How many different watches do you wear on a normal day?

[Mont Blanc]

InitialDave said:

Mont Blanc said:

I'm the opposite. I hate not having a watch on. Far easier to glance at my wrist and check the time rather than pull my phone out of my pocket each time. I feel like I'm missing something if I'm not wearing my watch

It's because I'm an engineer, and I can't wear a watch or jewelry if I'm out on the shop floor, so I just don't bother at all at work, and this is combined with hobbies like messing around with mechanical stuff where I wouldn't want to be bashing a watch against things.

You kind of just get out of the habit after decades of not wearing one by default.

Totally agree. I got out of the habit of wearing a watch when we all started carrying a Nokia 3310 phones at the start of the 2000's. I mean, why would anyone need a watch when you had an easy to read digital clock, date, alarm clock, and calendar in your pocket all the time?

I pretty much abandoned watch wearing from 2000 to about 2012, and when I started taking a real interest in watches again it felt very odd having one on my wrist. But I've gone a full circle, can't stand to be without one now.

[jeremyh1]

MB140 said:

I’ve got 8 watches + 1 issued.

Tudor Pelagos LHD:- Bought as a treat to myself when I received my aircrew brevet.

Tag carrera - wife bought for me as a wedding present

Citizen eco drive - my everyday smart watch

Hugo Boss - only bright coloured watch I own. Don’t wear very often.

G-shock - wore this when flying as it’s all rubber and lasts forever as it’s solar powered.

Apple Watch series 2 - My everyday in the office watch.

Military issued aviator watch - not technically mine. Haven’t seen it for years it’s in a kit bag somewhere. I will probably have to pay for it when I demob as it’s on my kit record

30 year Sentry E3-D Airborne Technician - in a display case and will never be used or worn.

47 Sqn Hercules C130 watch - presented to me when I left the Sqn to go down the aircrew route.

The most I ever wear in a day is two. One in the office /at work. Then in the evening if I go out the Citizen / Tag.

The Tudor very rarely gets worn. I’m always nervous of someone wanting it. I was eyed up in a bar wearing it once by a couple of scrotes. Came over asking questions. Told them it was a Thailand fake, I don’t do designer clothes / shoes etc, it’s the only expensive thing I wear so I think they lost interest but I still ended up ordering a cab and bolting straight out the front door in the cab and gone. Shame it’s a nice watch.

When I demob, I might treat myself to another nice one.

Patek Phillpe
Hublot
Rolex submariner (yacht-master (maybe))
Omega soeedmaster

My Eco drive is what I wear swimming in the Ioannina sea
dont matter if it falls off ( it never does) and very reliable watch for the job

[popeyewhite]

One nice watch, one for holidays/travel etc.

Love the justifications from other posters for masses of man-jewellery though.

I would take the mickey but there's not enough time in the day.

[jeremyh1]

popeyewhite said:

One nice watch, one for holidays/travel etc.

Love the justifications from other posters for masses of man-jewellery though.

I would take the mickey but there's not enough time in the day.

You dont need to spend a lot of money for a really nice watch.There are loads of members on this watch section that speak very highly of to 4 to £500 mark

You might need a Rolly if you lack in other departments

Last month I got banned for being honest so dont push taking the mikey too far !!!!!!!!! They will ban you

[Hoofy]

I might wear two in a day, just like I might wear smart shoes to a client and tennis shoes to... you know... play tennis in the evening. And I don't want the leather strap of the nice watch to get all sweaty and start rotting. Or I might not wear the nice watch to the gym again because of sweat but also because I might clip the end of a barbell or machine when I'm walking round equipment.

Well, I wish I had the sort of disposable income to be able to wear a leather-strapped Calatrava while rock climbing but we are where we are.

On the subject of owning multiple watches, well, I have multiple trainers and scarves because I fancy wearing something different. Same goes for watches. I might treat myself to a cheap watch because I fancy it.

[Countdown]

popeyewhite said:

One nice watch, one for holidays/travel etc.

Love the justifications from other posters for masses of man-jewellery though.

I would take the mickey but there's not enough time in the day.

I don't think there's anything wrong with "man jewellery" (we're all human and we like to show off, even if some people choose not to admit it). I think trying to justify wearing "man jewellery" as something other than what it is (a vanity symbol) is a bit laughable.

[popeyewhite]

Countdown said:

popeyewhite said:

One nice watch, one for holidays/travel etc.

Love the justifications from other posters for masses of man-jewellery though.

I would take the mickey but there's not enough time in the day.

I don't think there's anything wrong with "man jewellery" (we're all human and we like to show off, even if some people choose not to admit it). I think trying to justify wearing "man jewellery" as something other than what it is (a vanity symbol) is a bit laughable.

Sure, I agree.

I think being fastidious about 'rotating' (what?) watches is bordering on affectation/obsession though.

[AB]

The most number of watches you'll see me wearing on a normal day is 2. My normal watch and maybe changed to Apple Watch for gym.

3 on extremely rare occasions if I've gone somewhere posh in the evening.

[jeremyh1]

AB said:

The most number of watches you'll see me wearing on a normal day is 2. My normal watch and maybe changed to Apple Watch for gym.

3 on extremely rare occasions if I've gone somewhere posh in the evening.

It does not count if you use a different watch for training !

[popeyewhite]

jeremyh1 said:

AB said:

The most number of watches you'll see me wearing on a normal day is 2. My normal watch and maybe changed to Apple Watch for gym.

3 on extremely rare occasions if I've gone somewhere posh in the evening.

It does not count if you use a different watch for training !

Why would you wear a watch for training? Not weights - that's obvious, but running? Any watch is unreliable for hr during cardio, the chest strap thingies are the standard.

[Snubs]

popeyewhite said:

jeremyh1 said:

AB said:

The most number of watches you'll see me wearing on a normal day is 2. My normal watch and maybe changed to Apple Watch for gym.

3 on extremely rare occasions if I've gone somewhere posh in the evening.

It does not count if you use a different watch for training !

Why would you wear a watch for training? Not weights - that's obvious, but running? Any watch is unreliable for hr during cardio, the chest strap thingies are the standard.

I wear a Garmin in the gym for two reasons. Primarily to time how long i've been there, secondly because it talks to Strava so i can keep a record of when i've been going. As for the heart rate, sure a chest strap would be more reliable but when i've compared what the watch says to what a cross-trainer with heart rate sensing grips says, the two are only ever a couple of bpm out which is easily accurate enough for me (not that i'm that interested for the most part).

For cycling it has built in mapping and sat nav, which makes navigating easier than using a phone or paper map as you don't need to stop to check you're on course.

For running it'll tell you 1km split times as you go.

Much like with smart phones where i didn't see the point and now it's hard to remember life without one, as with using a smartwatch for sports it's hard to imagine going back to not having one.

[popeyewhite]

I ran with a club for 15 years, watches were never used, nor were the grips on treadmills. Why would you want inaccurate info? We used hr to configure training schedules. I accept knowing split times etc when you run is interesting and fun though. I had a Garmin and got rid after a few months it was far too complicated for me.

[AB]

I'm not a hardcore trainer but wouldn't want to wear any other watch than my Apple Watch just to tell the time for a start.

I also do a bit of cycling, again nothing serious or competitive but I like to know how far I've cycled and in how long, it doesn't need to be massively accurate. Also handy for keeping tabs on notifications or important calls when I can't or don't want to have my phone on me. Makes perfect sense.

Even just when messing about in the garden, same applies.

[squareflops]

This for work



This when I get home



Both are over 40 years old

have a few more options but these are the ones I've currently settled on!

[jeremyh1]

popeyewhite said:

Why would you wear a watch for training? Not weights - that's obvious, but running? Any watch is unreliable for hr during cardio, the chest strap thingies are the standard.

I wear a Gamin as well for the gym as I load it to the virtual boxing club I'm on Strava

[okgo]

popeyewhite said:

I ran with a club for 15 years, watches were never used, nor were the grips on treadmills. Why would you want inaccurate info? We used hr to configure training schedules. I accept knowing split times etc when you run is interesting and fun though. I had a Garmin and got rid after a few months it was far too complicated for me.

And yet every pro runner I follow on Strava has recorded their runs with Garmin (mostly) and other running watches.

[JAGS]

Have around 20 watches give or take.


Tend to wear 1 x work watch and then 1 x evening/weekend watch in a day.


The work watch is consistent - choice of a black Seiko 5 or a green Seiko 5.


The evening/weekend watch gets rotated.

[popeyewhite]

okgo said:

popeyewhite said:

I ran with a club for 15 years, watches were never used, nor were the grips on treadmills. Why would you want inaccurate info? We used hr to configure training schedules. I accept knowing split times etc when you run is interesting and fun though. I had a Garmin and got rid after a few months it was far too complicated for me.

And yet every pro runner I follow on Strava has recorded their runs with Garmin (mostly) and other running watches.

Yes, I've said they're fun for that. Inaccurate for hr though.

[BrokenSkunk]

popeyewhite said:

Countdown said:

popeyewhite said:

One nice watch, one for holidays/travel etc.

Love the justifications from other posters for masses of man-jewellery though.

I would take the mickey but there's not enough time in the day.

I don't think there's anything wrong with "man jewellery" (we're all human and we like to show off, even if some people choose not to admit it). I think trying to justify wearing "man jewellery" as something other than what it is (a vanity symbol) is a bit laughable.

Sure, I agree.

I think being fastidious about 'rotating' (what?) watches is bordering on affectation/obsession though.

OK fellas, I have 48 (I think) watches in the collection. I collect watches in a similar way that other people do stamps. My collection is heavily biased towards vintage stuff, mainly 60's and 70's. I enjoy hunting down original condition watches and I enjoy wearing them.

I get pleasure from collating, maintaining and using the watches. I fully accept that they are just jewellery for blokes, but I genuinely couldn't give a stuff what anyone else thinks about what I wear, whether that's watches or clothes.

I generally wear a watch for a week, then swap it for something else. I'm not anal about that, sometimes I'll get bored after a day. Sometimes I'll stick with a watch for longer before changing. Since I work from home and rarely socialise outside of my family, I have no one to show off to. Yet I still rotate through the collection in a haphazard 'whatever I fancy next' manner.

Do I need more than one watch? No of course not. Can I justify owning this many? No. Nor should I have to. I've worked hard, I'm lucky enough to be able to afford to do this and it brings me pleasure.

You're welcome to think whatever you like, but that does not make you right!

[andy tims]

Typically change my watch approx every 2 to 3 days