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(60,334 posts)At least when I am working.
Vacation time, no watch. Play time, no watch.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)frogmarch
(12,153 posts)the latest thing, I've heard.
Also sundial wristwatches.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)and since retiring and no longer having office obligations, I haven't worn one. I am however now using my grandfather's old pocket watch on a gold chain from his days as a railroad engineer in the early 20th century. I'm looking to buy a Victorian style waistcoat for it and maybe a derby or homburg hat. That's more than retro and probably a bit eccentric.
malthaussen
(17,193 posts)... he was the VP of the Virginia Central RR for awhile, and the watch had a VCRR cigar cutter on the chain. Solid gold, original glass. Eventually the mainspring broke.
I can't abide wrist watches and have not worn one for over 30 years. Pocket watches are much more civilized: if I require to know the time, I take it out and look, I'm not always being reminded of it.
-- Mal
UTUSN
(70,684 posts)and when I retired, plus the advent of cell phones and all kinds of time displays, never needed them.
I wear stainless steel bracelets on each wrist. A little bit biker.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)... I don't even have the tan lines anymore to show where I used to wear them.
Which means they're probably close to being retro, yes.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)but with cell phones now displaying the time I just quit wearing them.