Wearing a watch on the inside of the wrist?
Discussion
whoami said:
Engineer1 said:
Isn't it a military thing as well though, something to do with checking the time with the minimum arm movement, also minimising the chance of reflection off the watch face.
Quite possibly but the only person I see doing it regularly works in our Finance department +1
If you want to make a statement, wear two watches (one on each wrist!)
Engineer1 said:
Isn't it a military thing as well though, something to do with checking the time with the minimum arm movement, also minimising the chance of reflection off the watch face.
Yup - still wasn't common in the military but that is where I learned the habit.It does tend to scratch up the face of the watch though.
Balmoral Green said:
Wearing a watch on the inside of the wrist?
... is only ever performed whilst executing a Frenchmans wave.Someone on here posted their drivers watch, to be worn on the *side* of the wrist. The face is also rotated 90 degrees in order to read it whilst circumnavigating the Nordschleife with white knuckles. This kind of behaviour is acceptable.
I occasionally do this, but only when working on some of the god awful (built in house)shop floor machinery and I'm having to thread my hand through nest after nest of wires and pneumatic piping. I find the watch doesn't snag as much. Although I generally end up taking it off after 10 minutes
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