[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Probably right about all except wristwatches.

I can't understand why people still wear them. I have a drawer full that I never wear.

There is a clock on my cell phone
There is a clock on my cable box
There is a clock on my kitchen wall
There is a clock on my living room wall
There is a clock on my car's dashboard
There is a clock on my MP3 player
There is a clock on my computer at home
There is a clock on my two computers at work
There is a clock on my bedside table
There is a clock on my microwave oven

We are surrounded by clocks!
Why wear a wristwatch?

[razorboy]

Well for one thing those clocks don’t tend to agree, with your watch you have “your” time which you can construct you’re life around. Then sometimes you’re not near any of those other clocks, stores and bars are pretty good about hiding the time from you.

[ctdonath2]

I gave up watches for a while. Drove my wife nuts, as she equates quality watches with social status. Finally succumbed and bought a nice Movado; gotta go pick it up this weekend after being in for repairs for two months ... funny, I get along fine without it...

[Travis T. OJustice]

My thoughts exactly. Only thing I ever really needed a wristwatch for was taking pulse when i worked as an EMT for a very short while.

[Minn]

Why wear a wristwatch?

So I can know the time from a glance at my wrist. When for some reason I'm not wearing one (rarely), I'm always looking at my bare wrist, mumbling an explicative, and fumbling for my phone or another source. It's just what you are used to, I'm sure. Chronographs and alarms are also handy on a watch; not so much on a phone.

[paulycy]

We are surrounded by clocks!
Why wear a wristwatch?

Haven't you noticed that the more clocks you have, the less you know what the proper time is?

[JWinNC]

Because it goes with you, it’s a personal device. None of the devices you list, except the cell phone, go with you.

Plenty of people do not wear a watch, but many still do and will continue too.

jw

[this_ol_patriot]

Why wear a wristwatch?

So that when people who are surrounded by clocks ask me the time I can tell them.

[iacovatx]

When standing and making a talk in front of a group in a room where the clock is not visible (behind me) or is non-existent. That is where a pocket watch or wristwatch come in very handy. Sitting your wristwatch on the lecturn makes a good clock substitute.

[Dionysius]

Why wear a wristwatch? Because it looks a lot better than a barbed-wire tattoo and I prefer to see my life skim by analogically on a vintage Bulova.