Horological Meandering

When you walk through a narrow space, do you instinctively take precautions to protect your watch? Do you move your watch in front of your body, or place your fingers on the wall/doorway, in order to ensure that your watch does not get scratched? When you... 

I remember reading here or elsewhere about the "WIS walk": as you move towards "danger", you put your watch hand behind your back. Works very well, and probably doesn't appear too odd! Marc .

around airport luggage areas. TM

. . . of ending up on my watch, especially salad dressing . . . I really hate specks of Italian on the crystal . . . cordially, Art

I also have become subconsciously aware of my left wrist in a way that I never used to before wearing nice watches. I lament that it took a few nice watches being nicely patina'ed before I learned to control my manic gesticulations. Nevertheless, having 3... 

they need repair get them fixed. i wear 2 watches most days and whatever watch i'm wearing i'll go 4x4'ing, run the dogs, use the laptop, eat, but luckily Art, i dont like salad dressing , and sleep in them. i never take them off to go to bed, but i draw ... 

I'm with you there, Mr Hutton. No particular protective behaviour. They exist to be worn and used. Scared of salad dressing? Never! Showers? if it's waterproof and I'm wearing it, it gets wet. If i'm gardening or under the bonnet, then Ok, I'm not going t... 

. . . I almost flipped out when I found a dollop of guacamole on my Karree Panodate strap a few weeks ago! Seriously, I'm at the point where I'll take the watch off and put it in my t-shirt pocket if there's flying food particles around . . . cordially, A... 

about the table manners where you live Art. I can't remember much food flying around my place since the kids first learned to feed themselves about 20 years ago. We enjoyed those two episodes wearing Swatches and not worrying, although the kitchen walls d... 

I wanted to own one watch that I would never feel a need to worry about. I take reasonable precautions with my watches and some don't get worn with short sleeves. It is the antique (pre WWII) watches that require the most careful wearing - a sudden rainst...