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user-inactivated  ·  3462 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do you wear a watch? Why?

I wear an incredibly cheap Casio, $10 from Walmart. It looks sort of like this, but with a cloth band and sans-serif type:

I wear it on my right hand, with the face directed inwards (doctor/nurse style).

Wearing an incredibly cheap watch is a hold over from the days of my first real job a long time ago: material handling. I found that I would break watches when going through palettes and shelves (the shelves were themselves built from repurposed palettes).

The facing-inwards bit comes from efficiency: it's faster for me to flick my wrist over than to turn my arm.

I plan on replacing that Casio with a Timex Weekender at some point in the future. I'm a very utilitarian person, and I don't need anything fancy with my watch. I like a simple face without any added crap: no date, no barometer, no altitude, none of that.

I own some fancier watches, both purchased and received after family deaths (grandpa watches are a wonderful thing, by the way). I wore them before I had that job, but it broke me of it. I also own a nice watch that has to be wound, with the exposed gears and all of that gimmicky stuff that I also love - but I'd never wear it because it's too much.

I don't make any fashion statements with my wardrobe, let alone my watch.

I find smart watches to be interesting, but I won't own one for a long time. I don't need my watch to do that stuff.