Horological Meandering

I can't do this on my own, certainly not technically. But I am curious about in what regions of the world, watches are worn more on the right than on the left hand - no matter what the reasons.

Geographically!.

This would have nothing to do about our habits or our, from birth to now - the left-and-right handed-ness. Such a poll could of course be expanded to all the jobs and professions there are, from plumbers to lawyers.

But this is sensitive, even dangerous territory. WARNING! So I must stress that I have no commercial or any other interest in such a poll other than within our community, according to what geographical point we are on the planet.

Now I feel that this is NOT a good proposal. There are so many marketing experts and statisticiions who are HUNGRY for this kind of information.

Curiosit!y - yes - but better forget it !!

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Yes, I think so.

amerix - the first to say something and always the first to regret it ...

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And vice versa for the left-handed.

Is there really any difference region-wise or professional-wise?

Cheers,
Anthony

...but I am right-handed and wear my watch on the left wrist. 

Daos

Don;t know why... since young.

well majority of people wear it on there left so to be a little different i wear mine on my right hand and i do get asked on occasions why i wear my watch on the right if i am right handed and my reply is " because everyone wears theres on the left "     so maybe  im trying to express my uniqueness anyway it feels good so Right it is.

Also since young and I just can't wear on the left, feels strange.

that is clearly the majority in Germany.

 

Best

Andreas

I'm right handed and wears my watch on the right. My wife is a left hander, wears her watch on the left.......Have been that ways since the day we receive our watches.

Mike 

I was thinking of a watch-savvy place like Singapore and a profession where the wearer might want to show (off) the watch while shaking hands or raising that espresso to his or her lips.

Being right-handed myself, of course (!?) I wear the watch left. However, I spend a good part of the day surfing the Net before a computer with the right hand manipulating a mouse and the left one doing practically nothing except being raised to read off the time. Some automatics get a little oxygen-starved that way. In fact, one of F.P. Journe's friends ran into this problem, inspiring him to design a super-efficient winding mechanism.

I could only wear a Lange 1 on my right wrist - the exact opposite of Journe's watches!

Thanks very much for the response.

It's also interesting to look at photos not only of who is wearing what and where. - but on which arm.

either left or right .I have since i started wearing watches.My father was right handed and watch on right strictly.

The position of the crown tends to hit my wrist when I wore this one on the left.I think that is why they changed the layout of the newer Airmans

My wife and I (both right-handers) wear on the left.

Our son (age 6, right hander) wears his indestructible Timex digital on his right.

My father, left-handed, wears on his right.

My father-in-law, right-handed, wears on the left, but on the inside of his wrist.

Go figure....

-Tom

 

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I say that because I have seen people wear the watch where the wrist bends below the bone that is raised, but i find that restricts my wrist movement.

I hope that is clear as I don't know what that bit of bone is called..!!

Andy.

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but i often wear 2 watches at home so left and right, but only when i have 2 on.

Graham

I am right-handed, but wear watches on both the left and right wrist.

I like the variety, and it does 'feel' different wearing it on the dominant versus non-dominant wrist.

Andrew

I am so dominantly right-handed, I would have a very difficult time putting on a watch with a tang buckle on my right wrist.

I always find it amusing when people wear watches on both wrists at the same time.  That's a lot of timekeeping all at once!

Cheers,

Daos

It is more 'fidly' to put on, although watches with bracelets are a little easier. But it is well worth the effort. You tend to notice the watch more as it is on your dominant arm (and you also need to be careful not to bump it more often). Mostly it is just the fact that it feels different, and that's fun.

A

Hi

When all else fails & I can't make a decision - then its both wrists.

JML

...very rarely swap, especially in summer once a tan-mark has appeared....

 

as watches get bigger and bigger, I've begun experimenting with wearing them on my right wrist, which -- precisely because I'm right-handed -- is larger than my left wrist.  (You bulk up the wrist attached to the hand you use most often.)  Large watches always look better on my right wrist, but I just haven't gotten used to the sensation yet of looking at my right wrist after a lifetime of raising my left wrist when I want to check the time.

I am right handed and generally wears my watches on the right hand as well. Reason being my left wrist is smaller and watches tends to look too big on my left wrist. Lame? I don't care. haha

nt

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. . . right-handed, watch always on left wrist . . . Art

I'm Right handed but mostly wear it on the left and switch to the right at times to avoid the tan lines! 

-MW

it has been so for me since I was a boy, and I am surprise that they are a few more right-right too.

Goh