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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
 Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:25:07
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Do you wear one? Do you have several? Do you care about the time?
I always wore a watch, I worked underneath several clocks that reminded me and my co-workers of the time, as we had to be hyper-aware of each second flying by. I haven't worn a watch in three-plus years, most of the time I can't remember what day of the week it is. In a masochistic way, I miss always being aware of the time. I don't think I've even seen my watch in a year.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:27:20
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I don't wear a watch because I'm allergic to a lot of the fittings on them, I had a great one from the bodyworlds exhibition and the clock face was a pelvis and the straps were tissue slices, the backing was silver but the fitments had nickel in them so I couldn't wear it.
I like not having to know the time and if I'm desperate my mobile phone displays it.
and you're questioning the sciences
and questioning religion
you're looking like an idiot
and you no longer care.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:28:04
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I always, always wore a watch. Then just before I went on holiday last year I broke the strap and never bothered getting it fixed, and just coped without, I barely noticed it not being there.
This year, we were going through my grandma's things and found my grandad's old watch, so I got the glass replaced as it was very scratched and now I wear that. It's kind of nice, and it must be 30 or 40 years old, wind-up and in very good order.
Nice memento, too.
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:40:48
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I have a nice watch that I bought in New York. One of the few good things to come out of that holiday.
Don't believe the type!
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2023 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:50:10
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:55:48
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I feel naked without eyeliner. How shallow is that? At least a watch serves a function.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:57:06
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I only feel naked when I am naked.
Don't believe the type!
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 11:58:49
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Not that I have something against monitoring time, per se, but I guess "accessories" just bug me in general. A watch is cumbersome and so I don't wear one...haven't worn one in over 10 years probably.
If I need to check the time, a clock is never far away, and I have my cell phone as well. |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 13:06:12
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When I was a kid I collected watches. I don't even know how it started. It was my father who always found these bizard and interesting wrist charms for me. I always felt so cool wearing them regardless of what anyone else thought. I think my favorites were my jettson's watch with stars that moved for the seconds hand, a Kraft Mac and Cheese watch with a fliptop that revealed the digital display, and a cracker jacks watch. My mother still has them all somewhere.
Today...I wear mainly bracelets but I do have a plain silver watch I wear to work. This thread is making me think I should dig up those old watches the kids might get a kick out of them in the clinic.
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zub_the_goat
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
639 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 13:17:03
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| i tend to not wear watches or else i start subconciously looking at the time loads without realising it, and people think im being rude, but i've got a really cool light up purple childrens watch which i like |
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ObfuscateByWill
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1887 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 14:40:17
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No watch.
I do wear a nerdy little PDA that I use to check the time, though.
*Take a bite of the chocolate coffin. |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 14:43:53
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I've never owned a watch properly, but recently I've really wanted an old pocketwatch.
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2813 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 20:14:19
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I saw Frank solo in at Fez(nyc) i have mentioned this before because well it was the best
performance i have ever seen by anyone doing anything on a stage, small basement club maybe 200 people so Frank felt a bit chatty i guess. so here is where your topic comes in to play, he had just received a watch as a gift from his brother and said that it was his first real watch and that he may have had one or two before but not like this one.( something like that)
after a few songs frank had to take off the watch because when you play guitar your fret hand's wrist fattens up and the watch cuts off circulation.
i bought my first real watch about six months ago, i wear it more for the symbolism than to know what time it is.
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 20:46:34
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I've never really worn a watch. I've attempted to, but I've never been able to keep one on my wrist for longer than a day or two. I hate how they slide up to my forearm.
You run all kinds of red lights except the ones on the street.
When you run out of exits you can always count sheep. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 21:09:26
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Originally posted by danjersey
I saw Frank solo in at Fez(nyc) i have mentioned this before because well it was the best
performance i have ever seen by anyone doing anything on a stage, small basement club maybe 200 people so Frank felt a bit chatty i guess. so here is where your topic comes in to play, he had just received a watch as a gift from his brother and said that it was his first real watch and that he may have had one or two before but not like this one.( something like that)
after a few songs frank had to take off the watch because when you play guitar your fret hand's wrist fattens up and the watch cuts off circulation.
i bought my first real watch about six months ago, i wear it more for the symbolism than to know what time it is.
Awesome post, Dan. I love this forum.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
2813 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 21:45:12
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5157 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2005 : 21:49:26
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i used to wear one, now i carry a cell phone w/ a clock built in (as all have), so i stopped wearing the watch. trying to downsize everything in my life
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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klikger
= Cult of Ray =
693 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 01:54:31
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No watch till I get the Movado I want for my 2 yr. anniversary. Till then my cell phone works quite well. It also doubles as a decently functioning alarm clock.
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 04:26:26
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Haven't worn a watch for years which I always thought was unusual until I counted up the non-watch-wearers in the this thread. Any one good with statistics? (non watch wearing correlated to enjoying FB/Pixies)
 "I've rejoined the Cult of Ming / Star of favourite childhood movie of 1980" |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 04:34:27
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Domestiques
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
503 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 05:23:59
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my wife has a thing for swatches, I just have a plain one that I wear to work and it comes off as soon as I am done.
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“I want to be a star!” I cried
They said, “You’re overqualified.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 06:20:14
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Mine is a Swatch. Not the usual bright type, more a bronze-ish colour. They are damn loud but I like the elasticated strap.
Don't believe the type!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 06:22:00
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Originally posted by Carl
I drunkenly dropped my last watch down the toilet. Duh!
Ha!
Sounds like something I would do if I still wore a watch.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo
* Dog in the Sand *
1091 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2005 : 06:27:22
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I look at my watch and I think "Oh! God, i'm still alive! We should be on by now..."
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 18:17:13
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I always wear a watch, except in the shower or when I'm washing dishes. (It's waterproof, but I still don't want to take chances.) I don't think I could deal with not having one, even if I have no need to know what time it is.
I go through watchbands more quickly than most people seem to. I think the one I'm using now is the third one for this watch. I'm not really sure why they break so easily.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1240 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2005 : 18:31:39
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I just got a really cool watch from an American friend of mine who collects antique watchs, a really nice sixties silver(it looks silver  ) German watch. Before that I had a plastic Casio one from ten years ago which never seems to go out of production(the one Napoleon Dynamite wore in the movie), I really liked it! I think people tend to use their phones now for time keeping, as already said?
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 10:59:11
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Since this thread got revived, I'll ask a question I often wonder:
why do you need a watch if you're a musician up on stage?
For instance:
No, this is not a cheap ploy for me to post a pic of Paul Banks. Actually, yes, it is.
Still, I do wonder -- why do you need a watch if you're playing a show?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2005 : 11:03:58
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To know when the 180bar tenorsax solo ends before the closeharmony kazoo quartet kicks in of course.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 18:19:51
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Or maybe as a fashion statement. A TIMELY fashion statement.
<Rimshot>
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 18:29:00
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Staying on the topic of watches, it's difficult to tell whether Paul Banks is wearing a watch in this here photo:
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 20:07:45
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Since this thread got revived, I'll ask a question I often wonder:
why do you need a watch if you're a musician up on stage?
For instance:
No, this is not a cheap ploy for me to post a pic of Paul Banks. Actually, yes, it is.
Still, I do wonder -- why do you need a watch if you're playing a show?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
They are good for knowing when you set time is up. Or to make you look like you alway got somewhere to be (but you have to look at it incessantly to convince people of this  |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 20:09:50
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Thank you for your answer, Heywood, and thank you as well for reposting that photo, as it features a watch, which is the topic here.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1713 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 20:21:54
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i actually agree with two folks so far...
like starmekitten, i can't wear most watches b/c of nickel-allergy...
plastic ones i don't mind so much...
like homerspetmonkey, i don't feel naked unless i'm naked.
:)
i don't wear a watch. haven't for years. my phone, like most of yours, has a clock built-in so no real neason exists for me to carry one...
until i get one of those omegas...:) |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 20:26:47
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I know what you mean, Toba. I only feel naked when I look at Paul Banks.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2005 : 21:58:21
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quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Thank you for your answer, Heywood, and thank you as well for reposting that photo, as it features a watch, which is the topic here.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
I haven't mastered the art of quoting just part of the quote, so sorry! What were we talking about again? |
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