Question of watch wearing

My father always wore expandable bands. If he was working on the car or fixing the hot water heater he would flip the watch head to the inside of his wrist to protect it. This was common among service personnel and others of earlier generations.

I like your watch, very cool and different to the mainstream. I'm sure it means the world to you, I have a watch I bought with inheritance from my Mum so I get it.

My Boss is a retired diving instructor (actually had his own school training instructors) & he wears on the inside . He said it's easier to read when driving, common among divers and often the military (can see your watch while laying prone holding your rifle) , which kind of makes sense.

My Nan also wore hers on the inside, but sadly passed away before I asked her about it.

Think it looks so wrong to me 😂

Thanks! That makes sense for protection.

I agree, I like wearing my right side up and also this way on others, but can see the occasional benefit of flipping it.

I never get it when I see people doing this, allthough when I see it, it is usually with elder people, maybe it was "cool" back in the 60-ies or 70-ies?

It also decreases the chance of being detected by the glare reflecting off the crystal.

My dad used to wear his watch this way and he said it was to protect the watch face from damage

Love the design of your Watch kind sir. You

I just know that that’s how John Wick wears it 😬

I still find myself spinning it down while on a fireline. I try to switch to a g shock but sometimes I forget in the moment. Usually wearing my O&O and I hate when it "knocks" onto something. We all know that sound. So I turn it down.

Two of my grandfathers (one of my grandmothers married again after her first husband has died) wore their watches on the inside. It is generation of WWII. Maybe it's a soldier thing?

I always thought this stemmed from the military or special forces where the only way you could see the time while holding a gun is if the watch head was in the underside of your arm.

Never upside down. It’s like wearing underwear over your trousers. 😆

My dad was in the military and sometimes wore his watch this way. He never really explained it. He just passed away this year as well. He was a WWII veteran so I'll just admire what he did even if I can't get myself to wear a watch this way. Love the watch by the way!

I'm going to experiment and see which way I prefer to wear mine. I work in an auto part store so it might benefit me to wear it on the inside of my wrist.

That is nice

Good points.

I wish I would’ve asked more questions. Sorry about your loss as well.

Great comments and thoughts!

Ok i don’t know how much truth is In this explanation so please take it with a pinch off salt, as was recorded in history. Ladies was not allowed a watch and was forbidden to tell time ( again I do not know if this is 💯 percent true ) so they would wear the watch with the buckle to the top of the wrist so that they can “ discreetly” look down and check the time without turning the top of the wrist towards their face! That’s is what I have been told by one old watch collector.

Thank you very much.

Sounds like a bold style decision.

As I understand it, there is a tactical reason. This method both protects the watch and reduces glare. However, we were not taught to wear our watches this way in the Air Force in the 80s when I was in. On the other hand, there is nothing tactical about working in a lab, shop, or office, which is what most enlisted USAF personal did.

My mom and sister wears their watches that way. They say it’s easy for them. Not sure what that means but to each their own.

This is Bus Driver and Train conductor territory..

I’ve recently read that earlier pilots wore their wrist watches (when watches weren’t strapped to their thighs) on the inside as when you’re holding a yoke and you look down you see the inside of your arm. Maybe that stayed as a ‘thing to do’?

Some military and some old watches for driving. If you rewatch White Christmas you’ll see Bing wears his that way when he’s out with Danny Kaye in the beginning. I think the style had carried through to lots of guys during that time.

Interesting!