The classic tool watch styles are the dive watch, pilot’s watch, and field watch. Watches that ostensibly serve a purpose for some particular use case, but realistically most of us do not have that use case in our daily lives. Sure, you may find an occasional use for the bezel on a dive watch, but I’d guess that most of us here aren’t regularly scuba diving.

So: what would the features of a watch be for an actual, regular use case that you have? Since I’m guessing many of us have desk jobs, let’s say features for any particular use case that you have, be it your profession, or a hobby, or just something that shows up often in your daily life.

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    4 days ago

    Maybe a watch that’s very easy to remove? And thin enough to easily stash in your pocket?

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      4 days ago

      The problem is with anything that can be grabbed by an spinning blade. Watches, rings, necklaces, long hair, loose sleeves, …