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Do you wear a watch when you play?

Watch

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#161
bassgrackle said:
For many years I thought a watch would be an obstruction in my playing. Until last week… I wore an old Tag Heuer with a metal band and after an hour of playing realized I had left it on.

If you play with a watch let’s see it.

#watchnerd

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I had a friend who's father was a Detroit cop and he was friends with Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa gave him a Jimmy Hoffa watch with his face on the dial. My friend gave me the watch in 1971 its the only watch I ever wore and it was a conversation piece. Sometime in the later 70's I either lost it or someone stole it and I have never worn a watch since.
 
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#162
Mike Marshall said:
I had a friend who's father was a Detroit cop and he was friends with Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa gave him a Jimmy Hoffa watch with his face on the dial. My friend gave me the watch in 1971 its the only watch I ever wore and it was a conversation piece. Sometime in the later 70's I either lost it or someone stole it and I have never worn a watch since.
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An appropriate fate for the watch.
 
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#163
Here's 10 of mine. There are some others that don't fit in the box.
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#166
KohanMike said:
Last year I bought an Apple Watch 5 because I got so tired of resetting my old watch for daylight savings time. I always wear a watch and like that I can use an analog face with added complications (what a strange word to use, functions is much better in my opinion). I use it for timing when I cook, quick look at the temperature and weather, pulse rate, battery, and especially using Apple Pay. Just touch one of the icons and more controls come up. I also set it to have no color scheme, just one color. I also use a Twist-O-Flex band to make it very easy to put on and take off. I've always been a gadget freak and it's right up my ally.

I don't use it for text or mail because it's too cumbersome, and I always use a Bluetooth headset to my phone, which is in my pocket and notifies me verbally that I received Mail or Texts.

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The Noise monitoring app on the Apple Watch is really handy. I’ve been at outdoor concerts and had the haptics tapping my wrist to warn me of high sound levels. Reminds me to put in earplugs.

I just went from the 5 to the Ultra. The larger screen supports a QWERTY keyboard for text and emails! :thumbsup:

I initially bought an Apple Watch after the Nth time I walked to the grocery store, only to discover (at checkout) that I’d forgotten my wallet. These days, I never take my wallet or my phone anywhere unless I’m driving. (And that will change once CA supports digital drivers licenses.) And very soon I’ll be updating my front door lock to work with my watch & phone. So much for needing a house key. :smug:
 
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#169
1) yes.
2) It's nothing specific to gigs, I just routinely wear a watch. There have been times I've tried to check the time mid-song on a gig to see if we had time to finish the set and realized I can't see the face while playing.
3) I have one watch, a cheap one, don't recall what brand it is. Whenever I buy a more expensive one it always breaks or I lose it in a couple of weeks. When I get a cheap one it lasts for years. Go figure. I'm cursed.
 
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#175
ctmullins said:
I actively resent being constrained by temporal considerations.
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We don't need to be controlled by social constructs such as this.

I really love watches. I think they're amazing pieces of technology and I always wanted a Breitling or a classic Omega. However I haven't worn a watch in years. I remember when my dad (who always wore a watch) took his off the day he retired. Said if he ever wanted to know the time he'd ask someone else... otherwise he really didn't care anymore. I love that thought process. With a watch on my wrist I would always look at it, sometimes twice in the same minute for some odd reason. Then I realized I have an atomic clock in my pocket. If I really need to know the time I'll look at it, otherwise I just live my life. It's worked great so far.
 
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#177
Yes. I wear a watch every day. Usually it's one of my Swiss-made Squale divers, but I have a collection of Seiko 5 field watches, Pagani Design homage watches, and others. I will wear a watch without fail when I play electric bass, but I always take it off when playing upright bass. The added weight on my left wrist can be an impediment, and I also don't like it when the watch comes into contact with the upper bout of the bass for obvious reasons.
 
#178
turf3 said:
Or just put your finger on the little artery right behind your ear and count beats while the second hand on your watch sweeps 15 seconds.
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People who have arrhythmia may need more than that and folks who have forms of RSD really need a medical grade Sp0x2 meter. The Withings is medically approved device. And for the the xenophobhic amongst us, the watch is made in France. No other doodads like Apple/Google pay. My brother in law who works in the trauma unit told me about it but I already got my Garmin this time. It looks fashionable as well.
 

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