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Old 26 August 2007, 05:08 PM   #1
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Face in or out?

Just wondering how many of you wear your watches...Rolex or otherwise...with the watch face on the back of your wrist...and how many wear your watches with the face on the inside of your wrist (same side as your palm faces)..???

It might just be a local Hawaiian thing...because I've never really seen it elsewear....

Just wondering...Aloha
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Old 26 August 2007, 08:10 PM   #2
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Sorry..never happen. I want it on the topside of my wrist.
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Old 26 August 2007, 08:14 PM   #3
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Old 26 August 2007, 11:11 PM   #4
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Old 26 August 2007, 11:15 PM   #5
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Old 26 August 2007, 11:18 PM   #6
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I wouldn't do it either.

But I have seen some people doing it, and I guess they do it to protect the crystal from scratches

Also, when driving a car, it is actually handy to have the watch on your wrist like that (makes it easier to tell the time whilst driving without losing attention to the traffic around you).

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Old 26 August 2007, 11:22 PM   #7
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Old 27 August 2007, 01:31 AM   #8
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Old 27 August 2007, 01:33 AM   #9
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Old 27 August 2007, 01:34 AM   #10
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Always out, never tempted to wear on the inside. I do know people who do though.
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Old 27 August 2007, 01:35 AM   #11
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Old 27 August 2007, 02:01 AM   #12
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Much to beautiful to be on the inside. Definitely an "outie".
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Old 27 August 2007, 02:12 AM   #13
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Outside for me, although I've seen it worn the other way.

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Old 27 August 2007, 02:30 AM   #14
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Just wondering how many of you wear your watches...Rolex or otherwise...with the watch face on the back of your wrist...and how many wear your watches with the face on the inside of your wrist (same side as your palm faces)..???

It might just be a local Hawaiian thing...because I've never really seen it elsewear....

Just wondering...Aloha
Hey DaKine, do you also walk backwards in Hawaii?

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Old 27 August 2007, 02:47 AM   #15
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The only time I do it is when I am going through an area that I unfamiliar with and don't want to advertise. The London Tube or the NY Subway come to mind.
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Old 27 August 2007, 04:09 AM   #16
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Old 27 August 2007, 06:30 AM   #17
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Always out....hate that in thing!!
Well, I have always liked the good old "in-out"
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Old 27 August 2007, 08:07 PM   #18
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Hey DaKine, do you also walk backwards in Hawaii?

ALWAYS TOPSIDE HERE.
Eh Dakine...

No...at least I don't.
I didn't walk backwards in the 12 years I spent living in Seattle either...LOL
UW frowned on it's athletes doing silly things like that. So did the AIA, come to think of it...
Not to say that silly things weren't done!!! LOL

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Old 27 August 2007, 02:46 AM   #19
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This brings up another interesting question: How many people (and why) wear their watches on the right hand? Is it just a thing for lefties? Just a preference? Maybe it gets in the way of writing, as people used to do before the computer and typewriter eras. Still, I see some people doing the right-hand thing and I wonder if they're making some kind of statement.
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Old 27 August 2007, 04:36 AM   #20
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I've seen lots of nurses and nurse's aides that wear a watch to the inside. They say it is more convenient for checking pulse rate of a patient.

I also have a collegue who wears a big Citizen chronograph so loose around his wrist that it spends most of its time upside down. I think it'd drive me crazy to wear a watch that loose.

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PS I have worn my Tudor Chronograph to the inside, but only when I was using it a lot for timing things at work. Once or twice in the 11 years I've had it.
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Old 27 August 2007, 01:31 PM   #21
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I wore mine in when I was 15, to be cool! (So I thought)
Now I know a little better, and wear it out.
When I see customers wearing the watch in, I always recommend them to change to out, because there is a bigger risk of scratching/smashing the crystal. Especially the sapphires tend to ship the edges quicker...

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Old 27 August 2007, 05:39 PM   #22
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Old 27 August 2007, 08:03 PM   #23
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I wore mine in when I was 15, to be cool! (So I thought)
Now I know a little better, and wear it out.
When I see customers wearing the watch in, I always recommend them to change to out, because there is a bigger risk of scratching/smashing the crystal. Especially the sapphires tend to ship the edges quicker...

Vanessa
Thanks Vanessa...
That's kinda what I thought...that wearing it with the face in might cause even more scratching/chipping issues...the very issues I would guess people were trying to avoid in the first place...I didn't know there was actually a statistic on it...LOL
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Old 27 August 2007, 05:57 PM   #24
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Out for me I would be very hard on the face otherwise.
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