Horological Meandering

and thats sleep with a watch on. It got me wondering about what the purist's thoughts or preferences are on this subject. Whilst i slept well i don't think its something i will repeat again as I'm worried i might damage the watch with a reckless motion and bang against the side table or something.

... and each one has his own point of view.

To me, my watch is part of my life, and being now near 64 years old, I have been sleeping with a watch on my wrist since I got my first one, when I was nine, so...

After 50 plus years with this custom,  I can´t go sleeping without a watch on my wrist!
No fear of bumps or scratches while dreaming!

I´m sure you´ll be receiving very different answers from our Purists friends here!
Best cordial regards, Abel.

im not sure if you are in the minority or majority , however im happy you love your watch and have an inseperable bond with it.

 

regards

darma

... sleeping with a watch on for the same reason as you - I am not in control and may damage it unknowingly. The few times I have gone to sleep wearing a watch I visually check it over after awakening.

I also try to prolong the life of my leather straps and prefer not to wear them 'unnecessarily'. A metal bracelet would be a different issue.

Interesting to read Abel's comments so, as with everything, you get used to it.

Andrew

no I never sleep with my watch on

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  I simply prefer to have nothing on my wrist while I sleep. Certainly a more critical issue for large or very expensive watches, since you cannot possibly  consciously control how you move as you sleep, and the solid obstructions that may present themselves. This message has been edited by mrsnak on 2012-06-14 18:14:09

its something I never done before too!!

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instead of your gold JLC reverso to bed. One is a sports watch and should take some punishment  LOL.

it felt as light as a feather, hows the reduction going ?

cheers,dreamer

photo trip.

Well, especially, for Seikos in particular as I can't wind my Samurais and the power reserve on both my orange and black one can be a bit dicey.

As a rule though, I take them off when I sleep. Actually I take them off upon reaching the house!

its something i've always done i think. the habit was made permanent when i was in the army as you never leave valuables lying around and never know when your going to be dragged out of bed in a hurry so its always better to wear your watch. never damaged one in nearly 40 years.

G

Regarding myself: I never ever take off my watch at night. I am very short-sighted, and would be unable to see the bedside alarm clock's display when waking up in the middle of the night. Aside that, these mdoern LCD clocks do not even have a permanent illumination, so I would have to desperately tap around, searching for the appropriate button.

As a consequence, a good luminence of the wristwatch hands is a conditio sine qua non for me, and with a single exception all my watches can be read at night, when I hold it close to my eyes.

Regards,
Marcus

... against the metal framwork on the head of my bed on more than one occasion. However, not even soft golden watches have suffered any damage.

egards,
Marcus

was a curious european fetish , actually i remember watching a euro porn movie many years ago and all the guys wore socks.

... we found out over here that the cover was more efficient when worn elsewhere - and made from a different material... ;-)

Marcus

... It is very curious and interesting for me to read the responses of other fellow Purists members regarding this issue of wearing or not a watch when sleeping.

Curious, as it is something so "natural" to me, that I never put myself to think if this is normal or not for other watch users to do the same.

Interesting, because I never thought about damaging my watch in any way when sleeping, though my dreaming makes me turn several times changing positions during night.
Never gave a blow to my watch against my night table or headbed in more of half a century of sleeping with my watch on my wrist!

I have to recognize, that in all these years, I gave a very, very few and light bruises to my watch, against my wifey´s watch, as she also sleeps with her watch. Nothing to make me think in changing my habit of wearing my watch at night.

My usual watch has been a Submariner, which was my only watch for many decades.

SInce I took watch collecting 4 or 5 years ago, the watch on my wrist tends to change very often, but I have no problem sleeping with any of my timepieces, which in general are in the 36 mm to 40 mm diameter range.
No real Big watches in my collection, being the only exception my PAM 111 Panerai, whith which I have slept with no problem either.

Now, reading this thread, I understand that "watch sleeping" could be seen as a "not so normal" or popular way of use. Another interesting discovery for me!

By the way, I never sleep with socks!

Thank you for an unusual and interesting thread!
Best cordial regards, Abel.

Watches get in the way of the handcuffs.

Cheers,
pplater.

... sleeping with socks, and Pplater not wearing watches at night not to interfere with handcuffs...

... now, this thread is really getting really interesting!

I´m thinking that I´ve been sleeping (without socks) with my watch for more than 50 years, and now I´m feeling I missed something in the meantime!

Looking forward to more responses!

Have a nice week end friends!
Kind regards, Abel.

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This message has been edited by cazalea on 2012-06-15 08:59:31

like Dr Hanke, I am almost totally blind without my glasses on, so must have something very close to see time at night.

a few days' worth of watches (like the books I'm reading) tend to pile up on the bedside table where they fall readily to hand (no -cuffs in my bedroom)

...but then one day, relatively recently, I just stopped.