What do you rest your watch on at work?

I keep my watch attached to my wrist and press it against either my keyboard, my desk, or the top of my laptop, depending on what I am working on at the time.

Scratches mean that you’ve worn a watch, not that you’ve ruined it.

I don't usually bother taking my watch off, and instead I use a small 6"x12" leather remnant as a wrist wrest so that the bracelet can rest on the soft leather rather than the hard desk. They also serve as great mats to protect watches during watch meetups, since they can be easily rolled up and carried. You can pick up suitable leather fragments on Etsy very inexpensively.

I like that! Thank you 

I just type with my watch not contacting my computer or desk.

You‘re definitely not alone. There are a lot of folks who take their watch off when typing. I personally wear mine while typing… and you can sure tell on all of my bracelet clasps 🤣. 

Same here ... the plating the the clasp of my oldest watch is long gone, and I'm surprised the clasp is still in one piece. Even my newer watches with bracelets have scratches on the clasp. To me that's just a ritual of breaking in the watch.

P.S.: That reminds me of me and my wife having lunch at a restaurant in the Bay Area. A Ferrari pulls into the parking lot, and the owner starts to attach magnetic foam bumpers on the side of his Ferrari, so that nobody could ding it. When he saw me and my wife laughing, he hastily removed the bumpers and drove off.

How do they get scratched though? I mean, I know they do because most of mine have clasp and bracelet scratches fron desk diving.  Wooden desks and plastic keyboards are softer than metal so I don't get it.

I am the type of person who is clumsy enough to possibly drop and damage my watches the more I put them on and take them off, so they tend to stay put until I am done wearing it for the day lol.  I really don't mind scratches on the bracelet, but scratches on the cases bothers me a lot--I know as time goes on that they will eventually get scratched and damaged, but I just can't get past the prices of my pieces to justify not caring if they get beat up.  I'm sure a lot of people do not intentionally scratch up their nice watches, but still I can't get behind the idea that scratches are "ok".  Watches seem to be one of those types of items where wear and tear is seen as part of the item's personal attachment to the owner, but I think keeping watches looking as new as possible, and wearing them often, can really show someone's commitment to preserving the integrity of their watch.  I know this is a very polarizing topic, but I do not see my opinions on it changing.  Everything from my $30 Casio to my $1,500+ Shinola are babied, and worn often.     

I have scratched the sh*t out of both watches and MacBook keyboards before. I now remove watches when actually typing a lot or composing a presentation, etc. 

I take them off when I need to. Ill lay it on whatever is at hand and seems safe enough 

I do not worry about scratches while typing, but sometimes there is a discomfort if I am there for long periods, in which case I just rest it on the desk. Life is too short to worry.

Maybe they should make bracelets or clasps out of tungsten. 
The watches I have with anti-scratch coatings seem to be doing a good job so far.

This is terrible, but Reddit's r/watchescirclejerk has dined out on this for over 6 months now...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/r1i29q/grieving_i_left_my_rolex_stainless_steel_ceramic/

Key take-away:  Just leave the watch on!

For me, watches are meant to be worn. Scratch, dents, etc is history. I don't buy watches to resell them later, they all have a special occasion or connection associated to them.

So to answer your question, my watches stayed on my wrist behind the desk or doing demonstration on heavy equipment (I'm a Salesman in Heavy Equipment) 

Or better still, tungsten carbide.  Will never scratch but your average diver would weigh about 2 kilos.  😁

I have a tungsten carbide wedding ring and bracelet and they will not scratch unless with a diamond, but boy are they heavy.

Apple Watch on a one piece silicon band works best for me. But I like wearing my watches, so just a little careful when doing so, particularly when working on a laptop rather than a desktop. I can relate to Omega clasps being scratch magnets as well, annoys the hell out of me 😂

I sit 90% of my day at a computer and wear my watch on my mouse hand, but after a month of use the clasp has only some small almost invisible scratches. You really have to angle it in the light to see them. And it's a Vostok so it's meant to have scratches. 

This is great Thank you! LOL I usually get my extra mouse pads from my son... who games for too often 

I used to worry about them but I solved that issue. If I'm on my MacBook Pro, I need to take it off because it's like nails on a chalkboard (metal on metal). I wear my watches and candidly, I know that if the scratches bother me, I can get it polished (I don't buy watches as investments). I also bought a cheap wrist rest on amazon which helps.

I'm not too precious about a few scratches but I do get annoyed with a clasp pressing into my wrist. I'm more worried about taking my watch off and then sending it flying across the room when I turn around or something ... hence I went to AliExpress and got one of these bad boys for $9:

Not vegan friendly but it does the job 😀

Here's a link for anyone interested. 

Sometime the watch would be in my cargo pants pocket.

I do that too! Most of the time it sits on an old mouse pad. This is today's choice 

That is very nice Grand Seiko.

I might be in the minority here, but I do everything I possibly can to prevent scratches on my bracelets and case. I have, however, been diagnosed with multiple mental disorders, so I got issues.…🙈😜

Now, that honestly sounds like a smart idea, considering how expensive it is to fix a Ferrari. I just park at the very end of the parking lot away from everybody else-in my own little corner. But I also get aggravated when I am parked alone in my little corner, and somebody decides to park right next to me!!

So, even with the protective mouse pad, I’m still inclined to set the watch down on its crown so that I don’t inadvertently scratch the side of the case. 

Me too, or I try to lay it flat..since writing this post I picked up a big mouse pad. It's perfect 

The question though is whether you can truly enjoy your car if you're that nervous about preserving its value. (And this is also one reason I preferred used vehicles.) I think the same is true for watches.

I prefer new vehicles because I know everything is pretty much perfect and anything that happens is my fault and my fault alone. (plus I enjoy customizing my car and picking out every option that I want) I also PPF my entire car and some would consider that a bit too much. Once the PPF is applied I am not too concerned with the exception of other people’s doors dinging my car.