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Title: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Smashie on October 19, 2016, 02:26:21 PM
A remarkably common question, even more common when the watch being worn is an expensive mechanical watch.

Here's an article from the Guardian that may shed some light on it

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/19/luxury-watch-industry-survive-digital-age
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: dks on October 19, 2016, 02:54:25 PM
Birds like it...
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: AimlessWanderer on October 19, 2016, 03:11:27 PM
For me, it's a kind of honest simplicity. A watch should be a watch, a knife should be a knife, a hat should be a hat.

If I want to cut something, I don't want to take my multitool, open it up, select the right tool, close it, use it, and then go through the process in reverse - I just reach for my knife. Likewise, if I want to know the time, I don't want to reach for my phone, open the case, and press the button to turn the screensaver off, when I can get the same result by just turning my wrist 90 degrees. (that said, I have been wearing a half hunter a lot more lately)

Personally, I don't really "get" the jewellery aspect. I seldom notice other people's watches, and don't care that much whether they notice mine. It's there for my enjoyment, and there to serve a function, and while I'll choose something reasonably presentable, I buy cheap. I'm of a similar nature with the accuracy too. Near enough is near enough, just as I like my knives to be sharp enough rather than chasing finely honed mirror finish precision.

A watch just feels like the right tool for the job, even if it doesn't do it any better than the phone. However I don't much care about the calibre of that tool, just that it tells me what I need to know  :)
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Smashie on October 19, 2016, 03:20:10 PM
For me, it's a kind of honest simplicity. A watch should be a watch, a knife should be a knife, a hat should be a hat.

If I want to cut something, I don't want to take my multitool, open it up, select the right tool, close it, use it, and then go through the process in reverse - I just reach for my knife. Likewise, if I want to know the time, I don't want to reach for my phone, open the case, and press the button to turn the screensaver off, when I can get the same result by just turning my wrist 90 degrees. (that said, I have been wearing a half hunter a lot more lately)

Personally, I don't really "get" the jewellery aspect. I seldom notice other people's watches, and don't care that much whether they notice mine. It's there for my enjoyment, and there to serve a function, and while I'll choose something reasonably presentable, I buy cheap. I'm of a similar nature with the accuracy too. Near enough is near enough, just as I like my knives to be sharp enough rather than chasing finely honed mirror finish precision.

A watch just feels like the right tool for the job, even if it doesn't do it any better than the phone. However I don't much care about the calibre of that tool, just that it tells me what I need to know  :)

I agree, I don't wear any of my watches for the sake of jewellery either, I only have one piece of jewellery and that was given to me by my grandmother.

I wear them because I like well made items items that will last, I get my own satisfaction out of wearing them. Most people don't notice.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: AimlessWanderer on October 19, 2016, 03:36:41 PM
Mine aren't generally well made, and don't tend to last  :rofl: I'm usually quit happy if I get 3 to 5 years out of the POS watches I buy  :D

I have one nice watch, which I do actually consider jewellery, a gold plated mechanical Rotary pocket watch. That has probably had less than 2 weeks total use, and only comes out on formal occasions. Everything else is cheap. I think it comes from breaking too many watches as a kid.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Mechanickal on October 19, 2016, 08:27:11 PM
Reading the time from a watch is not considered rude during a formal ocasion.
Try doing so on a phone...

Watches (mine atleast) are a piece of art.
Handmade with the highest precision.

They remind me of older times, before all the tech was available.

They make me respect our ancestors and what they were able to achieve in times without power.

The analog watches can be used as a compass (your phone too untill your battery is dead)

They can be the finishing touch on an outfit.

They make you look more sophisticated.

Leave your knife/multitool at home... you will make it through the day. So it's not a MUST have. Why do you carry it?
Because you like it, it's convenient and you feel incomplete without it.

A watch = the same for an enthousiast.

Do I need to continue?

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Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: magentus on October 19, 2016, 09:03:58 PM
A watch is way more portable than a phone, and can be waterproof. Phones can run out of power in a day. I hate my phone (except for taking pictures with) but I love my watch (Citizen Eco Drive).

I can go out for a quiet walk and no one tries to contact me on my watch.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Smashie on October 19, 2016, 09:08:29 PM
I think you both have nailed it  :salute:
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Aloha on October 19, 2016, 09:42:43 PM
Very good responses  :like:

I wont stop wearing a watch since for my its goes unnoticed till I require the time.  My phone is good at doing many tasks but I have to be mindful of battery life.  My solar GShocks are invincible ( ok thats a stretch ) but I've not had to change a battery in a good long while.  I use alarms on my watch and my phone but when I put my phone into my pocket ( cargo ) I don't always hear it.  My watch unlike my phone is not cumbersome.  I have hands free usage of my watch which is a terrific convenience vs my phone.  I works around water so it's not always "easy" to check the time with my phone.

I cannot always just take out my phone to check time.  I'm lazy I guess and other times my hands are busy or dirty or otherwise not in suitable to hold my phone. 

 
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 20, 2016, 12:52:23 AM
My watch is an extension of my phone.  I highly suggest everyone avoid smart watches like the plague, as after you have worn one for a while you may not be able to go back to a regular watch!   :ahhh

When my first Pebble broke, I can't honestly tell you how often I looked at my ZA1 or my Seiko Orange Monster or one of my G Shocks to see who was texting me only to realize that I didn't have a smart watch on.   :facepalm:

But in the end, I like my watches, even the plain old dive watches, automatics and quartzes.  They are watches, and if I only did the things I needed to do then I wouldn't have a Jeep when a Kia Rio hatchback would do me for most of what I do and a lot cheaper.  I wouldn't have much of the clothing I have, instead I'd just have a functional burlap jumpsuit.  I wouldn't have the SAKs, the multitools, the tablet or some of the other extravagances I have in life and personalize my world to make it pleasant for me.

And I probably wouldn't have my giant dog, although she does serve a purpose too, even though admittedly most of her job is making sure the couch doesn't float away.  I'm not sure that would be worth the excessive food bill. 

In short, I wear a watch because I bloody well want to, and it makes me happy.  I'd survive without a watch, the same way Zoidberg would survive with just a generic Planet Express discount health coverage replacement shell.

(http://www.hwdyk.com/q/images/futurama_s03e01_07.jpg)

But survival is one thing, and living is another.

Def
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: NKlamerus on October 20, 2016, 02:53:19 AM
I don't think any of us fall into that Clique of people.

We all have nice watches to wear on town on special occasions but I would guess everyone here is value over fashion. Utilitarian always takes precedence....

Me personally? I don't always have a phone on my. Since ridding social media I may be the only student in class who doesn't have their phone out every second. I also can't carry my phone on my at work, or while fishing, or at the gym. More often than not if I'm not home my truck gets more use of my phone than I do.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: jerseydevil on October 20, 2016, 03:51:52 AM
For me, it's a kind of honest simplicity. A watch should be a watch, a knife should be a knife, a hat should be a hat.

If I want to cut something, I don't want to take my multitool, open it up, select the right tool, close it, use it, and then go through the process in reverse - I just reach for my knife. Likewise, if I want to know the time, I don't want to reach for my phone, open the case, and press the button to turn the screensaver off, when I can get the same result by just turning my wrist 90 degrees. (that said, I have been wearing a half hunter a lot more lately)

Personally, I don't really "get" the jewellery aspect. I seldom notice other people's watches, and don't care that much whether they notice mine. It's there for my enjoyment, and there to serve a function, and while I'll choose something reasonably presentable, I buy cheap. I'm of a similar nature with the accuracy too. Near enough is near enough, just as I like my knives to be sharp enough rather than chasing finely honed mirror finish precision.

A watch just feels like the right tool for the job, even if it doesn't do it any better than the phone. However I don't much care about the calibre of that tool, just that it tells me what I need to know  :)

I agree, I don't wear any of my watches for the sake of jewellery either, I only have one piece of jewellery and that was given to me by my grandmother.

I wear them because I like well made items items that will last, I get my own satisfaction out of wearing them. Most people don't notice.

Oh God, now I'm agreeing with both Al AND Mark! :facepalm: What have I become? :ahhh
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Chako on October 20, 2016, 11:57:13 AM
I am mostly utilitarian as well. I have a ton of jewelry that my parents gave me and/or inherited. My father was big into gold. I myself can't stand wearing any of it. I do like a good quality watch though. As for using cell phones, I tossed mine away, and after the daily struggle with students, my thoughts on cell phones have taken a negative dip since then.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: PTRSAK on October 20, 2016, 12:47:36 PM
For me, it's a kind of honest simplicity. A watch should be a watch, a knife should be a knife, a hat should be a hat.

If I want to cut something, I don't want to take my multitool, open it up, select the right tool, close it, use it, and then go through the process in reverse - I just reach for my knife. Likewise, if I want to know the time, I don't want to reach for my phone, open the case, and press the button to turn the screensaver off, when I can get the same result by just turning my wrist 90 degrees. (that said, I have been wearing a half hunter a lot more lately)

Personally, I don't really "get" the jewellery aspect. I seldom notice other people's watches, and don't care that much whether they notice mine. It's there for my enjoyment, and there to serve a function, and while I'll choose something reasonably presentable, I buy cheap. I'm of a similar nature with the accuracy too. Near enough is near enough, just as I like my knives to be sharp enough rather than chasing finely honed mirror finish precision.

A watch just feels like the right tool for the job, even if it doesn't do it any better than the phone. However I don't much care about the calibre of that tool, just that it tells me what I need to know  :)

I agree, I don't wear any of my watches for the sake of jewellery either, I only have one piece of jewellery and that was given to me by my grandmother.

I wear them because I like well made items items that will last, I get my own satisfaction out of wearing them. Most people don't notice.

Oh God, now I'm agreeing with both Al AND Mark! :facepalm: What have I become? :ahhh

Slippery the slope is...
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Ron Who on October 21, 2016, 10:09:35 PM
My cellphone stays at home more often than not. It's just a replacement for the old Bell of 50 years ago. Consequently, I'm always wearing a watch.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: kaput on October 21, 2016, 10:17:53 PM
I am mostly utilitarian as well. I have a ton of jewelry that my parents gave me and/or inherited. My father was big into gold. I myself can't stand wearing any of it. I do like a good quality watch though. As for using cell phones, I tossed mine away, and after the daily struggle with students, my thoughts on cell phones have taken a negative dip since then.
Whoa. So let us get this straight. You have NO cell phone?!

I applaud you my friend.  :salute:
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Tomcat_81 on October 21, 2016, 11:31:37 PM
I simply hate my mobile phone. Not the manufactuter or the model, but the idea, be it useful as it may.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Mechanickal on October 22, 2016, 06:59:48 AM
I simply hate my mobile phone. Not the manufactuter or the model, but the idea, be it useful as it may.
My dad has the same thoughts.
if he goes out, he WANTS to be unreachable.
So he only uses the landline at home.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 22, 2016, 02:44:48 PM
My father felt that way too.

Then one day he was out walking his dog on the trail they always walk on, a trail he has been on literally thousands of times, the trail they walked every morning and he fell and broke his leg.

If he hadn't had his phone, which he only carried to placate my mother, he would have had to drag himself a lot further than he did to get help.

Get and carry your phones people.  You don't have to be tied to them like many people are, but they can be the difference between getting help when you need it and having to saw your arm off and walk back to civilization.

Def
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Mechanickal on October 22, 2016, 04:01:52 PM
My father felt that way too.

Then one day he was out walking his dog on the trail they always walk on, a trail he has been on literally thousands of times, the trail they walked every morning and he fell and broke his leg.

If he hadn't had his phone, which he only carried to placate my mother, he would have had to drag himself a lot further than he did to get help.

Get and carry your phones people.  You don't have to be tied to them like many people are, but they can be the difference between getting help when you need it and having to saw your arm off and walk back to civilization.

Def
Unless your arm is stuck between a rock and the crevasse wall, so there is no signal...

Good point though.
have to admit my dad grabs my mom's phone when he's out on his own. Even though he doesn't know texting options.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Sea Monster on October 22, 2016, 04:04:53 PM
So far, a watch has proved slightly more reliable than a phone under water, and is less likely to slip and sink to the briny depths  ::)



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Get and carry your phones people.  You don't have to be tied to them like many people are, but they can be the difference between getting help when you need it and having to saw your arm off and walk back to civilization.


Don't tell me how to live  :P
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Mechanickal on October 22, 2016, 04:13:18 PM


So far, a watch has proved slightly more reliable than a phone under water, and is less likely to slip and sink to the briny depths  ::)



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Get and carry your phones people.  You don't have to be tied to them like many people are, but they can be the difference between getting help when you need it and having to saw your arm off and walk back to civilization.


Don't tell me how to live 

Best of both worlds:

(http://www.breitling.com/bundles/breitlingemergency/img/models/asset-version-2efe44be7c-1.png)

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Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 22, 2016, 04:23:01 PM
So far, a watch has proved slightly more reliable than a phone under water, and is less likely to slip and sink to the briny depths  ::)



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Get and carry your phones people.  You don't have to be tied to them like many people are, but they can be the difference between getting help when you need it and having to saw your arm off and walk back to civilization.


Don't tell me how to live  :P

Or in a worst case scenario, how to not live because you can't call for help?  :P

Def
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: ToolJoe on October 22, 2016, 04:54:58 PM
I like the feeling of wearing a watch and it just works for me. Easier to flick the wrist and look at it then trying to pry my phone out of my pocket.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: valvestem125 on October 22, 2016, 08:03:47 PM
I wear a watch because I wore them before I had a cell phone.  And I like looking at my watches.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Tomcat_81 on October 22, 2016, 10:03:38 PM
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Get and carry your phones people.  You don't have to be tied to them like many people are, but they can be the difference between getting help when you need it and having to saw your arm off and walk back to civilization.

Sorry boss, but that's missing my point here - I do have and carry my little s*t, and of course have it with me whenever outdoors, but rarely in a mode or mood so I could use it as a watch.

It' just like an emergency beacon or mobile phonebox, and neither are apting watches ;-)

Tomcat

(Btw - at the moment, more people seem to die because of their phones than are rescued by them. So get and carry your phones, but NOT in your hand ;-) )


Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: microbe on October 22, 2016, 11:35:00 PM
my watch still works when my phone's battery dies.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 23, 2016, 01:52:21 AM
Yours too huh?

Def
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: kaput on October 23, 2016, 02:04:44 AM
my watch still works when my phone's battery dies.
But does your phone still work when your watch battery dies?  :think:

 :facepalm:
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: jerseydevil on October 23, 2016, 03:04:17 AM
my watch still works when my phone's battery dies.
But does your phone still work when your watch battery dies?  :think:

 :facepalm:

There's a way around that - wear an automatic. ;)
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Sea Monster on October 23, 2016, 07:50:54 AM
Quote from: Def
Or in a worst case scenario, how to not live because you can't call for help?
Quote
Heard about the guy who fell off a 10 storey building? On his way past each floor, the people could hear him saying "So far so good".
So far so good  :D
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: ryan1835 on October 23, 2016, 06:04:59 PM
i find it easier and more natural to look at my wrist and i love watches!
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Mechanickal on October 23, 2016, 06:23:23 PM
i find it easier and more natural to look at my wrist and i love watches!
:imws:
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Fast Bill on October 24, 2016, 10:22:11 PM
i find it easier and more natural to look at my wrist and i love watches!
:imws:
And there are so many versatile watches to choose from. Another great tool  :tu:
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: alexTOOL on October 25, 2016, 12:38:28 AM
Reading the time from a watch is not considered rude during a formal ocasion.  ??? ??? ???
Try doing so on a phone...

Watches (mine atleast) are a piece of art.
Handmade with the highest precision.

They remind me of older times, before all the tech was available.

They make me respect our ancestors and what they were able to achieve in times without power.

The analog watches can be used as a compass (your phone too untill your battery is dead)

They can be the finishing touch on an outfit.

They make you look more sophisticated.

Leave your knife/multitool at home... you will make it through the day. So it's not a MUST have. Why do you carry it?
Because you like it, it's convenient and you feel incomplete without it.

A watch = the same for an enthousiast.

Do I need to continue?

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Is as rude, because it means you want leave...
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: alexTOOL on October 25, 2016, 12:38:53 AM
Reading the time from a watch is not considered rude during a formal ocasion.  ??? ??? ???
Try doing so on a phone...

Watches (mine atleast) are a piece of art.
Handmade with the highest precision.

They remind me of older times, before all the tech was available.

They make me respect our ancestors and what they were able to achieve in times without power.

The analog watches can be used as a compass (your phone too untill your battery is dead)

They can be the finishing touch on an outfit.

They make you look more sophisticated.

Leave your knife/multitool at home... you will make it through the day. So it's not a MUST have. Why do you carry it?
Because you like it, it's convenient and you feel incomplete without it.

A watch = the same for an enthousiast.

Do I need to continue?

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it is rude too, because it means you want leave...
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: AimlessWanderer on October 25, 2016, 01:41:58 AM
^^^^ This!

Black tie today is considered formal, but formal used to be white tie, and black tie was actually dressing down. Despite this it was considered rude to even wear a wrist watch, as this meant that you were more concerned with your own schedule than that of your host. A pocket watch was considered acceptable worn as an accessory, but again considered rude to look at the time in the presence of others.

How many here can actually tie a bow tie? I can  :D

However, looking at your phone is definitely worse. Observers don't know if you're checking how long you've got left till the bar shuts or till your last train/bus leaves, or whether you're bored out of your mind and checking your social media accounts for something to pass the time.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: kaput on October 25, 2016, 02:53:08 AM
Sometimes having a watch to look at when you need an excuse to get out of a situation is extremely valuable. Let's not underestimate that aspect of a wrist watch too!

We all know "those people"... oh, well would you look at the time  :D
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Mechanickal on October 26, 2016, 09:46:00 PM
Reading the time from a watch is not considered rude during a formal ocasion.  ??? ??? ???
Try doing so on a phone...

Watches (mine atleast) are a piece of art.
Handmade with the highest precision.

They remind me of older times, before all the tech was available.

They make me respect our ancestors and what they were able to achieve in times without power.

The analog watches can be used as a compass (your phone too untill your battery is dead)

They can be the finishing touch on an outfit.

They make you look more sophisticated.

Leave your knife/multitool at home... you will make it through the day. So it's not a MUST have. Why do you carry it?
Because you like it, it's convenient and you feel incomplete without it.

A watch = the same for an enthousiast.

Do I need to continue?

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Is as rude, because it means you want leave...
Even if it's just as rude, it can be done way more discrete with a wrissmurfch then with a phone.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Fortytwo on October 31, 2016, 03:32:53 PM
^^^^ This!

Black tie today is considered formal, but formal used to be white tie, and black tie was actually dressing down. Despite this it was considered rude to even wear a wrist watch, as this meant that you were more concerned with your own schedule than that of your host. A pocket watch was considered acceptable worn as an accessory, but again considered rude to look at the time in the presence of others.

How many here can actually tie a bow tie? I can  :D

However, looking at your phone is definitely worse. Observers don't know if you're checking how long you've got left till the bar shuts or till your last train/bus leaves, or whether you're bored out of your mind and checking your social media accounts for something to pass the time.

+1, of course it's rude to check your watch, but it's much worse to check the time on your phone (not to mention less inconspicuous).
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Smashie on October 31, 2016, 08:57:09 PM
^^^^ This!

Black tie today is considered formal, but formal used to be white tie, and black tie was actually dressing down. Despite this it was considered rude to even wear a wrist watch, as this meant that you were more concerned with your own schedule than that of your host. A pocket watch was considered acceptable worn as an accessory, but again considered rude to look at the time in the presence of others.

How many here can actually tie a bow tie? I can  :D

However, looking at your phone is definitely worse. Observers don't know if you're checking how long you've got left till the bar shuts or till your last train/bus leaves, or whether you're bored out of your mind and checking your social media accounts for something to pass the time.

+1, of course it's rude to check your watch, but it's much worse to check the time on your phone (not to mention less inconspicuous).

I've always been a complete Git (smurfhead) when it comes to this;

1. No laptops in a meeting unless you are giving a presentation. If I needed information from you for the meeting you better have provided me with it before hand!
2. No phones, unless you have told me before hand there is a good reason for you to have it on you (family emergencies etc). Phones stay in the ante room. There is a another reason for this as well.

Looking at your watch is fine (as long as it's not a smart watch). The universal law of meetings is that more than 2 people are involved it WILL overrun!
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: thatotherguy on November 06, 2016, 08:01:42 PM
I wear a watch because there are times when I can't or won't look at my phone for whatever reason, times when I can wear a watch without issue in conditions that would kill my phone (for example, in a swimming pool), and because I like them. They make me smile.

I've also worn a watch longer than I've owned a cell phone, so it's also a bit of a holdover from those pre-phone days.

I'm resisting smarsmurfches. I'm happy for the people that like them- good for them- but I prefer my watch to just be a watch. I hardly ever use even the extra functions on a digital watch, and I wouldn't like having to charge my watch nightly to keep it going. I can deal with a handwind movement, but even then I eventually go back to a quartz or an automatic so I don't have to worry about it.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Syph007 on November 06, 2016, 08:40:11 PM
I haven't worn one for 20 years but i am interested in getting a pocket watch.  Just because I think they are cool.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Mechanickal on November 06, 2016, 09:45:20 PM


I'm resisting smarsmurfches.

:rofl:

Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: ironraven on November 07, 2016, 04:21:19 AM
1, I can wear my watch in the shower, the pool, the hot tub. My phone is rightly scared of all of the above.

2, I sometimes go to places and do things were if you have your phone, it MUST be turned off. My watch doesn't care.

3, My phone doesn't want to be exposed to sub-zero weather. At all. My hands can't take as much of it as my watch can, but both can hold out longer than my phone.

4. If my watch breaks, I'll be annoyed. If my phone breaks, I'd probably cry. I am ashamed to admit that, and feel that I should be made to stand in the corner with a pointy hat on.

5. Real men can read a clock. A watch with HANDS. Not a digital, but a real smurfing clock face. Not only do I wear a watch, it has no LCD in it. The clock in my phone has the clock face selected. Why? Because I can read that faster than I can the numbers of a digital display. Reading a watch face is a skill, just like tieing your shoes or wiping your bum.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: magentus on November 07, 2016, 12:57:52 PM
^^^^ This!

Black tie today is considered formal, but formal used to be white tie, and black tie was actually dressing down. Despite this it was considered rude to even wear a wrist watch, as this meant that you were more concerned with your own schedule than that of your host. A pocket watch was considered acceptable worn as an accessory, but again considered rude to look at the time in the presence of others.

How many here can actually tie a bow tie? I can  :D

However, looking at your phone is definitely worse. Observers don't know if you're checking how long you've got left till the bar shuts or till your last train/bus leaves, or whether you're bored out of your mind and checking your social media accounts for something to pass the time.

+1, of course it's rude to check your watch, but it's much worse to check the time on your phone (not to mention less inconspicuous).

I've always been a complete Git (smurfhead) when it comes to this;

1. No laptops in a meeting unless you are giving a presentation. If I needed information from you for the meeting you better have provided me with it before hand!
2. No phones, unless you have told me before hand there is a good reason for you to have it on you (family emergencies etc). Phones stay in the ante room. There is a another reason for this as well.

Looking at your watch is fine (as long as it's not a smart watch). The universal law of meetings is that more than 2 people are involved it WILL overrun!

I think I know what the other reason is.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Kev D on November 07, 2016, 03:52:22 PM
To tell the time in the many many many  :facepalm: meetings I go to at work. Checking the time on a phone is seen as playing on your phone in a meeting and ends up with a bollocking off the boss. Wearing a watch saves on the tediousness of explaining yet again I was just checking the time, and no I'm not bored, and yes I was paying attention, and no I don't want that action for not paying attention.... you get the idea

Plus g-shocks rock and I love all the functions on it so sit and play with them in said meetings  :D  I think trying to get the stopwatch to stop dead on a second with 00 tenths and hundredths (spelling  :think:) is the most boredom averting one
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Alan K. on November 18, 2016, 01:37:59 AM
Children look at their phones.  Adults have a watch.  It is part of being properly dressed.  If you wear a suit to an interview/meeting, but you're looking at your phone for the time (instead of having had the courtesy of turning the phone off during the interview/meeting) I'm going to think you're immature and that I don't have your full attention.  I know full well that in this frenetic, modern world we live in it is almost impossible to ever have someone's full attention anymore, but we can at least pretend can't we?

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2016/09/28/mans-guide-wrissmurfches-history-wear-one/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/watches-worth-wearing_n_4675182.html

You will have to copy and paste the link to the Article above from the Art of Manliness website yourself so you can change wrissmurfches back to the proper word, otherwise you'll never find it due to the nannyware.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Don Pablo on November 18, 2016, 09:54:53 AM
I can use my watch for other things than time, like the alarm. More convenient than my phone.  :D
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: docfossil on December 30, 2016, 02:38:30 AM
Far more easy to take someones pulse using one hand and a watch than using a cell phone.

Also, quicker to check the time by looking at ones watch than always pulling out a phone.

That said my EDC is my Vic Ranger, Sinn 103 chronograph, Fisher Space Pen, and cell phone.
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 31, 2016, 08:27:38 PM
I think all of us have managed to post some pretty compelling reasons to stick to wearing a watch despite the phone.

Def
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Aloha on December 31, 2016, 08:32:08 PM
I can say confidently that my phone has not and will not replace my watch or a watch for that matter. 

I am wearing a mechanical 17 jewel watch today and its sublime.  The ticking of the gears is mesmerizing.  I love my Gshocks as well since I can put them on and forget about whatever it is I am doing that day.  Take your phone with you and see if you can do that!  Bet you can't. 

I put on my watch and dont worry about weather, activity, or it working under most if not all conditions.   
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 31, 2016, 09:45:27 PM
As my phone is waterproof, dust proof etc, and the case makes it quite drop proof, I don't worry too much about where I take it or what I do with it.  Even so, a watch is a lot easier to look at when it is cold or rainy out and your phone is tucked away.

Def
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Aloha on January 01, 2017, 04:50:22 PM
I know there are cases that are pretty good at keeping the phone safe.  Water proof phones are certainly getting better.  Thing is, strap a watch to a wrist and there is never any consideration as to length of time under water.  No need to consider how to carry it.  Take a fall and sure the case will protect the phone but it can be lost while taking tumble, its not likely a watch can "just" fall off. 

I wonder how many times a phone has been left behind when placed down?  Not likely happen with a watch.  I think most tend to be babysitters to their phones in some ways.  You have to carry the phone somehow.  Pocket, purse, bag, clipped to pants, etc.  I end up seeing many people carrying them. 

As I've said my phone is a mobile office for me.  I need my phone for business and must carry one.  Its saved my bacon on many occasions and has become a wonderful tool for me. 

A watch is something that once put on does it job IMO effortlessly.

Lot of "work" babysitting a phone.  I dare anyone to not baby sit their phone and see how long it stays charged  :pok:.

My solar Gshocks just need a little light which in Cali is no big chore.  I also have some that have lived off a battery for many years.   
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 04, 2017, 02:27:57 AM
I tried a Lifeproof case and I am not impressed.  I paid $80 for it and it was broken in less than three months, affected the sound quality of the phone and made it impossible to access the phone itself to change the memory card.  It was absolute crap, and I'll never waste my money on one of those pieces of crap again.

Def
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Zephon on March 07, 2017, 12:33:58 AM
I'm using an iPhone 7+ but I'm still using a watch -- I don't always have my phone "unholstered" (unless playing Pokemon Go  :rofl: ) so it's easier to tell the time by just glancing at my wrist. 

Add to that the fact that in my neck of the woods, a mobile phone is "hot" to the eyes so there are times where you'd rather not take out your phone from your pocket. The best fake watches still cost a fraction of the worst smartphones so watches don't catch as much attention as phones.

Using a Casio GWG-1000 so it can take a bump, ding and dip better than an iPhone 7+, not that I'd want it to happen to either one. Watch is also solar powered so it'll be tickin' as long as the sun is shinin'. 

Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: Tomcat_81 on March 07, 2017, 09:46:13 PM
Can you believe it, my old phone died after only eight years.
Got the same model again ( can take take calls, write short messages, play music and take pictures, but is incapable of anything more demanding) to prove it was made for such a short lifetime.

Meanwhile my watch, which has accompanied me for the last 20 years, still keeps on ticking strong ;-)

Tomcat
Title: Re: Why do you still wear a watch when you can look at your phone?
Post by: ToolJoe on March 11, 2017, 04:22:41 PM
I find it easier to just flick my wrist over to see what time it is than pull out my phone from my pocket. I actually just the hourly chime on my phone to keep things easy. I just listen for the chime.