Watch Migration

[Fred48]

Why do watches always tend to migrate to the outer part of the wrist? I know shortening the bracelet on the six o'clock side helps to mitigate, but why does it happen? Is it due to gravity? the ulnar bone?

All responses greatly appreciated.

thanks

[Tools]

yes, Physics.

[CKizzy]

It's Science!

[Speedbird-1]

F = Gm1m2/r2,
where F is the force due to gravity, between two masses (m1 and m2), which are a distance r apart; G is the gravitational constant.



Hope that helps.

[honkymf]

I actually didn't know that removing links from the 6 o'clock position helped mitigate this. I always make sure the clasp is perfectly centered instead of think about that. Thanks!

[Tools]

Originally Posted by Fred48

Why do watches always tend to migrate . . .

thanks

This time of the year you see a lot of them migrating to the sandy beaches and tropical islands.

I think that this must be where they started their way in life.

[Speedbird-1]

Originally Posted by Tools

This time of the year you see a lot of them migrating to the sandy beaches and tropical islands.

I think that this must be where they started their way in life.

A lot of them, are Oysters, after all.

[tritium8]

Originally Posted by Speedbird-1

F = Gm1m2/r2,
where F is the force due to gravity, between two masses (m1 and m2), which are a distance r apart; G is the gravitational constant.



Hope that helps.

And all this time I thought it was van der waals forces.

[LordNewport]

Originally Posted by Fred48

Why do watches always tend to migrate to the outer part of the wrist? I know shortening the bracelet on the six o'clock side helps to mitigate, but why does it happen? Is it due to gravity? the ulnar bone?

All responses greatly appreciated.

thanks

Its super secret squirrel stuff...we could tell you but we'd have to kill you...

[Fred48]

As a retired physicist (medical), I find all these answers particularly underwhelming

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by Fred48

As a retired physicist (medical), I find all these answers particularly underwhelming

Then, enlighten us, oh wondrous one.

[sgwatchguy]

As an amateur linguist (still practicing), I must point out that watches don’t migrate.

On the other hand.... Birds, butterflies, animals of all sorts, tend to do that.

[Fred48]

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Then, enlighten us, oh wondrous one.

If I knew the answer, I would not be asking the question.

"The first sign of wisdom is being able say 'I don't know'" - Commander Data, Star Trek.

[Chester01]

Originally Posted by Fred48

Why do watches always tend to migrate to the outer part of the wrist? I know shortening the bracelet on the six o'clock side helps to mitigate, but why does it happen? Is it due to gravity? the ulnar bone?

All responses greatly appreciated.

thanks

Gravity. Look, notice when you are sitting at the computer or when driving, look at how your wrist is slanted. Folks that wear their watch on the left hand, constantly have their wrist slanted, the watch simply migrates down as gravity and the weight of the watch tilt it.

[Burlington]

A true scientist would devise a hypothesis and then seek to prove it

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by Fred48

If I knew the answer, I would not be asking the question.



"The first sign of wisdom is being able say 'I don't know'" - Commander Data, Star Trek.

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[Tools]

Originally Posted by Fred48

If I knew the answer, I would not be asking the question.

"The first sign of wisdom is being able say 'I don't know'" - Commander Data, Star Trek.

The watch is always top-heavy and so it will tend to move the heaviest mass to the bottom of any rotation, as any free moving counter-weighted or pendulum mechanism would.

Both gravity (as above), and construction of the above-wrist ulna and radius bones, going from pronation to supination, pushes the watch to the outside.

Physics, as was said.

[Speedbird-1]

Originally Posted by Tools

The watch is always top-heavy and so it will tend to move the heaviest mass to the bottom of any rotation, as any free moving counter-weighted or pendulum mechanism would.

Both gravity (as above), and construction of the above-wrist ulna and radius bones, going from pronation to supination, pushes the watch to the outside.

Physics, as was said.

Phew!....that's a relief. I thought it was just, well, magic.

[Fred48]

Some good answers, thanks!

[Blansky]

They're trying to escape the owner.

[101031-28]

Originally Posted by Tools

The watch is always top-heavy and so it will tend to move the heaviest mass to the bottom of any rotation, as any free moving counter-weighted or pendulum mechanism would.

Both gravity (as above), and construction of the above-wrist ulna and radius bones, going from pronation to supination, pushes the watch to the outside.

Physics, as was said.

Thank you for the info

[Speedbird-1]

Originally Posted by sgwatchguy

As an amateur linguist (still practicing), I must point out that watches don’t migrate.

On the other hand.... Birds, butterflies, animals of all sorts, tend to do that.

Spelling's a very good place to start!

[Dyim]

Glidelock helps.

[sgwatchguy]

Originally Posted by Speedbird-1

Spelling's a very good place to start!

[qua13]

Simple physics.