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Asiatic44m · 28 June 2016, 11:26 AM

Would like to hear personal thoughts or reasons referring to the why.

Thanks!

anothernewphone · 28 June 2016, 11:32 AM

Left-handed people do. It's called #thewrongwrist for a reason, though!

japenney · 28 June 2016, 11:47 AM

Because im left handed. Because its not possible for the crown to dig into my hand. Because i like it there.

dominic.warren · 28 June 2016, 12:02 PM

Left handed and special

vaulter1 · 28 June 2016, 11:40 PM

I'm right handed and don't really remember when I started wear watches on my right arm but after this many years I'm not about to change. It has unfortunately caused a few cheaper watches to 'wear out' more quickly over the years because they're on my dominant wrist.

SemperFi · 29 June 2016, 12:07 AM

I'm a lefty and have always worn my watch on my right wrist.
Based on a similar thread awhile back, I took it off my right wrist and put it on my left for a few minutes. It felt like my pants were on backwards.

It quickly went back where it belongs.

Callummcs · 29 June 2016, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anothernewphone

Left-handed people do. It's called #thewrongwrist for a reason, though!

No we don't

I canon stand seeing a watch on someone right wrist. Strange I know but it really annoys me for some reason.

Fredrik · 29 June 2016, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SemperFi

It felt like my pants were on backwards.

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

SearChart · 29 June 2016, 05:36 AM

Sometimes, when I'm in the McQueen mood.

gochessmango · 29 June 2016, 08:30 AM

On heavier watches, having it on the right prevents the crown digging into the top of my hand. Hublot diver 4000m for example

s14roller · 29 June 2016, 10:40 AM

Can you explain why you wear a watch on your left arm?

Etschell · 29 June 2016, 10:53 AM

Left handed so yes

Abdullah71601 · 29 June 2016, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s14roller

Can you explain why you wear a watch on your left arm?

One, it's the way Rolex intended. Two, smart guys do it.

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Abdullah71601 · 29 June 2016, 12:43 PM

GB-man · 29 June 2016, 01:23 PM

I assume only lefties do so.

Manofsteelpt · 30 June 2016, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s14roller

Can you explain why you wear a watch on your left arm?

+1

Quote:

Originally Posted by GB-man

I assume only lefties do so.

Nope, Tom, I'm a righty and wear it on my right (and correct) arm.

Sublover2166 · 30 June 2016, 12:57 AM

Because I am left handed and the watch feels natural on the right wrist. BTW, for those who said that this annoys them when they see this, really?? There are many other things people do that annoy me than where they wear their watch!!

daveathall · 30 June 2016, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s14roller

Can you explain why you wear a watch on your left arm?

I always assumed it was so that one could adjust the time easily without having to take one's watch off. Before the advent of automatic, one could also wind it without taking it off.

I am in the camp of "whatever feels comfortable is right."

chieftd · 30 June 2016, 05:15 AM

I'm right handed, but have always worn my watch on the right wrist even as a kid. For whatever reason it just wasn't comfortable on the left side. Once I wore bigger watches the crown digging into my wrist was an additional discomfort. I do scratch my bracelet more at work from writing and computer mouse operation, but that's ok. Whatever is comfortable is my thing not whether your dominant hand should dictate where you wear a watch. Aloha to all, Tim

ref1655 · 30 June 2016, 05:37 AM

what I've never quite understood are the people who wear their watches with the clasp side up. most say that they are doing so in order to protect the watch crystal...it doesn't make sense if you have ever seen the countless/minor scratches that the bottom of a watch bracelet & clasp incur.

MikeCH · 30 June 2016, 06:20 PM

I first can speak for my GF, who does wear a Rolex.
When she was in first grade and the kids got her first watches, one had the idea that they all (a group of five) could wear the watch on the right to be different. So my GF putted it right too.
Now, 20 years later she still wears it right, but now she has a Rolex.
In fact her friends also still wear a watch on the right.

And yes I wear mine right too. I once asked my GF why she wears right and she told me that she moved her watch to the right after a few days. And I was like "Why not try it out"
I quite liked it and decided to keep it right like my GF.

We are both right handed.

mapalfa · 30 June 2016, 06:51 PM

I'm right handed and wear my watch on the right too.

Back in school I got a skin rash on my left wrist from the cheap plastic watch I had, so moved it to the right until it got better. The right side never got a rash so the watch stayed that side. Like it's been said above, it just feels wrong on the left now.

The only times I wear a watch on the left are taking wrist-shots with an slr or diving and wearing 2 watches.

HL65 · 30 June 2016, 07:08 PM

Left handed and always wear on left wrist. Sometimes for fun will wear on right but only for short time as feels and looks awkward to me.

Passionata · 7 July 2016, 07:20 AM

Why not?

Callummcs · 7 July 2016, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sublover2166

Because I am left handed and the watch feels natural on the right wrist. BTW, for those who said that this annoys them when they see this, really?? There are many other things people do that annoy me than where they wear their watch!!

There are many, many things that people that annoy me. This just happens to be one of a very long list

pa30crewchief · 11 August 2016, 02:09 PM

My wrists are slightly different sizes so in the cool of the morning its on the left wrist and as it warms up I will switch to the right wrist.

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PSG1 Nut · 11 August 2016, 02:19 PM

Left handed and it gets in the way of writing.

goin camping · 11 August 2016, 02:20 PM

Sometimes the watch is a bother on the left. So I switch it over to the right.

randomguy · 11 August 2016, 02:22 PM

Twin brother is full left handed and wears it on right side. I am mostly right handed and wear on left side.

Ferdelious · 12 August 2016, 02:05 AM

Wrong-wrist wearer here because I'm lefty.

Just curious if those who wear their watch on their left wrist, do you actually wind it without taking it off?

28 June 2016, 11:26 AM	#1
Asiatic44m "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: NJ Posts: 26	Do you wear a watch on the right arm? If so, why? Would like to hear personal thoughts or reasons referring to the why. Thanks!

29 June 2016, 10:53 AM	#12
Etschell "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: FL Watch: platinum sub Posts: 15,884	Left handed so yes __________________ If you wind it, they will run. 25 or 6 to 4.

30 June 2016, 07:08 PM	#23
HL65 TRF Moderator & 2024 DATE-JUST41 Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Ken Location: SW Florida Watch: One on my wrist. Posts: 63,398	Left handed and always wear on left wrist. Sometimes for fun will wear on right but only for short time as feels and looks awkward to me. __________________ *SPEM SUCCESSUS ALIT*

7 July 2016, 07:20 AM	#24
Passionata "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: N/A Watch: the girls Posts: 7,095	Why not? __________________ Best George "Also remember that feet don't get fat and a watch will always speak volumes." Robert Johnston --------------------- newhttps://youtu.be/EljAF-uddhE new http://youtu.be/ZmpLoO1Q8eQ IG @passionata1

11 August 2016, 02:19 PM	#27
PSG1 Nut "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: United States Posts: 120	Left handed and it gets in the way of writing. __________________

28 June 2016, 11:32 AM	#2
anothernewphone Banned Join Date: Feb 2013 Real Name: Bill Location: Plymouth Meeting Watch: 116520 Posts: 3,209	Left-handed people do. It's called #thewrongwrist for a reason, though!

28 June 2016, 11:47 AM	#3
japenney "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Real Name: Josh Location: Canada Watch: undecided Posts: 4,777	Because im left handed. Because its not possible for the crown to dig into my hand. Because i like it there.

28 June 2016, 12:02 PM	#4
dominic.warren "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Real Name: Someone Location: Somwhere Watch: Tudor LHD Posts: 1,001	Left handed and special

28 June 2016, 11:40 PM	#5
vaulter1 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New York, NY Watch: Rolex & Omega Posts: 102	I'm right handed and don't really remember when I started wear watches on my right arm but after this many years I'm not about to change. It has unfortunately caused a few cheaper watches to 'wear out' more quickly over the years because they're on my dominant wrist.

29 June 2016, 12:07 AM	#6
SemperFi "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Real Name: Angelo Location: Brooklyn, NY Watch: Rolex Submariner Posts: 42,164	I'm a lefty and have always worn my watch on my right wrist. Based on a similar thread awhile back, I took it off my right wrist and put it on my left for a few minutes. It felt like my pants were on backwards. It quickly went back where it belongs.

29 June 2016, 08:30 AM	#10
gochessmango "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: CONUS Posts: 1	On heavier watches, having it on the right prevents the crown digging into the top of my hand. Hublot diver 4000m for example

29 June 2016, 10:40 AM	#11
s14roller "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: US Posts: 3,246	Can you explain why you wear a watch on your left arm?

29 June 2016, 12:43 PM	#14
Abdullah71601 Banned Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Calumet Harbor Watch: ing da Bears Posts: 13,568

29 June 2016, 01:23 PM	#15
GB-man 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: USA Watch: addiction issues Posts: 36,859	I assume only lefties do so.

30 June 2016, 12:57 AM	#17
Sublover2166 Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Real Name: John Location: Manassas,Virginia Watch: Ol'Bluesy & Hulk Posts: 2,871	Because I am left handed and the watch feels natural on the right wrist. BTW, for those who said that this annoys them when they see this, really?? There are many other things people do that annoy me than where they wear their watch!!

30 June 2016, 05:15 AM	#19
chieftd "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Real Name: Tim Location: Kapolei Hawaii Watch: Blue Sub, YM16623 Posts: 1,363	I'm right handed, but have always worn my watch on the right wrist even as a kid. For whatever reason it just wasn't comfortable on the left side. Once I wore bigger watches the crown digging into my wrist was an additional discomfort. I do scratch my bracelet more at work from writing and computer mouse operation, but that's ok. Whatever is comfortable is my thing not whether your dominant hand should dictate where you wear a watch. Aloha to all, Tim

30 June 2016, 05:37 AM	#20
ref1655 Banned Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: SF Bay Area Watch: 1655/MkI Posts: 1,100	what I've never quite understood are the people who wear their watches with the clasp side up. most say that they are doing so in order to protect the watch crystal...it doesn't make sense if you have ever seen the countless/minor scratches that the bottom of a watch bracelet & clasp incur.

30 June 2016, 06:20 PM	#21
MikeCH "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: CH Posts: 2	I first can speak for my GF, who does wear a Rolex. When she was in first grade and the kids got her first watches, one had the idea that they all (a group of five) could wear the watch on the right to be different. So my GF putted it right too. Now, 20 years later she still wears it right, but now she has a Rolex. In fact her friends also still wear a watch on the right. And yes I wear mine right too. I once asked my GF why she wears right and she told me that she moved her watch to the right after a few days. And I was like "Why not try it out" I quite liked it and decided to keep it right like my GF. We are both right handed.

30 June 2016, 06:51 PM	#22
mapalfa "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Real Name: Robin Location: West Wales Watch: ing the grass grow Posts: 571	I'm right handed and wear my watch on the right too. Back in school I got a skin rash on my left wrist from the cheap plastic watch I had, so moved it to the right until it got better. The right side never got a rash so the watch stayed that side. Like it's been said above, it just feels wrong on the left now. The only times I wear a watch on the left are taking wrist-shots with an slr or diving and wearing 2 watches.

11 August 2016, 02:09 PM	#26
pa30crewchief "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dubai Posts: 181	My wrists are slightly different sizes so in the cool of the morning its on the left wrist and as it warms up I will switch to the right wrist. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

11 August 2016, 02:20 PM	#28
goin camping "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Real Name: Milo Location: Mojave Desert Posts: 922	Sometimes the watch is a bother on the left. So I switch it over to the right.

11 August 2016, 02:22 PM	#29
randomguy "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Real Name: J Location: Canada Watch: Rolex OMEGA Posts: 887	Twin brother is full left handed and wears it on right side. I am mostly right handed and wear on left side.

12 August 2016, 02:05 AM	#30
Ferdelious 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2013 Real Name: Matt Location: Tampa, FL Watch: Hulk/SD4K/SeaQ/P39 Posts: 3,178	Wrong-wrist wearer here because I'm lefty. Just curious if those who wear their watch on their left wrist, do you actually wind it without taking it off? __________________ Why is it, "A penny for your thoughts," but, "you have to put your two cents in?" Somebody's making a penny.

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