Musings on my vacation - Observations horological

Great observation!

I have always maintained that guys and gals on a forum about watches represent on the most minute fraction of people on the planet. We discuss watches ad nauseum daily and think that BOB IN THE CUBICLE 3 SEATS AWAY does too...NOT!

This is a great thread Doc.

1st I'm really glad to see you picked one watch. Great job on the choice. Not only is it a versatile watch, it also is one that would be recognized by a WIS should you have met one.

2nd Your observations (please tell me you did not have a clip board with check boxes! LOL j/k) are very well laid out. I agree with your assertions as I've made similar observations.

Now, for the rest of you. Next time you take a trip (barring any meet ups with WIS), take only one watch. You will really get to know that watch. Really get to know it. You thank us for the suggestion.

Docrwm wrote:

I
always take 1 watch on trips.

Nice

Docrwm wrote:

I really think
the Monster was a better choice - particularly given the dark rides and
such.

Because you NEED to check the time while on a ride.

Docrwm wrote:

Took a week at Thanksgiving to go to Florida. While on the trip I took 1 watch with me, my Black Monster.



Very happy with the choice. It went from park to pool without a hiccup and was readable in the dark rides when most other watches would have been useless. The bezel made timing most things easy (not as easy as a Chrono). It wore well on the Wachadoo and was robust enough for anything I threw at it.

While in Magic Kingdom one afternoon I thought about the many threads about watches and non-WIS choices. What do THEY wear. How popular is a wristwatch today and who wears one any more? So, I did some observing of wrists.

Out of the first 100 adult men whose wrists were visible 27 did not wear a watch.

Of the remaining 73 - 47 wore some sort of digitial watch like a Casio or Timex.

Of the remaining 26 only two watches were identifiable from a normal viewing distance of 6+- feet. One was actually a Seiko Marine Master! The other was a Swiss Army 500m Diver.

I saw 7 Rolexesque watches but honestly could not tell from 6+- feet if they were a real Rolex, an Invicta, a clone, etc.

So, it has opened my eyes a bit that in general crowd situations people really can't tell, politely, what you are wearing beyond that its a watch and perhaps that its digital or analogue.

Nice work stalker ...be careful with your "research", you may get a restraining order!