Anybody Ditch Their Watch Because of Cellphone?

Well atleast they have smartwatches now for you guys, watch form factor with all the annoyances you mention of a phone. :)

I detest cell phones, and as noted above, typical cell phone manners. Fortunately, I don't usually have to be anywhere at a certain time, so I carry neither a cell nor wear a watch.

However, I do love mechanical watches. The tiny wound up machines fascinate me. Have a small collection of old vintage wrist watches, and one pocket watch. I even have a good DVD on mechanical watch repair - but never got into it enough to make the relatively small investment in necessary tools. Maybe someday.

I believe the market for exclusive mechanical watches will remain, but I don't see much future for the run-of-the-mill dept. store level of watches.

i can't be without a watch. Ive worn them for 6 years every day and I hate being without. My phone on the other hand I can forget at home or just not charge it for a couple days and there is no problem, I can be reached at work or you can stop by my house to see if I'm around, there is no need for a cellphone, however, I need to know the time.
My watch collection is much larger than my snake collection and my current favourite is my BR03
Oh and my wonderful dog wrecked my '62 navitimer which has now been in europe getting fixed for a year and a half :taz:

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

I have a blue/red and black/red Submariners.
I don't wear the black one and the blue has been repaired twice. (auto wind doesn't seem to like a Harley) Go figure...
I haven't had it repaired again.
Both have been in the safe for at least a decade.

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You need to get on a Victory.

Had two Harley and I'm now on my secon Vic, the Vision. It's a dream!

Well for what it's worth , if anyone around cares ...

I have a couple of Casio RC watches which enable me to use the watches as a remote control for TV , DVD players , HIFi or whatever ...

They also double up as alarm clocks , stopwatches , calm and of course telling the time :)

I killed watches. When I wore them, they quit working within a couple weeks at most. So I never got into the habit too much. Working on the boats meant that a watch was always in danger of hanging on a pot as it went over the side, and then working in the lumberyard I was yanked off a semi-truck trailer when it hung on a protruding nail on a big crate. That ended me wearing watches for good.

I use my phone for a time piece now, and I don't find pulling it out to glance at the time to be any more intrusive or rude than pulling out a pocket watch to look at the time.

And I do like pocket watches. But my last two also quit working within a week of me getting them. Sigh.

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Well for what it's worth , if anyone around cares ...

I have a couple of Casio RC watches which enable me to use the watches as a remote control for TV , DVD players , HIFi or whatever ...

They also double up as alarm clocks , stopwatches , calm and of course telling the time :)

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Thats cool about using your watches for remote controls. :)

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

I killed watches. When I wore them, they quit working within a couple weeks at most. So I never got into the habit too much. Working on the boats meant that a watch was always in danger of hanging on a pot as it went over the side, and then working in the lumberyard I was yanked off a semi-truck trailer when it hung on a protruding nail on a big crate. That ended me wearing watches for good.

I use my phone for a time piece now, and I don't find pulling it out to glance at the time to be any more intrusive or rude than pulling out a pocket watch to look at the time.

And I do like pocket watches. But my last two also quit working within a week of me getting them. Sigh.

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My ex of many,many years just could not seem to understand why I would not wear any jewelry at all while working in the shop or shooting and handling guns. She thought my wedding ring should be on my finger 24/7.

Working around machines and jewelry is a good way to loose an appendage. Jewelry scratches guns, something very uncool with nice firearms.