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I always wear a watch. I've had good, not great, watches and have found some Timex to be more recoil proof than others. I do not want a date on the watch face since I won't take the time to change it at the end of every month not having 31 days.

I almost always have a cell phone, too, but just can't get accustomed to looking at it to tell time. I generally pay attention to the cell phone only when it rings.

An anecdote on metal bands, another childhood wristwatch lesson.

As a young man, leaning in over the engine I was tuning, resting my left hand somewhere in the vicinity of the exposed positive battery terminal I manged to touch the expansion bracelet to both the battery + and the inner fender sheet metal at the same time. There was a loud crack and a blinding flash of light. About 3 milliseconds later I ripped the red hot watch/band off my wrist and flung it the length of our driveway. Still have the hash mark scars.

Generally wear SS Citizen Eco Drive with a screw down back and a screw down crown. Out hunting, I usually switch to a Casio G Shock or an old G1090 watch..

My favourite is an old watch of my fathers.I like it because its slim , perhaps only an 1/8" thick, and in general very understated. Trouble is I doubt its been serviced in 60 years and a couple of local places took one look at the movement and declined to touch it...

Edited to add my fathers watch is a Bentima Star with a Swiss 21 jewel movement and a 9K gold case. A search on google turns up some similar models, but not this particular one..

I wore a watch every day when I worked.
Now that I am retired, the watch is in a drawer somewhere, don't care what time it is.

I carried a wrist watch in my pocket for a few years, hate wearing one. When I got my first cell phone the watch went away. I can't stand not having a pocket knife on me at all times. Victorinox Farmer.

Rolex Submariner since 1979, still going strong.

SC

Gladly concur Gentlemen, and I don't wear a gotdam button up shirt without the same on the collar and a pocket sewed on it.

Hate those damn elton john flappy ass shirt collars.

All true. A proper man also has a handkerchief/bandanna handy as well.

Mr. Bricktop-

Thanks for the note and pic of your new watch. I'll have to be careful if I get lucky enough to score on a deer this fall.

I've had the Hammy for about 4-5 months now and really like how its been working. This is my first experience with an automatic, but seems to keep reasonable time, only loosing a few seconds per day. If I get the watch bug any worse I might try to get a Seiko Diver and try to mod it into looking something like the O&W that JStuart has.

Air Force camo pattern for muzzle loader season?

I wear a watch every day. Tried citizen, seiko and a few others. They stop running in about 2 days. The only ones that keep running are timex. Been wearing the one i have now for about 8 years.

I prefer face down too, but its a bit tough to read when I need it in EMS situations plus it alerts the patient that you might be timing respiration, heart rate etc... and can give you a false reading.

Of course if not for ems, I'd be running the phone only like I used to.

Can still recall watches so loud in ticking I was sure the deer could hear them.

For me the only watch that I have been able to wear is a Seiko. A Timex will quit on me in less than a week. The cheaper Citizens I have tried are the same. I think it has something to do with your body chemistry and how electrically charged you are. I'm a pretty good water witch too if that has anything to do with it.

My favorite watch is a Seiko Titanium that I have been wearing 10 years now.

What's way worse IMO...more so and dangerous than a wrist watch is a WEDDING BAND!! Was working on an alternator at the rear of a Lycoming aircraft engine one day and apparently made contact with a hot wire and my wedding band got hung up and I thought I had fire coming out me Irish arse!!

No more wedding band was worn after that incident!! Also I know two guys that lost their fingers by having their wedding bands hang up on the bed of a PU when they jumped off!!

Always wear one, feel naked without one.

On my wrist for every sortie I ever flew, all my hunts, wedding, birth of my three children, basically every major and minor event in my less than ordinary life since 1981..

I always wear one but when it's hot it some times irritates me so I'm thinking of getting a pocket watch.

Safe to say you didn't like the Mr.T look?

I really liked mine and hope I can still recover it, but the Longines has been a good time piece, too.

One of these days I may get one of these: http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/collection/khaki/aviation/pilot-pioneer-auto-chrono/h76416135

Air Farce camo because there's a nearby Air Farce base, I can carry a lot of gear in the pockets, and it breaks up my outline.

Very, very, safe !

During the week at work I wear a wristwatch with a built in stopwatch which is used once in a while.
On the weekends I carry a pocket watch from my small collection.
Doc