Right handed -- right wrist watch wearer ...

[Ricardo L]

I'm right handed, but I also wear my watch on my right wrist .. i've tried to switch but its too unnatural now..

 

anyone else grow up this way? -- it leads to a lot more dings and damage on my watches i'm afraid.

[sgtguk]

I'm the same right handed and I've always worn on my right up until a few weeks ago and starting to try to wear on my left, it's a funny feeling to start but keep at it you'll get there   less dings and scratches too!

[martijnp]

I'm also right handed but I always wear my watch on the left side.. If I switch my watch to right, I don't know what's left or right anymore

[1680]

I was in the same situation, until about 4 years ago I always had my watch on my right wrist. And I always got asked if I was left handed...

 

Then one day I had two watches on my wrist, at the begining it was a very strange feeling but then all my watches stayed on the left wrist.

[Legend]

I am right-handed, wear my watch on my right hand mostly, but sometimes on the left just to feel different.

Its like wanking. Feels different when done with the other hand.

[hambone]

It is just a case of familiarity. Being right handed, the chance of damage increases. That would be my only take on it.

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[sgtguk]

I am right-handed, wear my watch on my right hand mostly, but sometimes on the left just to feel different.

Its like wanking. Feels different when done with the other hand.

 

What's wanking ?      Ah this short movie might explain...........

 

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[Legend]

What's wanking ?      

its something you don't have to consider if you have a Harlem of gorgeous blondies following you around, matey.

[witch]

im wear  my watch on my right wrist as to wanking thats how i wind it  

[mjmj]

I am left handed and wear watches on my left too. I feel I am more controlled in how I move my hand/ wrist as its the dominant hand.

[Legend]

im wear  my watch on my right wrist as to wanking thats how i wind it  

best reply I have seen in a while! 

[cougar1]

I'm right handed, but I also wear my watch on my right wrist .. i've tried to switch but its too unnatural now..

 

anyone else grow up this way? -- it leads to a lot more dings and damage on my watches i'm afraid.

 

I'm the same, have done so since as long as I can remember. I think it can lead to more dings and scratches but not in all cases, the many times I've tried to switch around the other way I've knocked it into door frames and once a traffic light. I'm an awkward bstard with my left hand. So I'm happy with wearing them on the right, they just sit better for some reason also.

[billyfras]

I've always known watches to be worn on the left. The rationale I heard as a child was that it's the most convenient way to set the time or date without having to take the watch off... So I've always done it that way.

[asf]

For some reason I get arm fatigue and neck strain when I wear some watches on my left wrist. I just stick to my right now.

[alterego]

I'm right handed, but I also wear my watch on my right wrist .. i've tried to switch but its too unnatural now..

 

anyone else grow up this way? -- it leads to a lot more dings and damage on my watches i'm afraid.

In your case it's a matter of choice, but in general, my guess is that this iscultural. If one is right handed as the majority of people, chances are  when our dad gave us our first watch, he suggsetd to wear it on our left wrist.  As stated in this thread, because most people are right handed I feel that 50 years ago, when  people had to wind up their  watches, many didn't even remove them wfrom their wrists, and did it using their right hand. Later, with the advent of automatic movements, they just kept their watches on their lef hand. The quartz revolution, could have changed this habit, but it didn't, as 99.99 % of watches today have the crown on the right hand side  of the case.

So, all things considered, in my humble opinion, the decision about what wrist the watch will be worn has been made by the manufacture, as at the time you buy your timepiece, the crown willhave been placed to satisfy the demands of social/cultural -not technical-  demands  . Of course, you can always go against the norm if you are willing to accept the consecuences, like damaging your watch by bumping it against solid surfaces when using you right arm.

[rps01]

always been a right/right guy

 

my two boys now have watches of their own (they're 9 and 6), and want to wear their watches "like Daddy does"

 

which bugs the [censored] out of my ex-wife 

[Ricardo L]

That's exactly why I wear my watches on my right wrist.. my dad did that and I wanted to be just like him.

I did consider buying a left handed Pam..

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[alterego]

That's exactly why I wear my watches on my right wrist.. my dad did that and I wanted to be just like him.

I did consider buying a left handed Pam..

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Like I said, you are the perfect example that corroborates the norm. You wanted to be like your Dad and - legitimaly - chose to wear your watches on the right hand. Likewise, the great majority of us chose (were "told"  to by our mentors) to wear the watch on the left. 

 

The next question would be what percentage of the popularion choses left  or right.

[mellons]

I wear on both to give to give wrist a rest

If wearing in bed i change from one to the other

Also with lawrger watches (fiddies etc) if a normal (non destro) model frequently i wear on right to keep crown from digging into wrist

[rek001]

I am strongly right-handed, if I try to do anything with my left hand it's totally useless.

 

That said, I wear my watches on my left wrist, if I put one on my right, the strap or bracelet is WAY too tight, uncomfortably so.

 

I measured and my right wrist is one eighth of an inch thicker than left, due to using right hand exclusively.

So I have to wear watches on left wrist only.

[Legend]

today I tried putting on my watch on my left hand. It lasted an admirable 12min.

[jacob what the hell man]

I am a lefty for writing, right-handed for everything else. I remember in school it was much easier to write and check the time concurrently. Got to know precisely when the class is over to gtfo.