Using your watch for telling time
Discussion
Sounds stupid but when you want to know the time do you ever look at your watch? I realised that I rarely do. When at work I have my laptop in front of me, the car has a clock, when at home there the time everywhere, microwave, tv etc.
When out and about I look on my mobile.
So why do I wear one? Just because they look nice I guess.
When out and about I look on my mobile.
So why do I wear one? Just because they look nice I guess.
Of course I use it to check the time. I look at it when I using the train - far easier than getting my mobile out of my pocket and activating the display. I use it at home because I don't sit in front of my PC 24 hours a day and my microwave isn't in my lounge! I use it in my Aston because the clock isn't that accurate and I use it in the Healey because it doesn't even have a clock! I use it in the mornings getting ready to go out because my PC is not yet switched on and I don't have a phone in the bathroom. I use it in the pub, in a restaurant, at a football match or at a race meeting. In fact I use it almost all the time to check the time, the only time I don't use it is when I happen to be sat at my desk or when driving my everyday car.
Bit of both for me. My watch is the first place I look for the time though when driving or on the pc, the dash and desktop are far easier places to glance at without losing concentration on the task at hand. I never check the time on my moby. Ever.
Also guilty of staring lovingly at whichever watch I am wearing but not actually taking the time in.
Also guilty of staring lovingly at whichever watch I am wearing but not actually taking the time in.
People must think i'm either bored or just rude. I would say 90% of the time I look at my watch just to look at it, or the sweep, or some aspect of it. Most of the time if someone asked me the time immediately after I look at my watch I probably couldn't even tell them. I walked into the smoking lounge on the rig im on last night, they were watching a movie. I spent most of my time in there looking at how bright the lume on my watch was :P
I tend to look at my watch for the time, rather than anything else that's about.
Although, like so many others, I'll glance at my watch at various points in the day and not really be able to tell you what the time is.
It's nice to know that if I actually wanted to know the time, it's only an arm-length away.
Although, like so many others, I'll glance at my watch at various points in the day and not really be able to tell you what the time is.
It's nice to know that if I actually wanted to know the time, it's only an arm-length away.
I definitely use a watch more than anything else - I look at my phone or laptop very occasionaly to check how far ahead my watch is or if resetting the time after going through timezones, but not for seeing what time it is.
I use the chrono function pretty much every day for running mostly but sometimes for other stuff like cooking as well.
...And yes, I've often looked at it without registering what time it is, silly us
I use the chrono function pretty much every day for running mostly but sometimes for other stuff like cooking as well.
...And yes, I've often looked at it without registering what time it is, silly us
I look at my watch hundreds of times a day... love the skeleton hands and the applied indices but rarely notice what the actual time is 
No actual need to know what the time is (unless there's something on the telly I want to watch) as I'm medically retired but still wear a watch constantly. Two frequently... and still never know what the time is!
No actual need to know what the time is (unless there's something on the telly I want to watch) as I'm medically retired but still wear a watch constantly. Two frequently... and still never know what the time is!
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