Who wears watches and who wears gloves?

brakelever

always gloves or mitts - dependent on weather , have got a nice bling like briel watch for on the bike - sad i know

Stewie Griffin

Used to feel naked without my watch on. It's a nice watch which was a gift and I wore it everyday. Then one day at work I whacked it into a filing cabinet and shat myself until I saw it was ok. That 2 seconds until I saw it was awful I really thought I had trashed it. So I stopped wearing it to work and now years later its tucked away and never worn at all. I'm going to get it serviced and start wearing it again.

Always wear mitts on the bike though, that's most certainly helped me retain the skin on my hands more than once.

garrynolan

Always gloves. Watch only comes off in the shower (too hard to dry!) so a nice permanent white wrist. Also wear it on the right (wrong) hand even though I'm right-handed. Little sis does the same.

on the road

I stopped wearing a watch years ago. I don't really need one now because my cumputer has a clock and my mobile phone has a clock.

Too old for this

I've got used to removing my watch when at work, its no good if your wrist gets hooked up in revolving machinery(smarts a bit) so don't wear one when on the bike, it's just a habit i've got into. Always wear gloves.

coombsfh

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

coombsfh wrote:

I also have 2 Bell & Ross watches, both if which were very generous gifts and both of which need a service (£375 a piece; the gift that keeps taking...). I am only a student and have not been able to work recently (hospital) so need to save up before they are useable again.

Fred.

Why not save yourself some money and sell me one of your watchs?

Because unserviced they won't be worth as much as they should be and besides, they were gifts that I don't feel I can sell. Once I get a job, servicing the expensive little blighters is a big priority.

I will lend you a watch, grant you the great luxury of servicing it and then dutifully take it off of your hands again...sound good?

Also wear it on the right (wrong) hand even though I'm right-handed. Little sis does the same.

This makes me feel ill

andrewjoseph

Watch and gloves, every ride, road or mtb.

i wear a protrek prg 40 99% of my waking hours, I've had it about 10 years and only last week put in the 3rd set of batteries.

verylonglegs

coombsfh wrote:

Also wear it on the right (wrong) hand even though I'm right-handed. Little sis does the same.

This makes me feel ill

I also wear my watch on my right arm even though I'm right-handed, has always felt natural to me. I only wear a watch at weekends however, dont't wear one at work as I only own metal strapped watches and I spend my day probing around live circuit boards, don't really want to risk shorting anything out or electrocuting myself!

coombsfh

Got some mechanixwear gloves for 11.99 on ebay so that's good.

Also flogging some watches, suits and a bike on ebay so they are more than paid for already!

nwallace

Haven't worn a watch in years, too uncomfortable.

I feel weirder when I forget to put gloves/mitts on than when I forget to put a helmet on.

cougie

Never take my watch off and wear gloves 90% of the time.

What does surprise me is seeing professionals not wearing mitts when racing. Thats just silly. I remember one pro crashing out of a stage race and being dropped off at the airport and him not being able to even pick up his own suitcases.

Its hard to ride a bike with no palms.

Ollieda

I always wear both, find it far more comfortable riding in gloves.

As for the watch I just use my trusty old £5 casio from argos, takes so much abuse and never struggles

Ben6899

It seems that roadies are generally into their watches. I too am partial to a nice piece of Swiss timekeeping.

mattshrops

Ive got a watch my grandad kept up his ass for 4 years in a japanese POW camp.
Theres no way on earth that fecker is going near my wrist :shock:

mortozola

Never a watch and up until a couple of weeks ago always wore mitts/gloves for every ride. But my mitt tanlines are shocking at the moment! When I take the mitts off it looks like I have white ones still on. End of fingers are tanned, wrist (and arms) tanned, even got a little tanned circle where the velcro fastening leaves a gap. I look like a right weirdo and cant be hidden like usual cycling tan lines! So when not racing I ride without the mitts at the moment.

cornerblock

mattshrops wrote:

Ive got a watch my grandad kept up his ass for 4 years in a japanese POW camp.
Theres no way on earth that fecker is going near my wrist :shock:

I would love to see you on Antiques Roadshow with it, as the expert is handling it, " so can you tell me a little bit about it?" Yes my grandad kept it up his arse!

coombsfh

The rectal timepiece is quite a story.

There is a huge range of glove-wearing habits here...I will definitely wear gloves as soon as they arrive and will always wear a watch.

StanwaySteve62

eBay link?
Ps you don't need two bell & Ross watchs
Just think of all the bike stuff you could buy

coombsfh

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

eBay link?
Ps you don't need two bell & Ross watchs
Just think of all the bike stuff you could buy

I am only selling a couple of casio mudmen and a revolution courier and I don't wanna put links in as this isdnt the for sale forum and I don't want a ban/bollocking.

You don't even know what models they are Steve, you might hate them both.

Quite a few of my casios are on loan to friends and family but mudmen I just dont use.

StanwaySteve62

Haha, most bell & Ross watchs are pig ugly

upperoilcan

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

Haha, most bell & Ross watchs are pig ugly

They look alright to me,although i must admit i prefer my Breitling..

StanwaySteve62

Only like the brietlings with the heritage strap
Transocean is very nice but too rich for my blood

JamesB

Wear a watch ---Suunto altimeter type---virtually 24/24. Wear it when all types cycling and it is very useful for checking rate of ascent on bike rides / total ascenst etc. Always wear gloves, except when very hot uphills (.30c on continent being example)

guinea

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

Haha, most bell & Ross watchs are pig ugly

Why don't you share your watch?

tlw1

Garmin forerunner an gloves

StanwaySteve62

guinea wrote:

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

Haha, most bell & Ross watchs are pig ugly

Why don't you share your watch?

Sorry ?

guinea

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

guinea wrote:

StanwaySteve62 wrote:

Haha, most bell & Ross watchs are pig ugly

Why don't you share your watch?

Sorry ?

What do you wear?

coombsfh

I will share:

One is a very early chronograph. Black face, black metal band, and a sinn movement.

The other is a vintage 126. Black face, white numerals, black bezel, steel case and a choice of black rubber or a leather strap.

Casio's are: A gold A-164, a silver A-168, a GW-5500-1, a G-5500-1, a G-5500-TS-8, a G-5500-3, a G-5500-4, A GW-M5600-1ER and 2 G-9000 mudmen in beige (stormtrooper) and black which I am ebaying now.

marksteven

always wear watch & gloves, mits in summer big1s in winter . had to swap wrists for a few weeks, when i fell off & smashed my elbow into bits. swapped it back yesterday

Yossie

Watch (trusty old Royal Navy diver's watch - has been to hell and back and could tell some interesting stories if it could talk but still works faultlessy and has a lovely patina of battering) all the time, gloves all the time but which pair depends on what I'm doing: Mighty Mitts for every day use (cheap and comfy, bullet proof, last years and years - 3 crashes over the past 3 years in my current pair and still all perfect) Mavic high wrist race gloves for racing/posing - faultless feel through them but very thin and I must admit that I wouldn't like to crash in them.