Do you wear a watch when you play?

[groooooove]

i'm a bit of a collector, and wear a watch 24 hours a day.

I actually got into watches because I was freelance teaching music lessons so much, and i did not like using my phone to track the lesson time. that led me to dive watches with timing bezels, as well as how downright beautiful they tend to be. big fan of G shocks as well.

on electric, it's never been an issue. on upright, most symphony players i've seen who wear watches switch them to the right hand for playing like I do.



not quite sure if i forgot to switch or this watch is just so small it diddn't bother me, but here's a 1950s elgin on the left wrist that i love but never get to wear.

 

[2saddleslab]

Sweet cabronita! Is that a custom paint job, or a reflection? Just finished refinishing my own in SFG. Absolutely love it.

I dont really wear watches, but I do wear jewelry like bracelets and rings. They can be bothersome when playing, so if I'm wearing any to a gig, it'll be smaller pieces taht dont get in the way or inhibit my fingers.

It was a standard issue Cabronita when I bought it. But I had to make it my own.

I also customize watches and wore this custom built color scheme when we played Red's Fest at Great American Ballpark.

 

[BassyBill]

I just rely on the drummer to keep time. I wind him up at the start of every gig.

 

[nonohmic]

Stopped wearing a watch maybe 20 years ago. Do not miss them at all.

Add it to the list of expensive things/hobbies that I'm glad I left behind.

 

[Savage_Dreams]

no. but i also havent worn a watch anywhere in decades.

 

[Plain Old Barry]

I haven't worn a watch since I was handed a pager in 1987. It had the time on the display.

After pagers went away, I've always had a mobile phone, same deal.

 

[Planespotter]

I haven’t worn a wristwatch since the swatch I had in ‘89 (8th grade for me) broke.

 

[turf3]

If I'm out of bed I'm wearing a watch. The whole thing about the cell phone is bogus in my opinion. Let's compare:

- Fish cell phone out of pocket
- Push button on side to light it up
- Squint to see time
- Do a bit of arithmetic (10:47 = 13 till 11)

vs

- rotate forearm 15 degrees
- Observe time (I only wear analog watches)

I think it's more about creating a use case that justifies permanently attaching yourself to a security blanket (cell phone) than about actual efficiency.

When I'm playing a gig on bass, I turn the watch around so the face's on the inside and I can look at my fretting hand and see the time. Kind of hard to unobtrusively check how long till set break if you have to fish the cell phone out of pocket, etc.

If I were enough of an upright player to regularly get into thumb position I'd have to take my watch off, but I'm not so I don't.

 

[dalkowski]

Haven't worn a watch in years. Looking forward to the day I start again.

 

[RattleSnack]

I wear a Seiko mechanical self-winder all the time, except when sleeping. Sometimes, Omega from 60' replaces it on my wrist.
It doesn't interfere with my playing.

 

[rojo412]

I've always worn watches when I play. Sometimes, I'll put 2 of them on!

The Tudor Pelagos as a fancy status symbol... and the Citizen to actually know what time it is because it keeps way better time.

I actually never wear 2 at a time, I'm just kidding. But I do always play with a watch on. I've been wearing a wristwatch since I was a kid and if I don't have it, I feel kinda lost.
(Which is ironic, because a lot of people who use their phones for time keeping have GPS to keep them from getting lost, as well as have the most accurate clock hitched to it as well, but I digress.)

 

[W_R]

Thanks for the info about the pulse app, I’ll check it out.

 

[Bullitt5135]

Always. Since I have more basses than I need, my GAS has turned to watches.

My latest acquisition is a Seiko Sport field watch. For fancier wedding gigs when I'm wearing a suit coat, I usually wear my Tissot Powermatic.

 

[G On Bass]

I'm not sure I even own a functioning watch anymore.

 

[gtirard]

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.

 

[Phaidrus]

Where’s the option for a clock worn on a chain around your neck?

I suppose you have Flavor Flav in mind.

 

[HardNHeavy]

i use to love collecting and wearing "time pieces", what the aficionados use to call em. Never wore them onstage, too big and heavy. I always liked the diver watches with silly gauges and things i never needed but looked cool. Stopped wearing them mid 90's when i got a flip-phone with a clock on it.

 

[Ric5]

I haven't worn a watch in years

 

[Pimpernel Smith]

Ever since I asked my son why he doesn't wear a watch?, and he responded that cell pones have the time, and clocks are everywhere these days, I stopped wearing one. Sensible fellow, my son.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Yes this type

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