Time Machine. Hands Or Digital?

[MrNylon]

Only at night when there's no moon.

[FirstMeasure]

Personally I never liked Wrist Watches. Before Cell Phones I carried a Pocket Watch, now it seems like my watch has a phone in it.

[MrNylon]

I've gotten into that mind set more with the digital clock in my car, and like some of you mentioned cell phones having a very accurate clock in them also.

[milod]

I've only owned one wristwatch that lasted more than six months, a stainless Seiko years ago.

 

Nowadays I use the cell phone. If that makes me a kid, hey, I'm all for it. <grin> I do use a pocket watch when reenacting the 1860s-90s time periods.

 

But to the current subject... Hands on the watch, definitely. I like a bit of "glow in the dark" too. Digital, to see at night, takes two hands. A tactical cover makes it a two-hand effort regardless, but... I never hadda use one.

 

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[ShredAstaire]

Is that a serious question? I have never seen a decent digital watch in my life....

 

:)

 

Hands (down)!

[Silenced Fred]

For dressing up, I have a nice big Casio, like a diver's watch, set me back about $50 on super sale on Black Friday. I don't wear a watch much on a regular basis

[Versatile]

I have about 3 or 4 wristwatches, the favourite came free with petrol tokens...I upgraded it with a cheap gold coloured bracelet

And a cheap chrome Sekonda pocket watch with a flip lid and snakey chain

 

The real question should be

 

Roman Numerals or Numbers?

 

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[milod]

The nice thing about a watch with hands is that one need not have numerals to tell the time.

 

Yeah, the digital - and my cell phone - is a rapid clue as to the time, but the analog dial seems somehow to put time into better perspective.

 

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[Murph]

but the analog dial seems somehow to put time into better perspective.

 

m

 

BINGO.........

 

I think when I look at the digital numbers, my mind does a quick "calculation" with hands involved. Whereas younger people having grown up with digital watches/timekeepers may not.

 

When you look at the analog watch you can instantly "see" the time left until a certain time, quitting time, dark, ect.

 

Great analogy milod.......

[Notes_Norton]

Hands because you can see the time without actually reading it (right brain). Plus I just get cheap, plain dial, Timex watches or equivalent. They are easy to read and work for a decade or more. I could buy a more expensive watch, but I'd rather spend the money on a musical toy.

 

Of course, YMMV.

 

And yes, you can tell time on a phone, but you have to take it out of your pocket. Not always a good thing when you are gigging on stage.

 

Notes ♫

[L5Larry]

Hands for me, all the way, for all the same reasons mentioned above.

 

For my everyday work watch I wear military watches. Simple white hands on a black face, nylon band, accurate, and indestructible. As the military contract goes out for bid every few years, the brands changes now and then. My current one is made by Ram Instrument Corp, the couple before that were made by Timex.

 

For my dress watch I wear my father's 1941 Longiness (rectangular face, roman numerals, art deco styling). He bought it in England in '42 or '43 when Uncle Sam sent him over to save the world from fascism. My sister gave me the watch a few years ago and I decided to wear it instead of just storing it away.

[BT Bob]

I have 2 - both Seiko, both with hands.

 

My "everyday" is a Seiko Titanium Chronometer - it was given to me as a fortieth birthday present by my ex-wife & 2 daughters a few years ago. It keeps amazing time, but has one drawback - it costs about £35 to have the battery changed as it has to be re-sealed and pressure tested (assuming I want it to retain the water-resistance). I'm on my 3rd battery in 10 years, so I reckon that's not too bad.

 

I also have a Seiko "gold" watch for "going out"! It's automatic, so doesn't need a battery - just 30 seconds of movement to wind it when I want to wear it. It also keeps really good time.

 

If I had a spare £2000 I would love to own a Raymond Weil Freelancer Chronometer - with the lovely brown leather strap. I can only dream!!

[TommyK]

While I prefer hands, on my budget, the handed watches I can afford don't last long. Therefore, I am hands free.

[flyingarmadillo]

Prefer Hands - otherwise I have to put on my glasses to see what time it is! 2 Seiko Kinetics, 2 Citizen eco-drives, digitals - a couple of Timex Ironman watches (reffing soccer), and a Casio G-Shock for when I have to work outside.

[grampa]

I have for the past few years been into old style mechanical watches, you know, no batteries. I love the retroness. Last year I bought myself a nice 50's vintage Bulova, small rectangular gold case. Very cool. Old watches are a lot like other mechanical things we like such as cars and guns.

[retrosurfer1959]

I'm all about the "retroness" I actually have a few pocket watches also, but I rarely carry one anymore mostly because the watch pocket in my levi's is filled with a stop watch. As an metal artist I almost always have something melting or something in a kiln etc. etc. - So I started carrying a stopwatch years ago, I started out with just any old stopwatch but then about ten years ago I found a old Hanhart brand and I was hooked. I pretty much have one with me all the time, I use the chrono hands on the wristwatch for long times and the pocket watch for sulfur pickles and anything else where the time is critical.

 

[FirstMeasure]

Hands because you can see the time without actually reading it (right brain). Plus I just get cheap, plain dial, Timex watches or equivalent. They are easy to read and work for a decade or more. I could buy a more expensive watch, but I'd rather spend the money on a musical toy.

 

Of course, YMMV.

 

And yes, you can tell time on a phone, but you have to take it out of your pocket. Not always a good thing when you are gigging on stage.

 

Notes ♫

I used to have a "Hang Time" watch that hung from a Belt Loop. All you had to do was glance down at your belt (and it had hands). Sure wish i could get another one of those. Now I keep my cell phone on top of my Amp for time keeping but we're thinking of getting a little clock to stick on the monitors so we can all see what's happening.

[Thundergod]

I don't really like digital watches, they are easier to read (especially in the dark) but I just don't like them.

 

About your comment in the OP Murph, while my cellphone has a bigg screen with nothing more than the hour on it (iphone) I too almost never rely to it, most young people nowadays use watches as fashion accesories and don't even know how to tell the time from them Amazing.