I don't wear a watch. I have some very nice watches, but I don't wear them. As a rule, I don't like things in my front pockets nor hanging off my wrists. Besides, when I started carrying a mobile phone I used that to tell time.

I don't like or wear jewelry (including wedding band) but did wear a watch my whole life up until maybe 10 years ago.

Wore a Seiko mid-size diver SKX013 with SS band for many years. Eventually got tired of the extra 4.32 ounces on my wrist and sleeves not going over it, so sold it on eBay.

Replaced it with a smaller lighter thinner Citizen eco-drive tank watch. The power cell went bad and Citizen replaced it free. I wore it a couple more years and finally sold it also.

No more watches for me. As others have said, it's pretty easy to find out what time it is nowadays. And, if no timepieces around, I can get close enough by the position of the sun.

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Originally posted by jaaron11:
I'm not a fancy feller. My "dress" watch is a Fossil. My watch most days is a good old Timex Ironman.

Same for me.

All the time! I feel naked without one and if I forget to wear one (rarely), it really bothers me as refer to it often.

Over the last several years I've acquired some pretty nice watches, many from forum members (thank you!). I'm probably now getting to the point, I'll sell a couple here.

I wear one everyday. I have a half-dozen or so that I wear in rotation, probably a week or so at a time, sometimes longer.

Thus far I've been able to curtail my lust for four-figure watches (helps to not visit WatchUSeek too often), though someday I do hope to let down my guard a little and pick up a Omega Planet Ocean. Until then my $300 - $500'ish Seikos -- and a couple Swiss watches that run a bit more but under a grand -- seem to be scratching the itch.

A TAG 2000 Automatic, every day since 1998.

I don't own a watch. Therefore I don't wear one. Way back when,like 35 years ago, I thought I should wear one. But then I realized it did nothing for me. So I put it on the dresser, never to look back. I have no idea where it is these days. So for all purposes, I don't own one. I don't see any disadvantage.

Pretty much before I retired, there was always someone to tell me I needed to be someplace. In all honesty, I missed some boring and worthless meetings. Unless the case is gold or platinum, they have no intrinsic value. Just a toy or bauble hanging on your wrist. They are a source of amusement for the value others place on them. They seem to be slaves to the gawd of time.

So what have I learned? I go to bed after the news and before the communist comedians come on. I get up when I wake up. I go to lunch and supper when I'm hungry, or when my wife tells me its time. Pretty easy.

always where a watch,

Omega Seamaster is my daily watch and my Omega Aqua Terra in silver is my true dress watch. It fits better with a buttoned sleeve. Love them both and they are Circa 15-18 years old. Which reminds me both are due for Dave Truong visit.

I feel naked without a watch. The iphone is for my convenience, not vice-versa. The phone stays in a phone sheath on my belt. I get it out only for calls or information.

I have had a Rolex date-just for almost 40 years old.It is a tough watch.never took it off whether in office, working on the car or doing some kind of manual stuff around the house. Banged around and beat up. Replaced a crystal and face. About 15 years ago I started rotating it with Hamilton Chrono then a Steinhart Marine windup and a Steinhart Nav B chrono. All mechanical. I have a generic electronic watch that I use if I’m going to do something really nasty like use morter, cut trees, stack stones etc. I take better care of the other watches now and try avoid subjecting them to impacts, scratching etc. The Rolex continues to keep good time despite being almost 40 yrs old. I rotate them as appropriate to my needs.

Every day, and I will never be without one. I regard my watch as a tool, as handy having on my wrist as my Swiss Army knife is in my pocket. I have had one of each on my person since I was about ten years old and have found many uses for them both. I'd feel naked without either.

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Originally posted by HRK:
With the advent of the smart phone you have a digital clock very accurate in your hand all the time, pretty much relegated the watch to a fashion piece for me.

I wear my iWatch during the week for casual wear, and have a nice Rolex for dress, couple of tweeners like a Luminox Black out for when I'm into that.

Otherwise no watch generally

That's analogous to men wearing pocket watches prior to WWI. WWI brought about the wristwatch, where soldiers could quickly look at their wrist rather than dig in their pocket to pull out a watch. Using a cell phone to tell time is a step back, IMO.

I wear an Omega Seamaster that I've had going on 15 years and I wear it while sleeping. I've never seen a watch that glows as brightly in the dark as this one, which is definitely nice when your near vision is shot. Last I checked a couple of weeks ago it was running +.42 over 60 days after I had it serviced. The other watch I wear is a Casio G-Shock for times where my watch is subject to abuse.

Casio Titanium Pathfinder. Solar powered and set by the atomic clocks.

Going on 10 years now.

I always wear a watch. I never go anywhere with out one. I even sleep with one on.
In my rotation right now I am wearing a Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Chronograph.
My other is a Breitling Avenger II Seawolf.
Both are mechanical automatic.

Armourlite. Every day. Back up Casio Solar G-Shock. Bulova chronometer for dress.

My daily wear is a Tissot PR100 Quartz, I bought at a close out price of $135 OTD. My "knock around" watch is a 35 year old Seiko Digital Quartz Chronograph, A904. Can't kill it, just feed it a battery every 4-5 years.

For Social wear, I rotate among Omega Seamaster Master Co-axial, Tag Carrera caliber 1887, A beautiful tank design 1932 Elgin handwind, a 40 year old gold plated Michel Heiberlin handwind which only looks expensive and lately, a Luminox P-38.

Always. I feel naked without one. Funny thing is that when I go to check the time, I usually pull my phone out of my pocket. I fully admit that the watch is a habitual affectation that has more to do with jewelry than utility at this point with some exceptions.

My usual rotation includes:
A Christopher Ward Trident that is my usual every day watch.
A Manchester Watch Works trench watch that I wear to work when I want something different than my usual.
A Seiko Monster that I wear when I'm going somewhere that might involve rough and tumble activities that might damage my "nicer" watches.
A Bullova Moonwatch that I recently got to delay my "need" for a Speedmaster Professional... (It's actually a pretty neat watch on its own...for a quartz)
A Momentum Torpedo that I wear on motorcycle road trips. It's the very definition of a beater. It's tough enough to take abuse and cheap enough that I won't cry if something bad happens to it.


But I WILL have that Speedmaster some day...

Daily beater is a Timex at work and a Citizen on the weekend. Orients, Omegas, and the vintage deco pieces come out when I'm feeling fancy.

Omega Seamaster PO. Black with leather/rubber band. Every day, but I take it off at home.

One of four I rotate them...Citizen Professional Diver, Suunto Core Black, tan Casio G-shock, or a Citizen Nighthawk. Although as my eyes having been aging the Nighthawk will at some point have to go.

Only while diving (which is not as often now as I’d like). Nice eco drive citizen my mother gave me as a present

Other than that, I can’t recall the last time my wrist felt a watch