What is the "correct" wrist to wear a watch on?

[toon10]

DoubleSix said:

toon10 said:

toohuge said:

Left wrist, facing outwards. I'm right handed too.

This. It would be pretty hard to adjust while on your wrist if you wore it on the right hand.

Sorry my fault. I was asking about where on the wrist (low or high) but have instead reignited a silly question about which wrist.. My bad.

In that case, not too high up the wrist (that just looks silly) but not low enough for the buttons to dig in when you bend it. Just above the wrist bone.

[Vipers]

My granddad never had this problem, he always wore a pocket watch.

[AlexHat]

I'm left handed so naturally my watch is worn on the right wrist. I have once worn a left wristed watch on my right which was many levels of wrong.

[anonymous-user]

Left. Only on the left.

[mackie1]

I'm left handed and wear my watch on the right. I also mouse with my right so I'm a bit odd.

[toon10]

mackie1 said:

I'm left handed and wear my watch on the right. I also mouse with my right so I'm a bit odd.

Right handed, watch on left and play pool/snooker left handed for some reason. Maybe we're "special"?

[R6VED]

I always used to wear mine on the left (out) but went through a stage of wearing big watches and kept clonking them.

I then spent a lot on my Rolex Explorer 39mm I changed to the right - this was 2 years ago and just seems normal now, although it felt odd initially.

[BrassMan]

Off hand, with the strap snug at the narrowest point of the wrist.

[mph1977]

CampDavid said:

LordGrover said:

Left.
Facing outwards.

Anything else is just wrong.

This is correct. Wearing a watch on the right wrist has always appeared to be totally without class, if I may be some stuffy

unless of course you are left handed ...

[mph1977]

mackie1 said:

I'm left handed and wear my watch on the right. I also mouse with my right so I'm a bit odd.

not necessarily , i'm lefthanded and tend to use the mouse to the right of the keyboard with my right hand ...

[Variomatic]

Right-handed and always wear watches on the right wrist. Which is the left. If you're wrong-handed then it's acceptable to wear them on the right wrist, which is then right.

Traditionally this is for utility - it's easier to check the time with the wrist you're not using for other stuff - and protection of the watch itself - it's less likely to get knocked / shaken / damaged if it's not on your "active" hand. If you're swinging a hammer for a living then your non-incabloc hand-wound watch probably won't appreciate being on the arm you're swinging it with!

That said, honestly, wear it wherever it's comfortable. Modern watches don't care about knocks like older ones did and not many of us do the sort of jobs now where it really matters anyway.

[dmitry]

All my life, being right-handed, I've been wearing my timepieces on my right wrist. When my father gave me my first when i was a kid it felt more comfortable to put it onto my right hand and for 25 years it went like this. Recently, I've been thinking how (probably) wrong I am. Then I've stumped on this thread and it was the last straw, I've put my watch on my left this morning for the first time. After a day I must say it, of course, feels like something I still have to get used to but not as uncomfortable as I've expected it to be.
Cool story bro probably, but Pistonheads - wrist matters.

[marcosgt]

Left handed, watch on left wrist between ulna (just behind it) and elbow (I get slightly uptight when I see photos of people wearing their watches on the actual wrist joint, I mean, how the hell can that even be vaguely comfortable?)

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 8th September 08:45

[bmt216a]

I was told men wear their watch on the left wrist and women wear their watch on the right wrist...

Therefore I wear mine the the left wrist.

[sad61t]

HereBeMonsters said:

I find it annoying digging into my arm when I bend it. Desperately trying to find a decent watch with a crown on the left.

Try a Seiko 5 as the crown is at 4 o'clock and recessed so protrudes less than the traditional 3 o'clock position.


For a dress watch, there's (my grail) the Vacheron Constantin "top-wind":

[sad61t]

chris.mapey said:

Whilst I'm a "Left, Out" chap (rather than a "Left Out" chap )

I believe that the reason for wearing your watch face facing inside your wrist dates from either snipers holding rifles for a long periods of time or pre war racing drivers who found that the face was easier to read with minimal movement if the watch was inside their wrists...

HTH (anything other than "Left, Out" is still odd IMHO!)

Possibly the face-in position was less likely to cause a reflection when working in cover (as well as allowing you to check the time inconspicuously during the CO's speech).