Which WATCH are you sleeping with and why?

[WatchThinker]

So here’s my question: For those of you who sleep with your watch on - which WATCH is your preferred bedtime partner and why?

I was intrigued by the TRF members who say that they sleep with their watches on. Since making my Sub 114060 my 24 hour companion, I was surprised to find I sleep a bit better. ( No more activating my iphone screen to check the time during the night..... )

PS: This is my second attempt at the topic.

[ciceroyeah]

To each his own I suppose. I tried to wear a watch to bed one time and found I would roll over onto it and cut off circulation to my hand. It was uncomfortable. I recommend giving the wrist a break for a few hours each day.

[WatchThinker]

I’m looking to buy an Explorer ( should my AD come through ) - and I can see why that might be the ultimate “sleeping watch”. Slim, legible, big-ish face. BUT, I see people responding throughout the years with big offerings? I’m vaguely curious if it is only people wearing their watch 24 hours OR if they change watches during the evening......

[HogwldFLTR]

When it comes to bed time I usually just get under the covers with the one I'm with. Kind of a floozy that way. I admit to having a preference for the larger lumes on my YM over those on my Daytonas in the heat of the night.

[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

When it comes to bed time I usually just get under the covers with the one I'm with. Kind of a floozy that way. I admit to havint a preference for the larger lumes on my YM over my Daytonas.

I”m guessing that’s what most people do....

[Dsmith1974]

The just started my watch off at night. If it’s dark close your eyes. If it’s light and you want to then get up.


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[Aberdein]

I sleep with a 28mm Lady - DateJust in Everose gold. Why? Divorces are very expensive...

[Spoonage]

I will sleep with any watch in my collection except dress (or at least dressier) watches. Mainly because

- Not in the standard location
- Mostly worn out in dressier situations
- Typically switch back to a sports watch when back at home from whatever event required the dressier watch to begin with...

So whichever is on the wrist when I get tired is the one I sleep with.

[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by Dsmith1974

The just started my watch off at night. If it’s dark close your eyes. If it’s light and you want to then get up.


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I wish I could do that! I think I’m instinctively looking for the time when I wake up - I didn’t even realize it. I literally started wearing it at night because of posts here, just for fun, and was genuinely surprised that it makes a difference.

[Simon_jrees]

Originally Posted by WatchThinker

So here’s my question: For those of you who sleep with your watch on - which WATCH is your preferred bedtime partner and why?

I was intrigued by the TRF members who say that they sleep with their watches on. Since making my Sub 114060 my 24 hour companion, I was surprised to find I sleep a bit better. ( No more activating my iphone screen to check the time during the night..... )

PS: This is my second attempt at the topic.

I'm one of those that doesn't sleep with a watch on... but if I did it would probably be a 114060.... If I could get my hands on one

[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by Spoonage

I will sleep with any watch in my collection except dress (or at least dressier) watches. Mainly because

- Not in the standard location
- Mostly worn out in dressier situations
- Typically switch back to a sports watch when back at home from whatever event required the dressier watch to begin with...

So whichever is on the wrist when I get tired is the one I sleep with.

Do you think it makes any difference in how you sleep?

[1665fan]

Any watch that will sleep with me.....

[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by 1665fan

Any watch that will sleep with me.....

I posed this question to a friend who has several nieces watches, but a Casio G-shock plastic band that is almost like part of his pajamas. He’s your opposite: He said “ I won’t sleep with just any watch”.

[VK1984]

Maybe there should be a “sleep watch” category in our collections; dress, dive, sleep, suit, activity, beater etc

[padi56]

Sorry cannot see any point in wearing any watch in bed.

[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by VK1984

Maybe there should be a “sleep watch” category in our collections; dress, dive, sleep, suit, activity, beater etc

Honestly - that’s what I’m wondering!!!

If I’m not alone - and others find sleeping with a watch on is actually a help - then: Does that mean those of us who wear glasses need bigger dials? Are thinner watches better? Are dive watches better because you bezel-set when you went to bed?

Maybe it is all silly, and most of us just drop off with whatever?

But maybe there’s another category - watches you’d never sleep with? Is a DSSD JC too big for bed?

[Dsmith1974]

Wouldn’t be a good idea to sleep with a leather strap. SS bracelet is best. PM can be a bit heavy on a hot night.


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[Ny325]

I usually don’t wear a watch to bed. However, if I do, it’s a Casio DW5600-BB, and the AE1200 World Time. There both light and comfortable.

[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by padi56

Sorry cannot see any point in wearing any watch in bed.

That’s what I thought! I’d only worn one, before, because I was somewhere atypical or just fell asleep without thinking.

So - after giving it a try with my Sub for fun - the fact that it seems to make a difference in how I sleep was a surprise!

I’ve been floating this topic around in a highly unscientific survey of my friends. People are using their phones as their bedside clocks. When you wake up and check the time, they are getting worked “all teh way up” because of the light. Or worse, your bedside clock is now some little Amazon device shooting light in your face. A lumed watch stops this.....

[Judge]

DSSD every night. Very light sleeper and instant know what time it is without fully waking up to look at phone on night stand.

[VK1984]

Originally Posted by WatchThinker

Honestly - that’s what I’m wondering!!!

If I’m not alone - and others find sleeping with a watch on is actually a help - then: Does that mean those of us who wear glasses need bigger dials? Are thinner watches better? Are dive watches better because you bezel-set when you went to bed?

Maybe it is all silly, and most of us just drop off with whatever?

But maybe there’s another category - watches you’d never sleep with? Is a DSSD JC too big for bed?

Very interesting actually and just sent me down a rabbit hole.

I slept with an Apple Watch for a while (which was fine in terms of comfort) so that I could set the haptic alarm and turn the sound off. This way I would wake up but it wouldn’t wake my wife up. The drawback was like mentioned - the light when you check it in the middle of night is like a red rag to the brain. Let alone if you have a notification.

So in terms of comfort and practicality I’m thinking a rubber strap with an alarm? JLC Memovox?



Or going for small size and a timing bezel maybe a Tudor mini-sub on a nato or rubber.



Fun topic. Maybe it doesn’t just have to be the best looking ones you’d sleep with


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[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by VK1984

Very interesting actually and just sent me down a rabbit hole.

I slept with an Apple Watch for a while (which was fine in terms of comfort) so that I could set the haptic alarm and turn the sound off. This way I would wake up but it wouldn’t wake my wife up. The drawback was like mentioned - the light when you check it in the middle of night is like a red rag to the brain. Let alone if you have a notification.

So in terms of comfort and practicality I’m thinking a rubber strap with an alarm? JLC Memovox?



Or going for small size and a timing bezel maybe a Tudor mini-sub on a nato or rubber.



Fun topic. Maybe it doesn’t just have to be the best looking ones you’d sleep with


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On occasion when I’ve had to wake up much earlier than my wife, I’ve worn the apple watch so that it’s vibrating on my wrist will be less disturbing - but i had the same experience. You might be right about the big-face, web strap!

[garyk]

Might seem bizarre but I like to see what time it is if I wake up in the night and so I wear my unusually large G Shock which lights up well at night.




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[WatchThinker]

Originally Posted by garyk

Might seem bizarre but I like to see what time it is if I wake up in the night and so I wear my unusually large G Shock which lights up well at night.




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No!! Not bizarre at all! As I replied, above, a friend intentionally sleeps with a G-Schock for the same reason!

But I don’t find the light of a G-Shock to be nearly the neural-electroshock of an apple watch or an iphone. Plus, using a hybrid-analog like yours might make even more sense. I wonder if a solar Seiko Tuna might not be like a sleep-optimized choice? Big but comfy?

[brandrea]

Shucks ... and I just bought that Hodinkee clock

[Pw92676]

Anything with lume works for me. Nice to wake up and know what time it is without reaching for my phone, putting on glasses, rolling over and waking up wife/dogs etc etc.

[MillyS]

I like my wrists to be free at night. No watch for me when sleeping.

[Ranger67]

Don’t wear in bed, don’t people use illuminated alarm clocks any more!

[doramas]

Datejust 16234 of 36mm. The most comfortable watch I've ever had.

[3 Putt]

Originally Posted by padi56

Sorry cannot see any point in wearing any watch in bed.

^^^^This