Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How many of you wear a wrist watch?

Been wearing my $30+ Timex Expedition for 25 years or so. Replaced the battery twice and the band once over the years.
Wear my Bulova Accutron that was my fathers when in a suit.

No, 'cause my boss wears one, and he's a stud.

Flave was right about you.

TMI

Nope, not her. Been using a pocket watch for 20-25 years. Before electronic ones came out, I would magnetize any wristwatch I wore.

I couldn't keep a wind up or self-wind wrist watch running no matter the cost or brand, so I stopped wearing them nearly 45 years ago. I apparently have some funky electrical stuff flowing through my body that stops them from working. I set off the alarms going through TSA security at the airport, too - not always, but often enough to not surprise me. I don't usually wear rings and such either. It wasn't until battery powered ww's got cheap that I could wear one. I always carried a pocket watch instead.

Just tossed a few in the garbage this week.
Obsolete technology.

Same here.

Dad bought a pawn shop watch for my grade school graduation gift. I still have it and wear it as often as any other - which isn't often. Found a Seiko dress watch in a parking lot mud puddle once. It needs a battery, but worked fine for years.

I recently bought a Stauer dashboard watch just to have something different as a conversation piece. Not a high-quality watch, but I think it's cool: http://www.stauer.com/item/stauer-1930-dashtronic-watch-17469/17469

The only time I wear one regularly these days is when I'm fishing. I tend to lose track of time on the water. Otherwise, I don't wear a watch or carry a cell phone. There are clocks everywhere.

Wear a watch everyday. A Mickey Mouse watch. I would feel undressed without one same as not wearing my wedding band.

Nope. I carry one with the band deliberately torn off as a pocket watch, but on my wrist, I haven't worn a watch since high school. (Back then we carried sun dials.)

Tom

Yup .... I use a digital watch for timing radiography work and other related inspection.

I can't wear one. No matter what material the case or band is made of the result is always the same.....they all make my arm ache all the way up to the shoulder in about 5 minutes. I go with a pocket watch when hunting but that's about it.

if you like the luminox's check out Traser watches. They make the tritium for most watches. Seems of lately they get better reviews than the luminox watches.

the one I wear.

But of course...

I just buy a new one every 5 or 6 years. Yeah, I'm a spendthrift.

Best,

GWB

Worked as a saw filer for 42 years, swinging a 2-1/2 lb. hammer both right and left handed. Couldn't stand to have a wrist watch bouncing back and fourth so I had pocket watches.

Sometimes I'd buy a casio and just cut the band off and carry it in my pocket.

Now that I'm retired it just dosen't matter what time it is. Have a hard time remembering what day it is....(grin!)

Virgil B.

I do, but not as much as I did.
Don

I have worn one everyday for the last 12 years, a Swiss Army Ladies watch, leather strap, silver face. It was a gift I received from someone dear to my heart. I wear the watch and a gold ring that was given to me also. I have jewellery I have been given over the years, but I don't really wear it, and I don't shop for it.

After I got hurt and moved to a canyon ranch in Central OR I quit wearing a watch. Just no need to know exactly what time it was. Then while driving truck and having to keep a log book I used the cell phone. Now I am retired and no longer have to know what day it is let alone what time.

That is a big change from the way I was. I use to be anal about time. When my Seiko Kinetic died I just put it away and never bought another watch.

I have worn a watch since I was a kid. Last 10-12 years its been Lumi-Nox. One for dress & a sports watch. Works for me.

I was doing security work for about 6 months checking construction workers building SCIF's & was amazed at how many times they asked for the time. Virtually none of them wore a wrist watch.