At the gym, I wear my Tudor BlackBay this way on a NATO. Safer when using free weights, cables and machines….
I'm a barber by trade and I've noticed a few of my elderly customers wear there watch on the inside of their wrists.
It must be a generational thing but I thought I'd give it a go.
I put a vintage orator chronograph on to get the full back in the day vibe.
We it drove me insane turning my wrist over to find I was looking at the clasp side.
Just as I was starting to think it was a terrible idea, I was driving and bloody hell the time was there, I was cutting hair and the time was in full while cutting!! so I'm presuming back in the day it was important to catch the time quickly while performing a job or task.
Is there anyone still wearing their watches this way.
Baden
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At the gym, I wear my Tudor BlackBay this way on a NATO. Safer when using free weights, cables and machines….
Glad to see this thread wasn't about wearing a watch in prison 😳
I have tried it a couple of times in the past, with the thought being that it would be safer for the crystal to be inward facing. It didn't last, as it just felt weird and I seemed to bang the head far more with it there rather than facing outwards. Not for me.
In the distant past I remember seeing older guys wearing them this way, not something I would recommend!
Potentially it’ll alter the way the watch performs too.
I believe it is called "the sniper method"....
https://special-ops.org/operators-we...-face-inwards/
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
The Omega Chronostop Drivers was designed to be worn on the inside of the wrist. Keannu Reeves also wears his watch this way in the John Wick films.
I always wear it like that.
As I wear them on my right, it helps my mouse-hand just skim across the office desk top when I am working.
An almost no harm done to the acrylic:
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My late father always wore his watch this way when I was a kid
I read somewhere that wearing the watch on the inside enables you to check the time discreetly.
I used to, for many years. I started doing so when I was a kid, cos it seemed daringly different! In reality, there are few good real reasons why you should wear it either way - there's little practical difference. Its a matter of personal taste and fashion. I don't wear it underneath so much these days - its a good look for youth, but doesn't seem to work so much when you get older!
No, just no.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Would rather wear it on my ankle than wear it that way. People would think I was into Jethro Tull though.
I used to wear my watch that way until my student days ended. My thoughts were - “if holding a pint of beer and someone asked me the time, they got a glass of beer down their clothes not me”.
Wearing only inexpensive watches I had no idea where this interest in time measuring devices would lead me.
“ Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.” HHGTTG
Tried it once for a while many many years ago. Felt wrong, looked wrong, so never bothered again.
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
It's a military trait....
Just weird.
Guess it depends on activities. If you spend all day behind a wheel for example might be easier to take quick glance at wrist. I couldn’t wear it that way as I’m a desk jockey.
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I suspect that it might be handy for various jobs and activities, but it isn't a good position if you work with a desk and a keyboard, so I reckon why that is why it have fallen out of fashion.
Dave E
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My dad always did. It was a military thing in his case.
I can see how it’s a smart thing to do if performing physical tasks but mad to do if you spend all day resting your hands on a desk.
And that in a nutshell is the generational decline of humanity right there.
Good when holding a rifle.
It may be American, but there are plenty of replies at this link...among which are:
- I’m a guitarist and bassist, played in rock bands beginning even before high school. When you’re on stage playing guitar, you can’t take your left hand off the guitar neck during a song, so you’d have to wait until between songs to check the time if you wear your watch on the outside of your wrist. If you wear your watch on the body side of the wrist, however, the watch face is visible while you’re playing guitar.
- Here's an easy way to figure that out. Pick up a glass of water with your watch wearing hand.
Check the time.
If your watch is on the inside of your wrist you can continue by drinking the water.
If your watch is in the outside of your wrist, you can now go change.
I wear a watch “backwards”. I picked it up from my grandfather, who was in the army. I continued it because it's more natural for me to look at the watch. It's easier to look at the palm of your hand than it is to look at the back of your hand, especially while carrying anything. Very few things are naturally held with your thumb pointing down.
I have just been reminded by another thread that Omega designed their Chronostop Driver's Genève Ref. 146.010 to be worn under the wrist...see: link.
If everybody wore their watches on the inside... we wouldn't be able to see each other's watches... and where's the fun in that?
Costume jewellery. Ouch!!!
I wear my Apple Watch on the inside of my (right) wrist precisely so that no one can see it
That begs the question as to whether the author I quoted was right handed, and that I don't know. I think that the glass of water was used as a simple illustration of the practicability of wearing a watch on the inside of either wrist...as I do. When working at a desk I'm in the habit of taking off my watch because, as others have pointed out, it is 'in the way' and not best visible on the inside of the wrist.
I have seen many accounts and auditors wearing like this seemingly they can see the time easily whilst typing / writing/ studying papers….
Watch usually scratched to bits..
But some of the explanations above make sense in certain situations….. Snipers and Guitarists…..