Reply With QuoteWas it a GShock? They deserve to be hidden :blackeye:
I was in a meeting at work the othe day when I noticed a guy wearing a watch on his right wrist with the face on the underside. I remember kids doing this when I was at school just to be different but couldn't think of a good reason for an adult to do it. It's not as visible, a bugger to wind and set assuming its manual (and yes, he was right handed, not left handed) and the face is going to get all the wear and tear usually reserved for the clasp.
Am I missing something?
Was it a GShock? They deserve to be hidden :blackeye:
Respect the past, live the present, protect the future
Maybe just a faster way too get the right wabi :D
//n011an
Maybe he was ashamed of it!!
Dont understand it myself. My brother wears his like that too.
Its just a way of scratching your watch surely?
I used to. Found it more comfortable, and also found that I preferred tilting my wrist outwards, rather than inwards to read the time. Back in the day, of cource, there were specific 'driver' models made for such a purpose.Hey ho. Each to their own...
M
The problems we as WIS have to encounter..........it's not an easy life :lol:
But maybe the bracelet had a really nice clasp?
Cheers,
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Indeed
Live and let live unless its an expensive high end brand then that's just silly.
A guy in our office wears his explorer on the inside of his left wrist.
I would have thought it would be less likely to get bumped into things, particularly when walking along.
Could also make sense if you do a lot of driving.
Yes but for office work surely he has his hands/arms on a table or key board does this not cause problems for him?
My father always wears his watches on the inside of his wrist, he tells me it was a habit originating from his days fighting the Mau-Mau in the jungles of Kenya during the 50's.
Omega chronostop springs to mind...Originally Posted by Broussard
To be different and stand out from the crowd? :roll:
I agree, I have been wearing mine this way for well over 40 years.... :!:
I also find it easier to put your hand into a pocket when the watch is worn like this. It's also a good way to wear a stopwatch when using a rifle for events such as PP1*, PP2* and the 1500.I agree, I have been wearing mine this way for well over 40 years.... :!:
EDIT - for the semi-PC minded, that'll be Timed & Precision, I think :roll:
This topic comes up now & then and the nay-sayers seem quite vitriolic - odd, considering we all like watches. Why not try it for a couple of days & see if there's any advantage?
The reality is it looks bad. The truth is you can actually look at the time without having to rotate your wrist thus saving you additional wrist wear and tear :lol:
When I had to [s:3q7j0fsw]waste time[/s:3q7j0fsw] attend many meetings, the watch on the inside allowed for a more discreet look at the time.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
My father used to wear his watch on the inside - he was a pilot and found it more convenient to read (same principle as the Chronostop Driver).
Although I generally wear mine on the outside, I sometimes wear them on the inside when negotiating pavements rammed with commuters.
My flying instructor (ex-RAF) wore his on the inside too; did seem to be easier to have a quick glance at the time.
Cheers
Ewan
doesn't make any sense to me, looks weird
To tell the time :scratch:
Dave
Here's an example
Clive James
When driving, I will sometimes flip the watch round to the inside of my wrist. The stop watch on my car is a red led thing on the passenger side that disappears when it's sunny......
Cheers
Peter
And I thought that was what blackberries were for!
Jack Bauer wear like this too :lol: :lol: :lol:
Tried it once but found it rather scratched up the crystal
:lol:
When I was in the navy we all wore our watches on inside of the wrist. Wearing it in the usual way it would be knoked up pretty quickly in the narrow surroundings below deck.
a man with watch on the inside and on right hand was almost always a submarine sailor
ain't nuthin wrong with a g shock!!!!!!!!!!
So that if someone asks the time when you have a pint in the same hand they get wet and not you.
He sounds like a right FUD :D
Just seems weird to me. Surely it gets in the way more? I just tried typing with it on the inside and it catches on the keyboard.
tried it many years ago when it was a fad - only lasted a day - can see it being useful in meetings though...
I notice accountants do it most usually wearing Accurists :roll:
go figure :D
It's like wearing an earring in your right lug :?
My old man wears his Rolex Sub this way also..................going back to the days as a marine engineer for Paxmans he would be dropped off by helicopter and the like in the middle of the ocean to repair the aux.engines on some nuclear sub and felt it was always more protected...........especially if his spanner slipped whilst carryout repairs in some bloody hot engine room. Still wears it like that today even though he's retired.
“Don’t look back, you’re not heading that way.”
:P :P :P :P :P
You see it a lot in pics of military (I think it lets it be seen easily without removing a hand from a weapon). Why get stressed about it? I do it sometimes when I'm wearing a watch on the right wrist for some reason. It's not that handy if you work at a keyboard, but it seems from comments here that it's handy if you do stuff with machinery.
Actually, simply as a reaction to the vitriol I've just switched my PRS-3 round to spite you all :D :twisted:
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
My dad also used to wear his this way, citing fewer knocks and no danger of pouring a pint into your crotch.
The one day I tried it I picked up a breeze block with inevitable consequences. It has to be said that when I inherited his Omega and Rolex they were scratched to sh*t too.
I wear my watch like that sometimes, out of a perverse sense of contrarianism.
I don't get it. Isn't it just going to more scratched
Definitely. When you are waitng to move in a synchronized strike, it is easier to see your watch without removing your left hand from the forepiece of your weapon. Also, as stated earlier, it is used for the same reason when holding your handgun in a two-handed combat position.
This manner of wearing a watch for this reason was critical in days when watches were used to initiate action rather than now where everybody is wired in via an earpiece and microphone.
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