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View Poll Results: what wrist do you wear your watch
left 74 74.75%
right 25 25.25%
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Old 30 May 2009, 07:31 PM   #1
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Left or right

I know most of you will wear your watch on the left wrist,but i'm a righty and proud.I'm left handed so its a no brainer for me.
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Old 30 May 2009, 09:27 PM   #2
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I'm right handed and I wear on the right.....it's a long story but suffice to say blame it on my Dad (who now wears his on the left!), myself, my brother and two of my sons wear on the right, we are all right handed.....
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Old 30 May 2009, 09:36 PM   #3
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I am right handed, and I wear mine on the left, but I wear a bracelet on my right. It looks like a Rolex band, but skinnier, so it matches.
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Old 30 May 2009, 09:49 PM   #4
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Im left handed and wear my watch on the same wrist.
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Old 30 May 2009, 10:01 PM   #5
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i am left handed and wear my watches on the right. i beat the crap out of them if i wear them on my left.
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Old 30 May 2009, 10:51 PM   #6
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I voted left...I"m right handed. But the young man in my avatar is the family anomaly...he's right handed and insists on wearing on his right.
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Old 30 May 2009, 10:55 PM   #7
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Is it assumed that right handed people wear their watch on their left wrist and left handed people wear their watch on their right wrist?


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Old 30 May 2009, 11:08 PM   #8
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Seems that some do but it's not "cast in stone"....myself, my brother and my two eldest sons are all right handed and wear on the right.....
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Old 30 May 2009, 11:14 PM   #9
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Seems that some do but it's not "cast in stone"....myself, my brother and my two eldest sons are all right handed and wear on the right.....
Just curious. Is there a reason why you wear your watch on your right wrist or did it just come natural?


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Old 30 May 2009, 11:14 PM   #10
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Is it assumed that right handed people wear their watch on their left wrist and left handed people wear their watch on their right wrist?


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I think it's just a "dominant hand" thing. Easier to manipulate the clasp with your dominant hand, less chance of banging it around on your non-dominant hand, writing a check with your dominant hand and checking for the date, etc.
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Old 30 May 2009, 11:17 PM   #11
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I use my left for my watch...and right in somthing else..
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Old 30 May 2009, 11:21 PM   #12
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Left handed, right wrist.
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Old 30 May 2009, 11:25 PM   #13
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Just curious. Is there a reason why you wear your watch on your right wrist or did it just come natural?


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It's a long(ish) story....maybe not that long actually.....My Dad did national service in the British Army, he was posted to Malaysia....he wore a Smiths mechanical watch (wonder if he still has it somewhere) on a leather band....anyway humid climate caused bacteria to form on the leather and caused him some grief, giving him a very bad rash on his wrist, the doctor told him to get a new band and wear on the right 'til his left wrist got better....he didn't bother to change....then I came along and got my first watch at around 7 years old and copied my Dad, then my brother followed suit.......then I became a Dad myself and my two eldest boys copied me.......now guess what....for no apparent reason around two years ago my dad swapped back...can you believe that!!!!

So that's why....hope you didn't nod off in the middle.....
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Old 31 May 2009, 12:09 AM   #14
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It's a long(ish) story....maybe not that long actually.....My Dad did national service in the British Army, he was posted to Malaysia....he wore a Smiths mechanical watch (wonder if he still has it somewhere) on a leather band....anyway humid climate caused bacteria to form on the leather and caused him some grief, giving him a very bad rash on his wrist, the doctor told him to get a new band and wear on the right 'til his left wrist got better....he didn't bother to change....then I came along and got my first watch at around 7 years old and copied my Dad, then my brother followed suit.......then I became a Dad myself and my two eldest boys copied me.......now guess what....for no apparent reason around two years ago my dad swapped back...can you believe that!!!!

So that's why....hope you didn't nod off in the middle.....
That is really interesting! Thanks for sharing!!


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Old 31 May 2009, 12:13 AM   #15
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Funny what we pick up from our folks. My dad always wore his with the dial under the wrist and for years that's how I did it.
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Old 31 May 2009, 12:31 AM   #16
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Im a lefty and i wear on the same arm, i tried right , but im more aware when its on my left arm , on my right i just keep slamming it into everything...
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Old 31 May 2009, 03:25 AM   #17
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I wear on the right.
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Old 31 May 2009, 03:26 AM   #18
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I'm righthanded so wear it on my left wrist.

I can't even do up the clasp if I put it on my right hand. I lack coordination with the left hand.
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Old 31 May 2009, 09:59 AM   #19
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i am left handed and wear my watches on the right. I beat the crap out of them if i wear them on my left.
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Old 31 May 2009, 10:03 AM   #20
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Old 31 May 2009, 10:15 AM   #21
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Old 31 May 2009, 10:46 AM   #22
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Old 31 May 2009, 10:47 AM   #23
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Right handed, right wrist.

Just always felt more comfortable on my right.
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Old 31 May 2009, 10:47 AM   #24
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I stopped wearing mine.

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Old 31 May 2009, 11:45 AM   #25
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I'm righthanded so wear it on my left wrist.

I can't even do up the clasp if I put it on my right hand. I lack coordination with the left hand.
I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.....
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Old 31 May 2009, 12:32 PM   #26
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Right handed, right wrist watch wearer. It just feels better.
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Old 31 May 2009, 12:38 PM   #27
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I wish there had been an option for both. As a right-hander I mainly wear my watch on my left wrist, but for certain activities I wear it on my right. For me it's situation dependent.
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