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Damascus, thank you, sir!

I've got a saying hanging on the wall in my hideaway that says, "You ain't late if you don't care what time it is".

I haven't owned a wristwatch in over 40 years.

SRH

Which means they are great at helping to attinuate recoil and increase swing effort (MOI). I wonder if any of the target shooting governing bodies ever consideed a weight limit on wrist watches??

I tried carrying a Regulator schoolhouse clock on a chain like a truckers wallet, but it kept stopping. So I will stick with my huge wristwatch.
CHAZ

I have a couple of decent watches and was fascinated by them a long time ago. The guys in London of Watches of Switzerland tell me not to use them if shooting or playing some rough games or some such. Fact is I am right handed but wear my watch on my right wrist so have to take it off when shooting, as otherwise I�d scar the stock. It is good manners if you are about to handle a fine double or firearm to take off your watch anyway unless you own it. I�d wear a tough stainless job (Rolex, IWC etc) but not something fine. The servicing costs are getting ridiculous on watches INMO, I don�t know what it is like in the US but I have a bill to pay on my wifes� STAINLESS steel Jaeger for a new strap.....GBP1400 !!! ridiculous

Does your huge wristwatch play Westminster or St. Michael's chimes.

Back in the 80's my kids bought me a Citizen SS quartz watch. It kept great time and needed no service other than battery replacement every 3-4 years. I had this watch until about 1998, then one day I looked at my wrist... no watch! The wrist band had failed. My next watch was a Seiko titanium cased quartz watch. I paid $150 for it at Costco and I've worn it daily for 15 years. So far its needed 2 battery changes and every 3-4 years, just to be safe, I replace the pins that hold the band to the watch. That's all the service it's needed. I fully expect it to outlive me.

Steve

I wear a 40 year old Breitling Navitimer and the recoil of God knows how many shots fired hasn't seemed to effect it at all.

My old Seiko bullhead chrono has survived thousands of rounds, plus being fished off the bottom of the lake when one of the strap pins broke (my bro-in-law happened to be in the water and saw where it went in, dove down and found it). Never been in the shop in 40+ years and still going strong.

My 1969 GMT will outlive me. On second thought, I gave it to my stepson 5 years ago when he graduated college and he could destroy an anvil with his barefeet. However, in the decades that I had it, I shot a lot of ducks, dove, quail, turkeys, and skeet with it on and it kept on ticking. I have a couple of Luminox watches, one for dress and one for everything else, and I'd rather have one of these watches than any other watch, including the old GMT. I can read the dials in pitch dark and they keep great time.