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While I think watches look very cool I am not a watch wearer. The main reason being I have a cell phone always on me so I have zero need for it.

 

Are you a watch wearer or not? And what is your favorite watch?

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I am a watch guy and right now my favorite is a Tag Heuer Aquaracer that I got a few months ago.

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I used to be, but since my shattered left wrist 15 years ago, I seldom wear anything on my left wrist......so now I game a Nike Fuel on my right wrist.....and it functions for a watch.

 

My drawer still holds several Seikos, a Raymond Weil and a couple gimick watches(U of KY watch etc.).....they all need batteries.

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Fairways:  image.png.80321f01fc46450b6f428c7daf7b3471.png0211 5W & 7W w/ Evenflo Riptide CB  regular shaft and Tour Edge E521 9W w/Fubuki HD50 regular shaft

Hybrid: None in bag at the moment

IronsTitleist T300 5-PW w/Fubuki MV Senior graphite shafts w/Golf Pride Tour

Wedges: Edison forged 49*, 53* and 57* wedges with KB PGI Senior shafts(80 grm).

Putter: 33” Evnroll ER6R or  ER2 or Bellum Winmore Model 707,   or Nike Method Core Drone  w/Evnroll Gravity Grip

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Never have been, was very excited once the cell phone came about and I could do time that way.  Loved the GPS feature of the watch but couldn't get used to it and had to abandon it for play.

 

Not a watch person!

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SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

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I wear a watch every day, stainless Seiko Sports 150 I bought in San Francisco in 1997. I don't, however, wear it when I play. Keys, wallet and watch go into the valuables pocket of my bag. 

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Fairway: :callaway-small: Apex UW 19° & 21° Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 5.5

Irons: :mizuno-small: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Wedges: :mizuno-small: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Putter :Sub70: Sycamore 005 Wide Blade
Bag: 
:Ogio: Alpha Convoy 514
Balls: :callaway-small: Chrome Soft X

Cart: :CaddyTek: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8


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Used to wear one everyday to work. My insulin pump has a clock on it, so I always have the time.

I like the watch though and wear it when I do get a little more dressed up. Seiko Kinetic all titanium. Very light.

Just have to shake it a few times to get it going and set the time if I haven't worn it for a long time.

I try to take as few things to be potentially stolen to the course with me as possible, so the watch stays home.

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I'm a watch geek! Right now its Invicta, Bullova, Tag and Wegner Swiss Army. Can't beat the Invicta's for the money though. I'm a big fan of the Russian Divers. But, way to big and heavy to wear while playing!

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Fairway: :cobra-small: AMP 15* Aldila RIP s flex               

Hybrid:  :cleveland-small: 588 Custom 20.5* Matrix Ozik Altus

Irons: :taylormade-small:  2014 Tour Preferred MC 4-pw w/ KBS Tour s flex +1"  

Wedges:  :scatch-golf-1: 8620 50*DD w/ KBS Rev, 54* and 58* DD w/ KBS C-Taper  

Putter: :bridgestone-small:  TD-01 True Balance 34"

 

 

 

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Definitely a watch person. I only own two watches currently, both are quartz, but I would like to own a very nice mechanical watch one day. There are a too many that I like, Ball, Hamilton, IWC, Omega, Sinn and much more. I realize I could use a cell phone to look up time but there are many more reasons as to why I like watches, they are mechanical art. There are some nice quartz watches as well such as Swiss Army. 

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I used a pocket watch when I was in school to put on the desk when taking tests. Since school, I have only had two watches; Seiko and a G-Shock, both are in the dresser needing batteries. Went to the cell phone about 5 years ago, and haven't looked back. Watches and jewelry get in the way of golf.

 

So... thinking about it, I have had the same number of watches as I have had putters. 3 Amazing huh?

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I never wear a watch when I play, but generally wear one off the course.  I only have two, one for everyday my daughter gave me years ago and my Dad's Bulova I wear for special occasions.

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Hybrids  :cleveland-small: Halo XL Halo 18* & :cobra-small: T-Rail 20*

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Bought a watch when I graduated middle school. Wore it for a year or two but between batteries dying and my wrist becoming tree limb sized didn't wear one for a while.

 

Bought another watch last year but it fell apart on me within months, and just ordered a new one for cheap off Amazon two days ago.

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I'm for sure a watch guy. Love my Citizen watches. Have a few cheaper Fossil watches too. However, I don't wear while playing. Watch, keys, and wallet all go into my bag. 

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Fairway Metal - :nike-small: Vapor Fly 15* w/ Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 65F 43"

Irons - :taylormade-small: SLDR 4i-pw w/ KBS Tour C-Taper 90S

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Putter - :scotty-cameron-1: 2015 GoLo 3 33"

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I used to never be a watch guy until a couple years ago.  Im a watch wearer now though and I like it.  No other reason just because I like the way it feels.  I dont have an expensive watch, just a cheapie $50 Casio G-Shock from Target.  Id love to have a nice Seiko or Citizen but right now spending money on other, more practical things take a higher priority.

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On the golf course you can tell it's time to quit when the sun starts going down.  Getting up in the middle of the night to pee is the only time I HAVE to know what time it is.  

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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  • 4 years later...

A throwback Friday thread!

I have a new watch arriving on Monday (if FedEx behaves properly). It's a Fossil hybrid watch: it has real hands, but the face of the watch is also an e-ink display, so it can show notifications.

This thread was started five years ago: presumably, the ubiquity of smart phones has made watch-wearing even less common. So how about it: how many of you are watch-wearers?

And though this thread isn't specifically about golf, thinking about watches made me recall this post from Andrew Rice on the effect of wearing a watch on the course: https://www.andrewricegolf.com/andrew-rice-golf/2012/09/when-you-play-watch-or-no-watch. This test showed a noticeable effect on swing speed. I tweeted to him today asking if he's ever tried replicating that effect.

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I have a Fitbit I wear on a daily basis but my nicer Tissot watch hardly ever gets worn anymore. Unfortunately a watch that only shows the date/time seems pretty lacking these days.

For golf I’d much rather have an Arccos Link than mess with a watch like the Shot Scope. Maybe the smaller V3 will change that but I’m just not much of a watch while golfing person.




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I love watches and wear one daily. Only problem is my taste exceeds my budget; Mechanical watches aren’t cheap. Skeletons, open hearts, or clear back cases are great so you can see the inner workings.

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Fairway: :titelist-small: TS3 15*  w/Project X Hzardous Smoke
Hybrids:  :titelist-small: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype
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Irons:      :honma:TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite
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This was actually a factor when I bought my Apple Watch.  I wanted to use Arccos without phone-in-pocket but didn't know if I could comfortably play with a watch on my wrist.  So, I wore a cheapo watch for a few rounds to see if it affected play.   Wouldn't you know it, I got along just fine.  With some swings, it actually helped improve wrist position.

Bought the Apple Watch and love it in daily wear.  Haven't made it out for a good Arccos round just yet but their latest update has me excited.  With ShotScope shrinking, I wouldn't be surprised we start seeing more and more people wearing wrist accessories during their rounds.

Can't say I'll ever be the type to wear fancy schmancy watches though.  Love the look but 1) I can't (read shouldn't) afford them and 2) don't trust myself not to ding them up.  Even still, I'd never wear those on the course.

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I wear a Garmin S60 everyday and while golfing as my GPS.  I could easily drop it for golf but it would be hard to give up the notification functions it provides.  Yesterday's day of travel hell is a great example of never having to look at my phone to see flight delays, gate changes, meetings, etc...  All of this goes straight to my wrist to tell me I'm screwed.

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I wear a Fitbit on my right wrist and a real Seiko on my left wrist. I've worn a "proper" watch since 1978 and have no time for a "smart" watch. I have my phone, I don't need something else bugging me.

Get off my lawn!! 🤣

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Fairway: :callaway-small: Apex UW 19° & 21° Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 5.5

Irons: :mizuno-small: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Wedges: :mizuno-small: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4
Putter :Sub70: Sycamore 005 Wide Blade
Bag: 
:Ogio: Alpha Convoy 514
Balls: :callaway-small: Chrome Soft X

Cart: :CaddyTek: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8


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I love watches and have about 8 of them. My favorites are a Movado, TAG and Raymond Weil. However, I never wear them golfing - not sure why.  Occasionally my wife comments but stops after I ask her how much all of her wearings cost and why she needs so many.  

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I have 2 citizen eco drives and a citizen that is my work watch but none of them are worn on the course. 

Much like no wallet, keys etc.,  just a tee and a ball marker

Driver - 44.5" 5.0 flex 10.5 deg Graphite Design XC 6S GP MCC4+ 1 deg closed

Irons - 5-pw, GW stnd length 5.0 flex same grip 1 deg flat. Type low medium offset cavity back, no diggers

Wedges - 56 and 60 tour grind wedge spinner and mcc4+ grip 2 flat 10 and 8 in bounce

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I love my Garmin Approach S20. Simple, no frills, distances are easy to read. I wear it everyday on and off the course. For dressier occasions ill wear a classic Citizen or Bulova. I am deff a watch guy, wrist tan and all.

 

I love the Omega watch James Bond wore in Spectre.

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Back in the 80s and 90's I wore a watch with a stopwatch function so  I could keep track of time on jobs so I could keep track of tiem for billing purposes.  Change of job, no watch but I do have a couple of decent Seikos I will put on when dressing up which is rare these days.  I am wearing a slim lightweight Garmin for steps not for time and not a big deal if I don't put it on. 

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I put a watch on every morning and take it off every night.  I don’t carry a phone unless I am going out of town in case of an emergency but keep it turned off.  Rarely gets turned on.

I own four mechanical watches for different formality levels of dress.  Also have a gshock for activities where I would destroy watches in the past.  Prefer no functions other than to tell time.

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Woods - Callaway Rogue 5 wood

Hybrid - Titleist TS2 21 degree

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On 2/14/2020 at 4:17 PM, Bucky CC said:

I have a Fitbit I wear on a daily basis but my nicer Tissot watch hardly ever gets worn anymore. Unfortunately a watch that only shows the date/time seems pretty lacking these days.

For golf I’d much rather have an Arccos Link than mess with a watch like the Shot Scope. Maybe the smaller V3 will change that but I’m just not much of a watch while golfing person.




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Ha! Same for me. I got a Tissot as a gift years ago and I only wear it during business meetings or formal events. Besides that, it's easier to look at the phone. Also, I sweat a lot and the leather straps make me uncomfortable.

I'm looking forward to my ShotScope V3 in May. Surprisingly, it doesn't bother me that much when playing golf.

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