Comments on: Andy Gets All Wound Up

How Many Watches Do We Really Need?

[rushman71]

Andy,
About 18 years ago, I was working my first job at a movie theater. One day while cleaning up after a movie finished, I stumble upon a pocket watch with no chain. It had a golden brass like case, about an inch and a half to two inches in diameter. When I looked at the face, it had the name "Bulova" on it. I asked for some opinions from some other workers, who kind of thought it my be worth something, a little at least. I decided to go ahead and leave it there, in the lost and found section.
About a month or two later, I took a look in the lost and found, and noticed that it was still there. I asked the manager at the time if I could go ahead and keep it, since no one claimed it. She said ok.
To this day, I still have it--someplace in a box. Still don't know it's true value, but it's not the money I am after, it's the quality that I look for. I do hope that it's original owner didn't loose something that he felt precious towards. Hey, some people do.

[noelleno]

So it%u2019s not just me%u2026.
Observation: People pay thousands of dollars for a "designer" timepiece, yet when I ask for the time...they look at the cell phone!

At 40 years of age, I have not worn nor purchased a watch in close to 25 years. I get 48-72 hours of wear before the battery dies or I develop a rash. I have a lady's pocket watch circa 1890 that I found after my grandmother%u2019s aunt she passed in 83%u2019 and I don't wind it or carry it.
By removing the majority of the frivolous, "pseudo" time-sensitive activities from my life, I have regained the ability to use %u201Cnature's clock%u201D. I usually get within 5-10 minutes of the correct time just by looking at the position of the sun. I use a cell phone as a clock and phone book-ONLY.

[heychester]

Andy Rooney proves once again that he has no idea what he's talking about. He should have been put out to pasture years ago.

[cwbrileyiii]

Andy, I'm 58 years young and have worn a gold, wind-up pocket watch in my jeans pocket for many years. I don't like anything on my wrist. I chose a Swiss movement over a quartz because my dad was a watchmaker for about 70 years. I saw his business taper off to a trickle with the popularity of cheap quartz watches. His skill with watches was nothing short of amazing, but the march of time left him in the dust. I was determined to help keep his craft alive by eschewing cheap quartz movements.

We lost him 6 months ago.

Charles Briley

[curtisbrubak]

Andy,

In your entire segment, you forgot to mention the one question about watches you could win money on a bet in a bar:

"What's the Roman Numeral for the number four?"

Wrong!

Take a look! You owe me an autographed buck!

[curtisbrubak]

In your entire segment, you forgot to mention the one question you could ask about watches that could win you money on a bet:

"What's the Roman Numeral for the number four?"

Wrong!

Take a look! You owe me an autographed RooneyDollar!

[cdltpx]

My watch of choice is an $18 lightweight slim multifunction calculator watch far too geeky for most folks to be seen wearing but now I proudly admit that I am a frugal-geek-trucker. It has never failed unless you count the time I accidentally melted one with deet 24 bug repellant it still worked just was sticky to the touch not my style. I need to travel light so the multiple functions are a must for me. I wrap it in a bandana tie it to my head metal plate to my forehead and it doubles as an alarm clock that I always hear as long as the bandana stays put. Truckers often have sleep with as much noise as possible in the cab to drown out the outside noise of a truck plaza or loading dock. Recently I earned an associates degree in electronics and as a student I would solve an equation just as the other students could or would even find their calculator just because the watch is always there on my wrist not in a brief case or accidentally left at home. My brother is a jeweler he gave me a very costly watch just like his, I wore it two times way too bulky so I re-gifted him he understood why disliked wearing it. By now years later his old one had quit on him and was truly happy to get it back because it was a rare model in perfect condition and it had gained in value now he has a repaired work watch and a less worn dress watch.

[thgdriver]

bluestardad

Your computer is like a radio/tv in some ways, If you don't care about, it don't tune in.

I personally do not own a watch as time does not matter to me being retired, most of the time I do not even know what day it is nor does it matter, a cell phone with the time on it? I always hated the telephone so I never bothered with a cell phone, and still do not have one today. If I am out some where it is to get away from the house and the phone, not to carry more baggage with me so my ex can call me and complain some more

[bluestardad]

who cares must be a slow news day!

[sflew2s]

Sorry Everybody,

I wear a digital wrist watch 24 hours a day and only take it off to clean it!, I could care less about the clock in my cell phone because it is inconvenient to take it frome my hip or my pocket to check the time, and I can easily sneak a peak at my watch during a meeting where taking out my cell phone would be rude. I can also point to my watch to let someone know that it is time to do something, but if I take out my cell phone and point at it they will thing they have a call to take. So I will go on wearing my watch until they make them obsolete just the same thank you.

[thgdriver]

Sorry , please be "careful"

[thgdriver]

Andy,

My watch has a 24 hour face, It is a Wenger, same people who make that Swiss Army knife with all the gadgets, I find it invaluable as I drive an 18 wheeler for a living and fedeal laws mandate that I keep a 24 hour log. It keeps perfect time. You folks that use your cellphones to tell time while driving, please be carful!!

Keep on trucking!

[mihikatahdin]

Speaking of watches, Andy, have you noticed that watches with Roman Numerals now have IIII for four, rather than the IV we were taught in school? What is this all about? Drives me nuts...

[jaqued]

Andy, I have a bunch of watches one is an Eco Drive and it keeps excellent time. Its only problem with it is that it is so massive my wrist keeps going straight ahead when I turn a corner. On the advice of my Harp teacher I it put away with the in the 14 other watches I have and went to a pocket watch. I ourchased several while looking for just the one to make me feel good about it and I got it on ebay from Hon Kong for just 1 dollar. The 30 dollars it costs to get it sent to America made the cost about the same as if I had purchase it here. I actually look at my watch often to watch time slip by at the measured pace of each evenly spaced tick. It also serves as a reminder that one today is worth two tomorrows and that all we really have is now. I say a watch advertised in a catalog recently that lacked hands, numbers or even a clock work. The face just said "NOW". I should have bought that one and thrown the rest away.

[bobgee_1999]

I still wear the same watch I purchased 13 years ago, the first model of Swiss Army watch to ever hit the market (they've doubled in price since then). Nothing fancy, simpole face. The crystal is scratched and it has taken a pounding, but still works fine, though I've gone through countless bands and numerous batteries. The only other watch I own is a family heirloom pocketwatch. I'll always wear a watch---I suppose it is a generational thing, as I despise cell phones and wouldn't have one if you gave it to me.

[vaobryant]

Dear Andy: My wife and I agree with you.

I don't carry a watch as my cellphone carries the time.

My wife Gladys purchased a watch in 1996 which I

feel you

would be interested in if your's ever fails.

It's a Citizen Eco-Drive. Has solar battery

charger that keeps Battery charged. She's never

had it fail for any reason.

[e-mail]

[mrthornman]

Andy,

Many of us quit wearing watches years ago, because our cell phone has a clock. A wrist watch now is more of a fashion accessory. Not for me, thanks. One less item to deal with!