[time-nuts] Am I the only Time Nut who doesn't wear a watch?

William H. Fite omniryx at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 17:30:49 UTC 2011


Bravo, Rob.  I thought I was the lone voice crying in the wilderness in
support of watches.

My "beater" is an Omega Seamaster that goes everywhere and does everything
all the time.  My others tend to sit in their rocker boxes and seldom get
worn.



On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Rob Kimberley <rk at timing-consultants.com>wrote:

> I'm sitting in the other camp - have many watches, but wear my favourite -
> a Seiko Chrono all the time - never take it off. Hot baths, showers, sea
> etc.  Never let me down (yet). Accurate to I guess not what, but I just love
> it.
> Sorry....
>
> Rob K
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: 08 July 2011 4:46 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Cc: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Am I the only Time Nut who doesn't wear a watch?
>
> Haven't worn a watch in 40+ years as they (and jewelry of any kind) were a
> non-no working in a metrology lab and later around high voltages. I just got
> out of the habit of wearing one and I never had a watch that, no matter how
> well it kept time on the bench or bed stand, would not either noticeably
> gain or lose time or go nuts when I wore it. I had one wind-up I wore for a
> couple of months but kept smashing the crystal at an after school job, so it
> went in the drawer, too. Drives my wife crazy when I complain the clocks in
> the house are off by a minute or so while my clocks in the shop are accurate
> to microseconds...
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Javier Herrero <jherrero at hvsistemas.es>
> wrote:
>
> > I see we are twin souls. Exactly the same :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Javier
> >
> > El 08/07/2011 17:19, John Green escribi :
>  >> I haven't worn a wristwatch in maybe 30 years. I generally use my
> >> cellphone or whatever timepiece that's handy. Or, I just guess. I
> >> don't wear my wedding ring either. Jewelry of any kind bothers me.
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