years ago. The metal expansion band irritated my wrist, so it got retired.
 

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