which hand do you wear your watch on?

perdedor · Post by **perdedor** » 20 Jan 2012 10:01

im a right hander and i wear my watch on my right arm... think its family influence.. has been wearing like this since young.
but i do take it off to wear it on my left hand whenever im playing racket sports..

why do people (right-handers) often wear their watch on their left? is it:
- easy to wear (use right hand to fit the watch on)
- prevent damage to the watch (esp. mechanical) due to excessive/faster movement from master hand??
- inconvenience to daily activities of living (writing, typing on keyboard etc.) if same hand (right hander on right)

lai lai discuss!

eawtan · Post by **eawtan** » 20 Jan 2012 10:13

I'm left handed and wear my watch on my left arm ...
I have a "beater" which I wear for sports ... and a "water-resist" for water sports ...

watchlooker · Post by **watchlooker** » 20 Jan 2012 10:14

As a right hander, naturally right hand is bigger than left hand so in order to balance, I wore my watch on the left. Sometime, I do wear watch on both hands.

ivan · Post by **ivan** » 20 Jan 2012 10:14

Wore on both hands n prefer on my left.

feilong108 · Post by **feilong108** » 20 Jan 2012 10:16

Prefer on left wrist...

magna_strike · Post by **magna_strike** » 20 Jan 2012 10:17

im a right hander, wearing watches on the left hand always. guess its more of left hand being the utility hand, e.g. put things like watches, bracelets on that hand while right hand is more for doing tasks for me..

lunarin79 · Post by **lunarin79** » 20 Jan 2012 10:19

On left( right handed) since young & the 2 shades of skin complexion colour diff is super obvious nw so bopian, only on left

okies · Post by **okies** » 20 Jan 2012 10:22

Wear on left..
No special reason just habit.

funky_banana · Post by **funky_banana** » 20 Jan 2012 10:45

i am a right handed but i used to wear it on the right hand when i was younger. probably cause my dad also wear his on the right.

switch to left cause didn't want to scratch the watch when i starting working some part time job.
now more like habit and also don't want to damage the watch (since gotten this hobby).

big-e-294 · Post by **big-e-294** » 20 Jan 2012 10:57

For me, being right handed, it is easier and more natural to operate watch functions with right hand, particularly with digital watches like gshocks (where buttons are small) or even chronograph buttons.

When younger, fine motor skills (pressing small buttons, etc) were easier to do with dominant hand. So it is also partly habit since young.

Ed.YEO · Post by **Ed.YEO** » 20 Jan 2012 11:29

I'm a leftie. The rightie will be my good friend in need.

funky_banana · Post by **funky_banana** » 20 Jan 2012 12:12

Ed.YEO wrote:I'm a leftie. The rightie will be my good friend in need.

wait... what kind of needs ah?

herzausstahl · Post by **herzausstahl** » 20 Jan 2012 12:30

Now primarily left hand, mainly for the reasons Big-e stated

Ed.YEO · Post by **Ed.YEO** » 20 Jan 2012 13:16

funky_banana wrote:
wait... what kind of needs ah?

Complex jobs... such as carry balls, peeling banana skin, pull trigger tembak orang...etc...

roo7 · Post by **roo7** » 20 Jan 2012 13:22

I'm right handed, watch on my left, no particular reason too..

sinner1974 · Post by **sinner1974** » 20 Jan 2012 13:36

I'm right handed too, watch on my left hand.

Use right hand more often so naturally watch on left

LB1981 · Post by **LB1981** » 20 Jan 2012 14:35

left handed, left wrist here.

belkelbro · Post by **belkelbro** » 20 Jan 2012 14:38

Am a right hander, use my right hand too much, so balance a bit.

chuajonathan · Post by **chuajonathan** » 20 Jan 2012 15:37

perdedor wrote:im a right hander and i wear my watch on my right arm... think its family influence.. has been wearing like this since young.
but i do take it off to wear it on my left hand whenever im playing racket sports..

why do people (right-handers) often wear their watch on their left? is it:
- easy to wear (use right hand to fit the watch on)
- prevent damage to the watch (esp. mechanical) due to excessive/faster movement from master hand??
- inconvenience to daily activities of living (writing, typing on keyboard etc.) if same hand (right hander on right)

lai lai discuss!

Think it's because last time all manual watch, so right handers wear watch on their left hand so that they can easily use their right hand to wind their watch if necessary.

But than, I'm a right hander who wears it on my right arm instead. No idea why also.

oonik · Post by **oonik** » 20 Jan 2012 16:05

I'm right handed & I'm wearing it at right hand because like to show off mah ...,,,,, LOL