which type of wrist watch do you buy?

India
July 10, 2010 3:35am CST
do you like the watches with leater straps? or the wathces with chain straps? and do you go for a luxury watch which is higly rated in price or a normal one? although the purpose of the watches is to check the time many spend lot of money on it. do you think that spending a huge amount of money on a wrist watch is necessary? please specify the type of the watch that you have.I am having a normal watch with chain strap and what about you?
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19 responses
• Mexico
11 Jul 10
i would not spend much on a watch, i prefer something simple confortable and not cost much a simple belt would be perfect
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@Memnon (2170)
10 Jul 10
I usually buy cheap watches for work. I cycle to work, and it can be pretty much guaranteed that if I came off wearing a good watch it would be the first thing to hit the dirt! My partner has bought me a decent watch for occasions.
• India
10 Jul 10
oh thats nice, so you are keeping two watches one for occasions and other for daily use.
@Memnon (2170)
10 Jul 10
Oh yes. I think that we would both be upset if I were to wear a 'dress' watch to work only to damage it. My local market sells watches for as little as £3. That is £4 less (or an hour's wage after deductions) than you would pay a high street shop to replace a battery.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
10 Jul 10
I can still remember my first wrist watch. It was a Mickey Mouse watch with big leather straps. I was devastated when the strap broke. I think of that watch when i have a watch on with leather straps. No matter how much caare you take, leather strapss end up breaking. My favorite wrist watch is one that doesn't look like a watch at all. I like the wrist watches that look more like a piece of jewelry. A little bit of style and fashion makes wearing a wrist watch more fun.
• India
10 Jul 10
so you like to have a expensive stylish and costly watches. dont you feels that spending a big amount of money on wrist watches is a waste?
• Philippines
10 Jul 10
I only buy rolex, nothing else. That's why i still don't have a watch.
• India
10 Jul 10
so you are planning to buy a rolex watch, and dont have a watch yet, hmm. my brother is also like this he had a watch and it got damaged and when i ask him why dont you buy a new one? he says that i buy only rolex or fast track watches and buy only these even if it takes time.
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
10 Jul 10
I like wearing the one with leather straps. My wrist watch now is really tattered and my husband is always telling me to buy a new leather strap but I dont want to cause using the old one is much more comfortable than the new one. I am actually using a rubber band to lock and I dont care if people are gonna say it looks weird.
• India
10 Jul 10
ya its not necessary to care what the people says, but you can listen to your husband. and why dont you have a chain strap which will last longer?
@satz0249 (125)
• India
10 Jul 10
i like the watches whose rates are normal and the design is trendy . i dont opt costly watches because all the watches show the same time despite of their rates !!
• India
10 Jul 10
ya thats right. watches are mainly used to view the time and it will be same in every watches. so why should we go behind a costly one, which means wasting the money which we earned using our precious time.
@Mitraa (3184)
• India
10 Jul 10
In my opinion the concept of wearing wrist watches has gone out-dated with the advent of mobile phones. For the last five years, I have not been using any wrist watch and my watch is kept idle! I have to moniter my mobile phone at least once in every hour for any possible miss call or sms and time from the timer of the mobile screen is monitered also! Besides this, I can find calendar and alarm setting from same mobile phone! So I don't find any cause to spend any amount of money for personal use of wrist watch! Of course as an item of presentation, I purchase some good model of wrist watch to present somebody on a special occasion! Otherwise I have already substituted wrist watch years back! Thanks for this nice discussion about wrist watch!
• United States
10 Jul 10
I've worn wristwatches in the past, but they rarely, RARELY fit on my wrist. Some of them don't fit, so I tend not to buy wristwatches at all and rely on other clocks like one in my cell phone or a pocket-sized one. I'm more on the side of the digital display, but digital and analog faces together that has date display and other indicators works fine for me. Besides, taking off and putting on a wristwatch is a hassle and feels like your arm's getting cut off of blood pressure. So no. Unless there's a low-cost wristwatch that fits my wrist snugly and easy to take off without choking and strangling my arm, i'll pass. Besides, there's no way to replace the batteries in watches. They're more like disposable cameras instead of more permanent use.
@surfermac (465)
• India
10 Jul 10
a small one that would fit my hand nicely what ever it might have a leather strip or a rubberstrip i dont mind until it looks good on me and spending so much on a watch would be a waste of money
• India
10 Jul 10
so dont you like watches with chain strap? and do wish the watch to be trendy and stylish?
@nijolechu (1842)
• Canada
10 Jul 10
I just have a digital wrist watch with a plastic strap. But it gotten all worn out with me wearing it all the time. Then it tore apart. So then I would have to replace it with a velcro strap to attach to my watch. It works really good and I don't have to replace it as much.
@lacieice (2060)
• United States
10 Jul 10
I don't wear a watch...I prefer to go naked as far as time is concerned. I don't care what time it is. Makes no diference to me, except to make sure I don't miss my favorite TV shows. I used to wear a watch. It has an expansion band. I even had one for dress...it had a couple diamond chips on it. I don't even know where they are now. In a drawer somewhere I guess. When you're older and disabled, time doesn't matter so much any more.
• United Arab Emirates
10 Jul 10
i was turned into a stylish person after i started dating my wife. She changed my complete style...i am greatful to her. I used to use different watches...a formal watch with a gold metal strap to wear with formals and a silver metal plated casusl watch to go with the casuals. but now the place i work in the uAE is so hot that i dont wear watches at all....i dont even know whre i have dumped them.
@wrongbe (25)
10 Jul 10
I like all the watches, but the watches with leather straps is my favourite ones. I think that the luxury watch is for disco or something not official. I buy my watch most for accessoary, not for checking the time, for this i have a GSM ;) I don't think that the watch is something unneceserry, this is something very cool accessoary. My personal watch is with leather strap.
@ria1215 (33)
• Australia
8 Oct 10
I have a D&G one with a red leather strap. I love it so much!! Their designs are really nice, although their prices may not be cheap :) By the way, I wanna get a Juicy Couture one lately! Their watches look gorgeous as well! :D
• India
10 Jul 10
I would like to buy a digital wrist watch little big in size silver in colour and with a leather strap black in colour. This combination suits ideal and like wearing it anytime anywhere!!
• India
10 Jul 10
I always use watches with chain straps, it is very comfortable for everyday use.....
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
10 Jul 10
I usually like those with leather straps but there are some with chains that i like.
@Ezra710 (135)
• United States
10 Jul 10
I have several watches, depending on the situation. You know, I have one for work, a watch for when I have the nice suit on. All my watches have hands, I like leather bands, but I do have a nice watch with a metal band. I'm a big fsn of Swiss Army watches. I do not go crazy and buy the very expensive. I like them to be functional yet simple in design.
@Joker25 (30)
10 Jul 10
I've got a Citizen eco-drive watch with a metal link strap. It never needs a battery as there is a solar panel incorporated into its face. It looks great and people compliment me on it regularly. Spending a huge amount on a watch probably isn't necessary: even a little cheap digital watch will tell the time accurately. It all depends on what you want and what you feel it's worth. If you feel like treating yourself with a luxury watch and can afford to do so, then you should.