Do you ever wear a watch?

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No, I just look at the time on my phone.

Have you ever tried or looked into one of those smart watches that you can use as a phone A phone watch seemed kewl on Dick Tracy but I do not want one in these days of smart technology. The major benefits of me having a smart phone is that I can check email, browse the web some, & text when I'm out or when I'm home but not in my bedroom to use my desktop. I would find that stuff extremely difficult to do with a watch. I don't have the best vision or fine motor-skills. I actually was still using my Droid 4 till it broke about a year ago cuz I really liked having the physical keypad for texting & emailing. Half the sites would not load on it & images would not load in my email half the time on it cuz the phone & android version & apps were too outdated but it was still easier, faster, & a lot more accurate for me to type on the physical keypad than a touchscreen. I would not mind my new phone being 3x thicker, 3x as heavy, & costing 3x as much(it cost a lot) if it would have a physical keypad but everything else was basically the same. OK enough ranting

I seen some pretty kewl pocket-watches online but I would not want to actually use them cuz they are not digital & kinda big but would be nice to have as a collectable

No, I stopped wearing a watch a long-time ago. I'm usually in the presence of a clock in my home, workspace, and car - esp. on the days I have scheduled appointments.

I'm usually able to estimate the time of day during those rare times when a clock is not present. On account of the pandemic, more time than normal has been spent at home where clocks usually present.

I seldom wear a watch--because I am very retired and generally don't care exactly what time it is.

While I can get the time from one of the clocks in our house, or the displays on my computers or in the car, I am so retired I actually find the DayClock in our dining room useful.

If I am away from home, not with my bride (who carries a smartphone), not in my car, and might need to keep track of the time then I wear a wristwatch.

I'm something of a Luddite. My phone doesn't tell time. But then, my phone is hooked to the wall by a wire--the only mobile phone I have is OnStar Hands-Free calling in my car.

P.S. I majored in Computer Science in college and have retired twice from jobs in computers. I think computers are fun, sometimes useful, but mostly I think they are great to play with.

No .. I have thought about a smart watch though as it would be handy for reminders etc but haven't dedicated to buying one solely for this purpose as I usually have my phone in my hand rather than fidget things.

How can wearing a watch (or not wearing a watch) shape our perceptions of time?

No, but constant awareness of it makes us more productive. Or at least I can say so about myself. I'm definitely driven by the fear that I won't finish everything I planned for the day.

Nope, but I'm definitely worn out by people telling me "Time to get a watch" when I ask for the time!

Interesting question!!

I'll take a tentative shot at it.

How it affects your perception of time is probably, at least in part, a function of whether or not you have a current need to keep track of the time.

Have a watch and care about the time: Situation under control.
Have a watch but don't care about the time: Time might be a distraction or make you anxious.
No watch but do care about the time: Time to be nervous.
No watch and don't care about the time: Freedom!

My opinion could change over time.

Does it matter if you don't have a wristwatch but carry a smartphone and get the time from that?

I heard that one a lot when I would ask others the time when I was a kid. I occasionally ask my girlfriend the time when I don't have my phone next to me & I know she just looked at the time(I saw her glance at her fitbit) or she's doing something on her phone & should be able to easily glance & she sometimes tells me that lame joke.

It can go either way for me. Sometimes when my anxiety or OCD are acting up or if I'm doing a task that I do not want to do & I know will likely take longer than the time I have available to finish, watching the time can be a distraction or anxiety provoking. It's kinda like how they say you should not watch the time when your having sleep problems like when you wake up & can not fall back asleep or your just having problems falling asleep the 1st time for the night. Checking the time every minute or so can help prevent you from getting needed sleep for the night.

Other times thou keeping an eye on the time can be beneficial for me like when I need or want to stay on a schedule with something like taking meds or when I was working doing routine stuff. Checking the time when I was working helped me know when to clock back in for my hour lunch breaks, know when to go to lunch(especially if I was doing something with others), know when to start & end my 15 minute breaks, know when to clock out & leave(I relied on my parents to bring me to & from work), know when to switch tasks if I was doing something that was not super important & had an important one to do at a certain time. An awareness of time can sometimes help me be a good strategist. An awareness of time can also help me make sure I am not late when going somewhere or that I don't keep others waiting if I'm going with others or if someone is bringing me there & back.

This may be slightly off topic but I remember seeing a question & probably a poll 1ce in GAD section here years ago asking if us autistics thought we might have a better or worse sense of time than NTs. Most who posted & voted thought they had a worse sense of time than NTs but I thought mine was about the same or possibly better & worse in different ways but balanced out to about the same. Some probably would think my sense of time is worse cuz of my ADD & that I can take longer than intended sometimes due to getting distracted & losing focus. However I am likely aware that I am running later than I wanted & the task I planned likely did not take much longer than the time I expected it to take. The issue is that I decide to do other things like doing more than intended or that I take breaks or do something unrelated before or after said task knowing that the delay would cause me to take longer than I originally intended things to take. I have a hard time motivating myself & starting tasks that are difficult for me. I'm also slower at doing things compared to my peers. That can cause some to think that I lose track of time when in reality I was aware that it would take me longer than others when I started it.

I never did wear a watch.