Watch choices
General question, What determines what watch you wear and how often do you switch watches? Example, Ive been wearing a Lorus Automatic that I purchased last week and love it. I opened my watch drawer and grab the Hanowa that I wore before I bought the Lorus because im about to leave to go into town. But I stood there and debated which one to wear. Im on the affordable boat, so it was either my Citizen Chronograph, Orient field, Hanowa field, 2x Festina chronos, but I wound up grabbing the Hanowa. What makes you decide what to wear?
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Adam
Professional photographer with an interest in watches for about 2 years now. Favorites are Seiko, Lorus, Festina, Timex, Swatch, Casio. Mostly affordable brands.
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Is there a possibility of damaging one of my better watches?: Beater
Wearing earthtones or all black?: Gold or my vintage Swiss mechanical
Wearing blue or grey alone, with each other or with black?: Stainless
My daily shower is before dinner and I always switch then.
A big factor for me that decides what watch I wear for the day is what color are my clothes for the day
I would say it depends on what activity i had in those day. For everyday wear it is my seiko srpg, laaco aachen, or g shock depends on my boots im wearing either black or brown. For weekend watch i usually wear my orient kamasu or glycine airman. For formal ocassion i wear an orient bambino but i sold it and still waiting for my rotary cambridge
The mood I’m in.
I usually choose them by occassion and shoes color. If I plan to go out for a long walk, I would wear my beater.
Brown shoes with brown strap - if it doesn't feel like a watch to wear then a watch with bracelet 😬😬
And lastly, the watch I think of most when I was not wearing one 😜😜
A big factor for me that decides what watch I wear for the day is what color are my clothes for the day
You’re doing it wrong.
Pick the watch you want to wear and match your clothes to it.
Task oriented selection! If I’m going to be jet setting to Europe in my G6, I like to have my GMT. Spelunking? Explorer II, crossing the English Channel, OP. Summitting Everest, my Explorer…no, wait, My Smiths.
When I had almost a hundred vintage pieces, I kept a fairly strict rotation to make sure they all got worn. It was about a three months without wearing the same watch twice.
Now, I have half a dozen “work watches” from Ball, Hamilton, Longines, Rado, etc. These go to work most often when I expect to be busy and there is risk of damage. I haven’t damaged any yet but you never know.
The others will come to work with me when I think production is running well and my job will be less physical and task oriented.
For days off and nights out, I will stare at my open watch box until I choose a watch according to whatever mood I’m in.
So here's my .02. Im a professional photographer so when im not shooting I just wear what I feel like at that hour. Sometimes I wear same watch for days, others ill switch mid day just for the heck of it cause I felt like wearing blank watch instead. Now when im shooting, I tend to go for what grabs attention to my watch while im holding camera. I wear left, which is the hand that holds my lens so when I have my camera to my face I make sure to wear a nice attention grabber. Now thats is for shooting portraits or headshots. When im shooting nightclubs, it's my G-shock cause #drunks