Wrist Check. Which watch are you wearing?
Feb 28, 2016, 12:04 pm
#16
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Central New Jersey
Programs: UA-Platimum 2 MM, HH-Gold, MR-Lifetime Gold, Hyatt-Discoverist
Posts: 6,238
Wrist watches-- multiple. For years, my spouses' go to gift for me for any/all occasions was robe & pj's and/or a watch. So I now have about 25 + watches of which currently 12-15 are working. I do wear them daily, and coordinate colors/styles with whatever I am wearing. I find looking down at a watch to be much easier then digging into my purse for my cell phone to just check the time.
Feb 28, 2016, 12:44 pm
#17
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 394
I agree it is very liberating.....I've found I rarely actually need to know the time (far less than I had though) and I definitely felt less-burdened when I stopped wearing a watch. I need to measure time at work, so that's the only place I wear one. Yes, it is more difficult to check the time on my phone and that's the point -- I only do it when it's really important.
Feb 28, 2016, 2:24 pm
#18
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PWM
Programs: Hilton/Marriott/Hyatt/IHG DL/B6/WN/AA
Posts: 45
Pebble Time. For better or worse, I am the type of person who wants to have immediate access to phone notifications, weather info, schedule, etc and the Pebble does that sort of thing fantastically well. It's a pretty good looking device as well - might not fly in a formal business situation but in my relatively informal area of work, it's great.
Feb 28, 2016, 6:20 pm
#21
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: NYC
Programs: DL
Posts: 289
Feb 28, 2016, 7:13 pm
#22
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Tumi
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 473
I'm intrigued by the boarding pass on your wrist. I think that rather than using your phone and potentially dropping it or something else. A pass on your wrist is ideal.
Feb 28, 2016, 9:31 pm
#23
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 43
Apple Watch Hermes Single Tour
Loving this watch - I got several bands for it and literally have not worn any of my nice watches since I got this. My previous go-to travel watch was my Rolex 50th anniversary Submariner. I don't even know where I last saw it!
Feb 29, 2016, 2:47 am
#25
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: K+K
Programs: *G
Posts: 4,871
depends where im going and for what purpose
but if im going for more than a few days, to a new timezone, for work, i use the Sinn 6000 Frankfurt which has triple timezone feature.
lets me keep track of local, home-office, and head-quarter time simultaneously
but if im going for more than a few days, to a new timezone, for work, i use the Sinn 6000 Frankfurt which has triple timezone feature.
lets me keep track of local, home-office, and head-quarter time simultaneously
Feb 29, 2016, 6:29 am
#27
Join Date: May 2009
Location: SIN (with a bit of ZRH sprinkled in)
Posts: 9,455
Left hand: Certina DS Podium. 10 years old, daily usage. Swapped the leather band twice, and the batteries 3 or 4 times. Shows its age, but still works perfectly. A good "day usage" watch which was 650$ when bought new and neither looks too shabby nor too fancy for pretty much any usage.
Right hand: XiaoMi Band. 15$
Right hand: XiaoMi Band. 15$
Feb 29, 2016, 11:18 am
#28
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: DL Silver, AS MVP, UA Silver, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat, SPG Plat, National Exec Elite
Posts: 3,883
When travelling a $15 eBay Automatic on a $10 eBay leather band that looks WAY nicer than the price would indicate (but may seize at any time if I spill coffee on it, sneeze on it, or look at it funny). It's one of my best looking watches and probably the most frequently complimented and I also won't cry too hard if I leave it on a hotel night stand, in a TSA dogfood bowl, etc.
At home I have a mix of Seiko SKX009 and SNA411, a hand full of Invicta Pro Divers, a few fashion quartz watches I've received as gifts and put on reasonable bracelets/bands, and an LG G Watch I use almost exclusively for race-day running (I too haven't found a killer app but have been trying to justify a Moto 360 or Watch Urbane).
At home I have a mix of Seiko SKX009 and SNA411, a hand full of Invicta Pro Divers, a few fashion quartz watches I've received as gifts and put on reasonable bracelets/bands, and an LG G Watch I use almost exclusively for race-day running (I too haven't found a killer app but have been trying to justify a Moto 360 or Watch Urbane).
Feb 29, 2016, 11:59 am
#30
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: DL Silver, AS MVP, UA Silver, HHonors Diamond, Marriott Plat, SPG Plat, National Exec Elite
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I've had my eye on this one for awhile... how quickly does the time update, and does it do so in-flight or just when you land?