Being in construction for 45 years, was never into jewelry of any kind. Wrist watches, like rings were a hazard and awkward. Some of the shops I worked in, they were not allowed. Still before the advent of cell phones, one still had to know what time it was. Started using pocket watches when I was in my 20s(back in the early 70s) and for the most part, since then that is all I ever used. The exception being a few wrist watches given to me as gifts(including a coupla eco-drives). Used to use cheap disposable Timex's when hunting, cause they were more waterproof than most pocket watches of the day.....they never failed me. Nowadays I usually carry a nice Charles-Hubert Quartz in a plain Hunter case. Lifetime warranty on the movement. Nowadays, while hunting, I use a clip on, Dakota backpacker.
Today's technology has made watches and time pieces, accurate, durable and much less expensive, regardless of what form you want it in. They're also on everything you look at anymore. Phone, tablet, Kindle, T.V. screen. Where I wok, you cannot look in any direction without seeing some form of timekeeping. Sometimes it's just nice to get away.
