I freed myself from wearing a watch about 10 years ago. No longer having the familiar restraint around my wrist has made me feel free. I much prefer a phone in the pocket to a phone on my wrist.
Why we ever moved from pocket watches to wrist watches is a mystery to me.
1) How often do you look at the time? I look twice a day tops, if at all. 2) Alarms are hard - why are you fumbling at all.
1: I have a job. 2: I tend to wake up several times before the alarm time. If it's just 15 minutes before, I get up; if longer, I stay in bed and try for some additional sleep. Also, sometimes I sleep other places than where I have an alarm clock.
Your phone doesn't already have alarm features? Couldn't you use that as your alarm clock and, when turning it off check to see if you need to get up or can sleep in? I mean, you are already reaching out of bed for your alarm anyway.
I could walk to work. I could grow my own food. I do a lot of things but phones are not alarm clocks- hell these days they're barely even decent phones. Right tool for the right job.
Correct me if I'm wrong but this is a company that has already achieved a measure of success with previous smart watches and one would imagine a good deal of profit. Why are people still crowd funding stuff like this, couldn't they raise the capital in some other fashion or, y'know, plough some of those profits into their latest endeavour? What next? Micro$haft crowdfunding Wind'ohs 11? Keep crowdfunding for those who actually need it./rant
Call me crazy, Mr Anon, but isn't while you are sleeping the BEST time to charge your phone? I know it is mine. When I go to bed, I make sure my alarm is on, my phone's 'block spam' feature is on and I plug it in to my charger. In the morning, I always have full charge and am woken by my alarm.
I have been using phones for my alarm clocks since my old nokia when I was in university. I have a job, sadly, posting on slashdot isn't it. Goodbye:)
Your phone doesn't already have alarm features? Couldn't you use that as your alarm clock and, when turning it off check to see if you need to get up or can sleep in?
No, it doesn't work that way. See, when the alarm goes off you know you cannot go back to sleep. That's kind of what the alarm is for. So when you turn it off it's always time to get up and never time to sleep in.
It's when you wake up without the alarm going off you may want to know what time it is, preferably without any fumbling that makes you more alert, nor noises waking partners, dogs, cats or walruses. All I have to do is lift one hand and open one eyelid and blissfully slip back to sleep. Tha
I read somewhere, a long time ago, that wristwatches became "popular" during first world war. The reason was that watches were needed for executing coordinated attacks along the front. Wristwatches allowed you to check time, without letting go of your weapon.
This also accounts for wristwatches being worn on the left hand. It allowed you to aim your rifle while being able to look at the watch along the arm that supported it.
That doesn't really work all that well for lefties.
I'm a left-handed person and I always wore watches on my left hand. First of all it didn't cause me any problems to do so. Second of all it would be awkward to operate the watch on the right hand, since button-placement is ergonomically better suited for wearing watch on the left hand and operating it with the right one.
Try winding a "legacy" analog watch with your left hand, while wearing it on the right one. You can, but it's damn uncomfortable.
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it was before this actually... Anglo-Burma wars and Anglo-Boer wars towards the end of the 1800s saw wristwatches become popular with the british millitary officers as they found it difficult to use a pocket watch from the saddle or while trying to shoot a pistol.
Wearing a watch in bed is idiotic. Your skin needs to breathe now and then. Do you wear your shoes to bed as well? You deserve also to wake up with the imprint of the watch on your forehead,.
It really depends on the kind of watch band you have and how tight you wear it. If it's something like leather, cloth, or rubber then you definitely should take it off daily. If you have a metallic band and it isn't completely tight against your wrist, then there should be enough air flow around the watch band to not have any problems. If you have a full metal watch, and wear it to bed, and wear it in the shower, then it should remain relatively sanitary, and you really don't ever have to take it off.
I DONT WEAR CLOTHES AND ANYONE THAT DOES IS A FUCKING MORON!
Why is everyone on the internet so hopelessly and religiously devoted to their own personal choices no matter how minor? I wear a watch to bed sometimes, because mine is a Pebble and vibrates to wake me up.
This is right up there with which way people put the toilet roll on the rod. It doesn't harm anyone either way. People are ready to burn the heretics and others begin to wonder if maybe wiping their ass with their left hand is a better idea.
Wearing a watch in bed is idiotic. Your skin needs to breathe now and then.
That's two disjointed statements. Wearing a band that slides the width of the watch up and down makes skin breathing no issue at all. Not wearing an appropriate band is going to cause problems whether you sleep with the watch on or not.
Do you wear your shoes to bed as well?
What purpose would it have? Unlike a watch, which does tell the time, also in bed.
You deserve also to wake up with the imprint of the watch on your forehead,.
That says a lot more about your sleeping habits than mine.
Because you can launch a synchronized attack from the trenches without everyone fumbling to stuff their watch back into a pocket. Then fashion took over.
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I freed myself from wearing a watch about 10 years ago. No longer having the familiar restraint around my wrist has made me feel free. I much prefer a phone in the pocket to a phone on my wrist.
Why we ever moved from pocket watches to wrist watches is a mystery to me.
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Why we ever moved from pocket watches to wrist watches is a mystery to me.
Primarily because you can glance at a wristwatch without having a free hand or any specific clothing.
And you can also wear a wristwatch to bed. I like being able to see whether I can sleep for an hour more without fumbling around.
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1) How often do you look at the time? I look twice a day tops, if at all.
2) Alarms are hard - why are you fumbling at all.
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1) How often do you look at the time? I look twice a day tops, if at all.
2) Alarms are hard - why are you fumbling at all.
1: I have a job.
2: I tend to wake up several times before the alarm time. If it's just 15 minutes before, I get up; if longer, I stay in bed and try for some additional sleep.
Also, sometimes I sleep other places than where I have an alarm clock.
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Your phone doesn't already have alarm features? Couldn't you use that as your alarm clock and, when turning it off check to see if you need to get up or can sleep in? I mean, you are already reaching out of bed for your alarm anyway.
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I could walk to work. I could grow my own food. I do a lot of things but phones are not alarm clocks- hell these days they're barely even decent phones. Right tool for the right job.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but this is a company that has already achieved a measure of success with previous smart watches and one would imagine a good deal of profit. Why are people still crowd funding stuff like this, couldn't they raise the capital in some other fashion or, y'know, plough some of those profits into their latest endeavour? What next? Micro$haft crowdfunding Wind'ohs 11? Keep crowdfunding for those who actually need it. /rant
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My phone cant wake me up if the battery is dead, you unemployed clod!
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Call me crazy, Mr Anon, but isn't while you are sleeping the BEST time to charge your phone? I know it is mine. When I go to bed, I make sure my alarm is on, my phone's 'block spam' feature is on and I plug it in to my charger. In the morning, I always have full charge and am woken by my alarm.
I have been using phones for my alarm clocks since my old nokia when I was in university. I have a job, sadly, posting on slashdot isn't it. Goodbye :)
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Your phone doesn't already have alarm features? Couldn't you use that as your alarm clock and, when turning it off check to see if you need to get up or can sleep in?
No, it doesn't work that way. See, when the alarm goes off you know you cannot go back to sleep. That's kind of what the alarm is for. So when you turn it off it's always time to get up and never time to sleep in.
It's when you wake up without the alarm going off you may want to know what time it is, preferably without any fumbling that makes you more alert, nor noises waking partners, dogs, cats or walruses. All I have to do is lift one hand and open one eyelid and blissfully slip back to sleep. Tha
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You can't? I can always just set my alarm a little later and just close my eyes again. Guess everyone is different.
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I work for a living. I would look at my watch at least 20-30 times a day at least as I record my activities so I can bill them to my customer.
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I work for a living. I would look at my watch at least 20-30 times a day at least as I record my activities so I can bill them to my customer.
You must not work with computers for a living - I would have the software record the time (date and elapsed for good measure) automatically.
But I'm lazy.
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You need one of those ceiling projector clocks. I've had one for years and it's the nuts. Just look at the ceiling to see the time.
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Sounds implausible. Only the officers would have needed to know what time the barrage would lift (or whatever) and they generally didn't carry rifles.
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Try strapping your watch on your right wrist (if you're right handed), and you'll understand why we carry them on our left wrists.
FTFM (Fixed that for myself)
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I'm left handed and I've always carried my watch on the left hand.
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Once again, the simple answer is the right one.
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I'm a left-handed person and I always wore watches on my left hand. First of all it didn't cause me any problems to do so. Second of all it would be awkward to operate the watch on the right hand, since button-placement is ergonomically better suited for wearing watch on the left hand and operating it with the right one. Try winding a "legacy" analog watch with your left hand, while wearing it on the right one. You can, but it's damn uncomfortable.
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Wearing a watch in bed is idiotic. Your skin needs to breathe now and then. Do you wear your shoes to bed as well? You deserve also to wake up with the imprint of the watch on your forehead,.
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I DONT WEAR CLOTHES AND ANYONE THAT DOES IS A FUCKING MORON!
Why is everyone on the internet so hopelessly and religiously devoted to their own personal choices no matter how minor? I wear a watch to bed sometimes, because mine is a Pebble and vibrates to wake me up.
This is right up there with which way people put the toilet roll on the rod. It doesn't harm anyone either way. People are ready to burn the heretics and others begin to wonder if maybe wiping their ass with their left hand is a better idea.
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Wearing a watch in bed is idiotic. Your skin needs to breathe now and then.
That's two disjointed statements. Wearing a band that slides the width of the watch up and down makes skin breathing no issue at all. Not wearing an appropriate band is going to cause problems whether you sleep with the watch on or not.
Do you wear your shoes to bed as well?
What purpose would it have? Unlike a watch, which does tell the time, also in bed.
You deserve also to wake up with the imprint of the watch on your forehead,.
That says a lot more about your sleeping habits than mine.
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Because you can launch a synchronized attack from the trenches without everyone fumbling to stuff their watch back into a pocket. Then fashion took over.