How do you set the time on your watch?

I set my watch on the exact time. It helps me do my work in time also i am not delayed thinking thats its early or late. Bu ta few years back i used to set my watch 10 mins advance but that would never make my scheduled tasks to finish in time i used to be delayed by 10 mins. So i deceided to correct myself and started setting my watch for the exact time... And it worked for me prefectly. Now i finish my tasks in time or a bit earlier. Try it out!!

Well, I don't have a watch. I will say I rely on the time as displayed on my cell phone all the time when I'm out. For me, I prefer to set the time as the exact time. Well, I think it's no point setting it earlier or later. You are the one who set the time, and will know that it's earlier or later than the exact time. So, when it comes to meet-up, although the meeting time is reaching soon, you will tell yourself that it's okay as you have set the time earlier... Thus, it will defeat the purpose of setting it earlier/later. This is why I prefer to set it to the "exact time" so that I will know if I'm early or late.

I always set mine at the correct time. When we have the time change, then i simply set it before i go to bed.

I have a tendency to set my watch and clocks ahead by as much as 5 minutes. I like to be on time especially for an appointment like doctor or dentist as they have busy schedules and don't like to keep them waiting on me.

Hello markmoney!!! Well there was a time when I used to do like you. I used to make the time more than 5 minutes advanced than the actual time. So, that I get pshycologically affected to think that I am late and hurry to get in time. It worked for some days, but my heart started knowing perfectly that my watch was advanced haha...Then I started deliberately waiting for the advanced time to get away. Then it wont work further. Also if you set the time slower i.e slower than the real time, you will have same psycological effect. But here you have to realize that the time is slow than the original time, and the real time is already gone and so again hurry huh...haha...just the psycological effect... But nowadays, I keep my watch right in time. NO faster, no slower... Interesting discussion, Happy mylotting...

I set my watch in ten minutes advance, I don't know on why I do it but I always do it as well with my cellphone. I do also still get late even if i set my watch in advance!haha

I keep my watch running a few minutes fast as that way I am not late for an appointment! When working on my computer, I can so easily forget the time and as I work here in between work clients, I need to take care that I am ready for them... - Derek

I always set the time in my watch a little ahead. I think many people do that. It is very useful for me because I don't want to reach any place late, instead I can reach there early. I have seen my dad doing that. I have also seen my aunt adjusting the clock in kitchen 20 minutes ahead, but whenever she looks at it she calcuates the exact time subtracting 20 minutes and work accordingly. Lol.

hehhee...we're almost the same! i also sets my watch advance atleast ten minutes, yes to early than the actual time and so i get some allowance...but sometimes or most of the time its just a useless thing to me...coz i still ignore it knowing that it is advanced...and so i still get late...

When i was still working, i also prefer to set my watch 10 minutes earlier. So, when i saw the time on my watch, i know i am reaching my office, always 10 minutes earlier. Since i was a homemaker now, i prefer to set my watch the exact time. But, i still set my alarm clock, 10 minutes earlier, so i won't wake-up in a rush. I had been practising it for a few months, and feel it had helped me a lot...

I always do set my watch 5- 10 minutes fast, so i can do my stuff on time.. And you know yesterday only i started the same discussion my friend.... Happy mylotting...

I normally synchronize my watch exactly with the time we have in our work. Like now, the time in our work place is 15 mins. advance compared to the time we have at home that we based on the time we saw in TV. I just want to know exactly if I am near to being late or I still have lots of time while I'm on my way to work. Of course I don't want to be late for work.

I set my watch to the exact time. No point of setting it in advance when I know I'll use the extra time to delay and ended up delaying more than I am suppose to. I find it amusing how some people can set their time later than the exact time. Are they avoiding getting old or what? LOL. But I like mine as it is, exact to the seconds!

Dear friends!if u set the time advance than the correct time is more benfits for me if i set the time less than correct time i not able to reach any place or job for instance i am working in a company i set my time advance than the correct time i can reach time to time for workplace and am gaing some thing else.

I rely on my cellphone for time but I always keep it ten minutes in advance. I do this to give me time not to be late in most appointments. But there are times I still get late because I know I've set my time ten minutes in advance (same as you .. lol) And then there are times when my friends say they are not late just that my time is advance that's why I should not really so panicky in time.

It's been a long time since I wore a watch but when I did it was always set a few minutes fast, the same with the clock in my car when I use to drive. Although I knew they were always a head of time it was a great way of making sure I got somewhere or did something in time rather than having to stress out when running late.

I always set my watch accurate. I wear a Breitling which should be accurtate. So I basically only need to set it when the summertime or wintertime comes. The other watches are set more or less on time. I got a too big collection to keep them all on the secound.

I always se the time advance the correct time, it will urge me to do something quickly or arrive at class on time.

That's funny haha... I normally set my watch 10 minutes before the actual time, like you said, to prevent of being late. However, if I start to work at 8.00 a.m. I seldom come in 10 minutes before or earlier, in fact I'll always arrive around 8.10 a.m. LOL!!

Yeah, I set an advance 15 minutes but also like you, since I know the time is advance, I simply minus 15minutes from it back to the original time! Kinda beats the purpose,lol!