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Originally Posted by willravel
Why don't you wear a watch?
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I recognize that wearing a watch can be a small part of an overall first impression, but I think that it should be clarified considerably, to say something like "wearing a nice/expensive watch." Having a Tag, Rolex or Bulova may convey a certain impression, however as others have said I do not believe that it conveys "poor" to not wear one. There is something vaguely gentlemanly about wearing a watch with a nice suit, and I do not deny that it can be a nice accessory, I just take exception to the concept that not having one is an impression of "poorness." I believe that shoes probably convey as much as a watch, if not more.
I used to wear watches, but found it annoying to have to constantly put them on and remove them. Put them on for work, take them off for workout, put them on for dinner, take them off for bed, for something that was sort of unnecessary since the mid 90's when I first had a beeper/phone. I used to have a nice G-shock that i never worried about, but it got caught in the rigging of the boat I race on and pulled the pin from the band and "bloop" into the water it went, never to be seen again. Imagine how annoyed I'd be if that was a couple grand down the drain!
As an aside, my arms are fairly hairy and most nice watches with metal bands pulled the everloving jesus out of my arm hair, but I found leather bands too constricting. I will probably get another one at some point just for work, as it is nice to keep track of the 50-minute hour with clients.