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Do you wear a watch when you play?

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#181
I used to just never wear watches until I got this one last year. Fossil Gen 6 smart watch. I keep it on pretty much the second I get out of bed until I go to sleep so it stays on while playing. No issues with it at all.
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#183
gtirard said:
Never.

When I was young I used to wear a watch all day long, but I would take it off before gigs, because my band leader had this golden rule, it was forbidden to wear a watch on stage ("it makes you look like a working man who's impatient to come back home, it kills the magic of the show…").

Now I don't wear any watch at any time, because my iPhone and laptop give me the time.

But I'm still pissed of when I see a musician wearing a watch.
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As a lover and owner of a couple dozen fine watches, gotta say you had a great BL!

Would love to hear his take on someone’s iWatch glowing onstage with every text / alert. I’m sure he’d have been dead right about that too.
 
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#186
ga_edwards said:
I have no issue with anyone who has eschewed wearing a wristwatch in favour of a smartphone. But I do find it ironic that the reason the wristwatch became ubiquitous (and some would say invented) was one of convenience - it was so that soldiers didn't have to pull a pocketwatch out of their pocket to find out what time it is.
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Then it's wonderful for soldiers... I'm not tryna be a soldier right now. :)

BassPilot said:
I haven’t worn a watch in over 10 years.
But I do wish the drummers I play with HAD A FREAKING CLOCK!!!
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Maybe a wrist-worn metronome? :)

lildrgn said:
Sorry, that's weird. A band leader banned members from wearing a watch because it made them look like busy people. Does not make sense. I can understand a band of leader banning shorts and flip flops on stage, but a wrist watch?
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Well, when someone on any stage looks at their watch (which they'll inevitably do), it makes them look like they want to get out of there (politicians often make that mistake), and it looks bad.

BassAndCigars said:
...I don't get people who don't wear a watch at all. Don't get it. Who wants to keep dragging their phone out of their pocket to check the time? Weird.
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Now that I'm retired...

My appliances have timers that beep so I know when the food/whatever is ready...

I usually remember that Tuesday is trash night...

Band rehearsal is here, so I'm already here when they arrive...

My wife's voice is in earshot of my mancave, so she'll let me know if something needs addressed.

Occasionally I leave my home (favorite place in the world), I prefer not to drive in the dark,

and I seem to manage aaaall that without a watch on my wrist, or even my phone at the ready. :cigar:
 
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#187
Marko 1 said:
Then it's wonderful for soldiers... I'm not tryin' to be a soldier right now. :)


Maybe a wrist-worn metrenome? :D


Well, when someone on any stage looks at their watch (which they'll inevitably do), it makes them look like they want to get out of there (politician often make that mistake, and it looks bad).



Now that I'm retired...

My appliances have timers that beep so I know when the food/whatever is ready...

I usually remember that Tuesday is trash night...

Band rehearsal is here, so I'm already here when they arrive...

My wife's voice is in earshot of my mancave, so she'll let me know if something needs addressed.

Occasionally I leave my home (favorite place in the word), I prefer not to drive in the dark,

and I seem to manage aaaall that without a watch on my wrist, or even my phone at the ready. :cigar:
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I am very conscious of not looking at my watch on stage, or at least not obviously. I hate it when people check their smart watches when in conversation. Discretion is key.
 
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#188
One time, I was wearing a watch my wife got me at an outdoor gig. It had a metal band, the typical segments all attached to each other. Well I guess when my fretting hand did some move, my fairly muscular wrist expanded the metal bands to their absolute limit (even though it was not noticeably tight beforehand) and the band broke. I honestly didn’t notice it until I looked down and their were watch pieces everywhere on a concrete step at the front of stage, where my watch had popped off my wrist and then busted up into a bunch of broken pieces upon impact with the concrete.

Needless to say, I’m wary of watches onstage now. Couldn’t tell where the band broke, so even a leather or rubber band could have popped off at the point of attachment to the watch body itself.

Maybe my wrists are just too jacked to be constrained by “man made, baubles of chronography”. ;)
 
#189
halcyo said:
One time, I was wearing a watch my wife got me at an outdoor gig. It had a metal band, the typical segments all attached to each other. Well I guess when my fretting hand did some move, my fairly muscular wrist expanded the metal bands to their absolute limit (even though it was not noticeably tight beforehand) and the band broke. I honestly didn’t notice it until I looked down and their were watch pieces everywhere on a concrete step at the front of stage, where my watch had popped off my wrist and then busted up into a bunch of broken pieces upon impact with the concrete.

Needless to say, I’m wary of watches onstage now. Couldn’t tell where the band broke, so even a leather or rubber band could have popped off at the point of attachment to the watch body itself.

Maybe my wrists are just too jacked to be constrained by “man made, baubles of chronography”. ;)
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Yeah, OK, I wasn't mentioning that time a watch leaped to its death because it just couldn't handle being so close to my incredible manliness.\

There WAS the time Cary Grant asked me what kind of watch I was wearing.

And then there was that time my watch was broken and so I wasn't wearing one, and Springsteen took his off and gave it to me, saying "I'm not cool enough to wear this watch, but you are"...
 
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#191
I’m naturally a lefty but, I’ve modified myself to do just about everything right handed. I play right handed but, wear a watch on the right so, out of respect for my bass’s and spare them the abuse, I never wear it when I play.
 
#192
C Stone said:
I’m sure a few of us remember those guys, lol :laugh:

I personally have never worn a watch although seeing pics with y’all sporting them I have to say they do look good…
I have a couple of gold Rolex’s that I inherited but I don’t do watches or gold. They’ll get passed on to my boy in time.
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To the thread: Is remembering to put on my boxers and a pair pants not enough?

I've never felt comfortable wearing watches, I find them to be distracting and I'm not into wearing any sort of adornments at all. My father likes watches and has a few nice ones. One of those could very well become a very nice pre-CBS Fender some day.

//I don't have any children to pass grandpa's Rolex to anyway.
 
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