Do you still wear a wrist watch or do you do you use your phone to see the time ?

[james_bond]

I still wear a wrist watch but almost none of my friends do. All of them just take out their smartphones to see the time.

What about you ? Do you still wear a wrist watch or do you do you use your phone to see the time ?

[CommanderAlex]

Never did, never will. Smartphone replaced it. 

[Sauron]

I do, it's much more convenient. Aside from the hassle of fishing my phone out of my pocket just to see the time (especially annoying when I'm sitting or walking) it lets me see the time while I'm using my hands. There's a reason people moved from pocket to wrist watches.

[8-Bit Ninja]

I have an apple watch which I exclusively use as a fitness tracker (I know its not great but it does what I need). And then I have a few watch's as an accessory I guess. There only worn in formal settings because I don't see the point in wearing one daily, it doesn't really take any longer to check my phone. 

[tikker]

Wrist watch all the way. Much quicker than checking my phone and the body is just not complete without one.

[mousesnob]

Only use a watch as jewlery. Rarely use one otherwise.

[jetnoodles]

I use my galaxy watch

[GuiltySpark_]

I recently got a smart watch and it’s my first ever watch. I’m still trying to break the habit of checking my phone for the time. 

[Zusafek]

Bah...both are over rated.  I tell time like a real man.  I use a sun dial.  

[Slayerking92]

I use an apple watch just to pay for things. I almost never think to look at it for the time and still use my phone for that.

[Moonzy]

i stopped using my wristwatch, phone replaced it

 

main reason is because phone time is always accurate, while my watch tends to drift a couple minutes a year and it's annoying

i keep good track of time so i dont have to fish it out of my pocket that often

 

my phone recently broke and only then i wore it for a couple days, until i got a new phone

[Thready]

I'm autistic and I hate things on my wrist

[WhitetailAni]

I used to wear a watch but then my wrist got too big, and I have a decent internal clock that can approximate the time enough for me whenever I'm not in school where there's clocks every 10 feet. In the few cases I do need to know the exact time I can get my phone out of my sleeve to check.

[wasab]

i always wear a watch, nowadays i wear a galaxy 4 smartwatch. great companion in a gym. You wont really wanna pick up your phone for notifiction or to see time while running on a treadmill. heart rate censors and calories burned are great too. 

[MageTank]

40 minutes ago, Zusafek said:

Bah...both are over rated.  I tell time like a real man.  I use a sun dial.  

Came here to make this exact comment, saw you beat me to it. Clearly a man of culture...

[Red :)]

I still use it. Mostly because it's quite a bit quicker for me to use than my phone.

[wseaton]

If I'm sitting at a desk (working on a coronary) then a watch is superfluos. However, half my job now involves running my own biz and running around and I've learned to be very efficient with tasks. A watch is far less a PITA when it comes to time mgmt than a smartphone, and until we start putting radio isotope power generators in smart watches so they never need to be charged I will stick to a standard watch. I also don't like a lot of crap in my pockets, phones are heavy and I don't allow reps or business level contacts to text me. Adults and grown ups us E-mail for paper trails.

 

Last, conventional watches are getting really cool again, and the high end watch market is exploding There are some really cool looking watches for a couple hundred bucks out there. 

[Colty]

I like watches and smartwatches. Though, I haven't really used one since I started working from home. 

It's quicker, it's easier.

I also find myself far less likely to get sucked into BS Facebook/Reddit scrolling when I'm not already half-way there because I'm checking my phone. 

[Arika]

I have a smart watch, I mainly got it for notification buzzes since I would normally keep my phone in my handbag whether I was at work or at home and would sometimes miss texts or emails from family. 

[dizmo]

I still wear a watch most of the time. It's a nice accessory. Plus, it's easier to glance at the time without someone noticing; pulling out your phone can be much, much ruder. I've sold off most of my collection though, I'll be getting a custom Seiko SKX this year and probably grab a Breitling Superocean next year.

 

11 hours ago, wasab said:

i always wear a watch, nowadays i wear a galaxy 4 smartwatch. great companion in a gym. You wont really wanna pick up your phone for notifiction or to see time while running on a treadmill. heart rate censors and calories burned are great too. 

How do you like it? I almost bought one myself, but I wasn't sure what size screen I wanted, and by the time I started looking into it I'd already bought a new MP3 player.

 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Everyday, Automatic baby. Invicta Pro Diver because Seiko prices are really starting to get out of hand. 

 

[bigmug]

Apart from a running watch I use occasionally while running or walking (for exercise), I haven't used a watch in 21 years. It's been that long since I bought my first mobile phone.

I find that the skin under the back of the watch gets damaged if I wear a watch daily. I get reddish, tender patches that take many days to heal. And it only takes a day for a funky, fungal smell to develop. That happens to be a smell I'm extremely sensitive to and disgusted by. Not nice at all.

Also, I spend almost all of my time either at work or at home, and in both places I'm surrounded by computers with the time visible in the task bar, and wall clocks, and clocks on kitchen appliances. And there's a clock on the dashboard of my car as well - not that the alternative would've been using my mobile while driving!
I'm really struggling to come up with situations in my daily life where I would benefit from a watch. Getting the mobile out of the pocket takes a second or two. In cold weather, it would even be faster than digging into multiple layers of clothing to get to a watch!
 

No, I will never wear a watch daily again.
Exercise watches for a few hours at a time, every couple of days, that's fine though.

 

[suedseefrucht]

On 1/3/2022 at 2:23 PM, james_bond said:

Do you still wear a wrist watch or do you do you use your phone to see the time ?

I use a wrist watch.
A phone can be out of battery charge and usually it's in a pocket.

My watch is solar powered, so it never runs out of battery charge, it looks good and I can legally use it during an exam.

[sub68]

I wear watches all the time and I use them.

I mostly use a Garmin forunner 225.

I also use a ticwatch pro.

But I will say watches are so much nicer to tell time and much less rude IMO.

[IPD]

-Some of us occasionally work in environments where certain types of electronic devices are prohibited

 

-I am not going to lug my phone around to time my runs or to play music while I'm exercising

 

-I prefer my watch alarm over my phone alarm, though I can put my phone on the other side of the room to ensure that I don't just fall asleep and deactivate the alarm somnambulist style

 

-Watch is an eternal fashion statement, just like a ring, cufflinks, necktie, pocket kerchief, etc

 

-Quick access to UTC is helpful for certain professions/professionals doing work outside their own timezone

 

-I will respect someone far more for Schwarzkopf'ing it than someone who is "phoning it in"