Watches

[Lady's Human]

Trust me.....

Once I open the little covers that say "High Voltage", watches, rings and dog tags get put in the pocket, even though I wear a non-conductive watch.

(There are even places where I take the watch off that aren't high voltage.....the 300A 5V power supply in particular)

In the military, the power amplifier section of one of the radios I worked on had a particularly nasty reputation. 50KV coil in a relatively tiny area.......Lots of arc burns from that puppy.

[Laura's Babies]

I only wear one when I travel or have an appointment. I do not notice other peoples watches either. I have a really small arm and have never had one that didn't slide up and down my arm and I find them terriably annoying.

[blue]

The main reasons I stopped wearing a watch was a nice electrical burn I got after getting zapped while working on a 277 lighting run, and getting my wrist caught while trying to fish a com run through a hole.

I did get some nice burn marks on my big toes from my steel toe boots but I still wear those.

[Moesha]

I don't notice watches very often but wear one most of the time. I had misplaced my regular watch and my backup had a dead battery back in the spring. I went on vacation around this time to Disney World with some friends. Since I didn't ride many of the rides with them, I needed to know the time to meet back up with them. I got tired of pulling my cell phone out, so I bought a watch at one of the stores. It has a leopard print band and a leopard print Mickey head on the dial. I have had several people comment on it, including my doctor while performing my annual breast exam!

[Edwina's Secretary]

I have clients that have rules against employees bringing cell phones to meetings (they think the employees should be paying attention to the meeting - not texting or checking messages or reading emails on their Blackberry.)

I have some clients who have rules against personal cell phones being turned on or visible during working hours. Lots of business reasons for it.

That is why I believe watches will never completely go away!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I used to always wear a watch but then I kept forgetting to take it off at work when I'd go to sandblast some metal copings and I'd end up getting sand inside of it and ruining the watch. Now I rarely wear one unless I'm going some where for a long period of time or I'm meeting up with some one. I still don't have a cell phone or an ipod but I'm usually surrounded by clocks at work and at home.

[mruffruff]

I feel naked without my $7.00 watch. I don't change batteries, just run to WallyWorld for a replacement. Same style and color every time.

I have clocks in every room of the house except the bathroom, and 3 in the kitchen. I'm really not obsessed with time................or am I?

[Barbara]

I love watches as they are a jewelry accessory- so I have lots of them- mostly very cheap ones.
The next thing: watches can be a wonderful - and handmade- piece of mechanic technology. So I stand in front of the shops and admire 15.000 Dollar watches- but only platonically. I would never spend an amount that would be nice for a car on even the nicest piece of mechnics

[sirrahbed]

I feel naked without my $7.00 watch. I don't change batteries, just run to WallyWorld for a replacement. Same style and color every time.

Exactly!!! I have worn rhe same watch style for at least five years and hubby gets me a new one every Christmas. I think they are $7.99 now Prior to that I had the same Seiko that my dad bought for me about 25 years ago and had it repaired until it died. I thought I would like another of the same brand and was blown away by the price!!! No thank you - give me a new Wally watch every year. It has never occured to me to look at the watch another person is wearing, unless I need to know the time.