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post #31 of 97
6/22/12 at 2:28am
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Originally Posted by Alphataru View Post

Nobody wears a watch for time, thus, it's just jewelry. Jewelry is always optional.

Loads of people wear watches just for time. Yeah people like to have stylish watches and expensive watches but the same can be said for shoes. We all (nearly all) need to wear shoes but some people choose to get fashionable ones and spend a lot of money on them. Its not simply a piece of jewellery (jewelry). Long live the watches!!

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post #32 of 97
6/22/12 at 2:30am
Have always worn a watch - feel nude without one. But it really isn't that big a deal. How do you know the time if you don't though? Unless you're one of those fannies who won't leave their mobile phone alone for more than a minute and always puts it ostentatiously on the table in the pub, that is.
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post #33 of 97
6/22/12 at 6:33am
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Originally Posted by Oleg View Post

Have always worn a watch - feel nude without one. But it really isn't that big a deal. How do you know the time if you don't though? Unless you're one of those fannies who won't leave their mobile phone alone for more than a minute and always puts it ostentatiously on the table in the pub, that is.

Not always a good idea, especially when your precious iPhone 4S goes swimming in a puddle of Yanjing Beer.
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post #34 of 97
6/22/12 at 6:41am
I never wear a watch.




Sent from my Sony Android SmartWatch.
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post #35 of 97
6/22/12 at 7:40am

I haven't wore one for over two decades but I've just been looking into a daily watch. It's prefectly fine not wearing a watch, although a well chosen one adds up to the image.

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post #36 of 97
6/22/12 at 7:42am
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Originally Posted by Dolle Dolf View Post

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If I'm carrying a phone that tells time, what's the point of having a watch ?
I honestly don't get that. Wristwatches were invented/came in to widespread use because people found it easier to look at their wrist than to flip their cellphone pocket watch out. And now, in the age of technology, people are reverting to that kind of behaviour. You can't tell me that getting your cell phone out of your pocket, or holster, pressing a little button to light the display, looking, then pressing the locking button agian, and then putting the thing back into your pocket, is more convenient than a quick glance at your wrist?
Life is pain.

Situations where my phone is not in my pocket are also likely to be situations where I don't care about what time it is, so watches are just jewelery to me. In my office I can see the time on 3 different devices without turning my head. I think I can safely spare myself the tan line.
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post #37 of 97
6/22/12 at 7:48am
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Sent from my Sorry Android SmartWatch.
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post #38 of 97
6/22/12 at 7:57am
Seems an odd thing to suggest but your choice, however inconvenient. Just don't expect everyone to be willing to tell you the time.
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post #39 of 97
6/22/12 at 8:01am
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Originally Posted by GBR View Post

Seems an odd thing to suggest but your choice, however inconvenient. Just don't expect everyone to be willing to tell you the time.

When was the last time you weren't within eyeshot of half a dozen or more devices which could tell you what time it was?

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post #40 of 97
6/22/12 at 8:05am
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Originally Posted by Alphataru View Post

Nobody wears a watch for time, thus, it's just jewelry. Jewelry is always optional.
I do.
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post #41 of 97
6/22/12 at 8:48am
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Originally Posted by Oleg View Post

Have always worn a watch - feel nude without one. But it really isn't that big a deal. How do you know the time if you don't though? Unless you're one of those fannies who won't leave their mobile phone alone for more than a minute and always puts it ostentatiously on the table in the pub, that is.
This. I like to be able to just look at my wrist to tell the time, rather than having to pull my phone out my pocket. Also, using a phone to tell the time is kinda like wearing a graphic t-shirt; it serves it's purpose but it has no class.
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post #42 of 97
6/22/12 at 8:52am
I do wear a watch for time because I am using a shitty phone, the one which don't show time on display but only in the system.

Expensive watches does worth the money, when you can pass on to the next generation and they definitely will wear it. Unlike many another things which needs a lot of money to maintain
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post #43 of 97
6/22/12 at 9:29am
I only wear one with short sleeves. If I wear long sleeves, what is the point? I look at my cellphone for the time, and I have to do the "flick & check" for anyone to even know I'm wearing a watch.
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post #44 of 97
6/22/12 at 12:01pm
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Originally Posted by phxlawstudent View Post

I only wear one with short sleeves. If I wear long sleeves, what is the point?

The point is that extending your arm and discreetly pulling back your sleeve to glimpse a classic wristwatch is a much more elegant movement than fishing around in your pocket (or, God forbid, your belt-mounted holster) for a mobile phone.
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post #45 of 97
6/22/12 at 12:26pm
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Originally Posted by lee_44106 View Post

You can choose not to wear a watch, but keep in mind that it's the watch that will identify you into an iGent category.
In light of the fact that everyone is wearing a soft-shouldered, minimally padded, spalla camicaca jacket, paired with a grenadine tie in a FIH configuration, while rocking flat front pants with 2" cuffs and a pair of double monks (unstrapped of course for maximum sprezz), the watch is the only thing to tell us whether you are a wanna-be or a true baller.
So ask yourself, are you satisfied with being a wanna-be?

This is the most compelling argument against wearing a watch I have seen so far.
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