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 When purchasing watches, no one is questioned with how to wear watches, actually. This appears to be logical and rational. Nevertheless, the simplest things happen to be complicated sometimes. Everything is made from details and details sometimes mean far more than the whole. People who really wander how to wear watches properly exist and they are really concerned in this issue.
Watches and etiquette
The etiquette adopted in regard to watches may be interpreted differently from person to person. The etiquette as the complicated whole of interdependent rules of conduct seems to do nothing about this simple and too common thing as watch. This is far associated with dos and dont’s in the society regarding politeness. However, that is it – adequate and proper wearing of watch requires certain rules that work since the minute the watch is purchased. The way people wear their watches still differs. Some people have their watches tightly fixed at the wrist, some of them like it when the watch moves freely to even shift it to and fro.
Nevertheless, the watch etiquette tells that the width of the watch case should match the width of the wrist (so, watches should not be too massive or too tiny for the wrist visually), and the length of the watch bracelet or wristlet should be adjusted for the watch to sit tightly enough but without any discomforting feelings.
The etiquette also considers the safety of watches, as part of it. The watch wearer is free to do everything to the watch being the whole and total owner; people are free to get new watches everyday if the old is broken, though the rules request safety of things that we dispose of. Therefore, ordinary watches are not suitable for sport activities, and especially for extreme kinds of sport and those with water involvement one should have a specially designed watch with specific functionalities. Moreover, for extreme kinds of activities watches with steel bracelet or synthetic wristlets are most appropriate. Natural leather for wristlet is not suitable since it smells strongly when reacted with the human sweat. Yet, the wrist should relax from watch and watch from the wrist for the night.
Right and wrong wrists
The way of watch handling is also important, especially when talking to a person. During the dialogue no one should look at the watch, as if watching the time when the conversation will finally end. This tells only about hesitance to keep to conversation or lack of time to wind up. Again, while having business negotiations, the watch with tourbillon would look too destracting and disturbing for other partners.
The question of the right hand to wear watches is still discussed. Which one is the best for watches, the right hand or the left hand? With the purpose to come to the truth, the history of watch appearance should be revived. First wrist watches date back to the middle of the century, the one before the last, when the watches were used for entertainment by women only, and only by women of the European aristocracy and wealthy bourgeoisie. Traditionally men would wear watches on the chain and wrist watches would look awkward that time.
The turn in history occurred due to the aviation era. In the beginning of the 20th century the first pilots used wrist watches when performing flights. The chain watches appeared to be too disturbing to seek and get and loos at while flying in the sky. The invention conquered the whole world for a wink. Pilots used to wear watches on the wrist that is less involved in the flight management. The right hand is known to be more developed in humans. Years ago left-handed people look awkward and odd. That is why they were trained to operate their right hand freely. So, the watch was better to wear on the left wrist. Today the left-handed do not look unusual and thus, both wrists are used. Moreover, since recently the trends are there to wear watchesin the way that is comfortable for the wearer, whether for the purpose of safety, fashion or just beauty. So, the right-handed wearing watches on the right wrist will not look ridiculous and something too outrageous. A watch today is not only the trendy accessories that can cost from three USD to three thousand Euros; this is the status thing that tells of the financial reputation, attitude to life and life principles of the owner. And here, the thing that works to create the status is not the amount of diamonds on the dial plate, not the material of the watch case but the design, safety and durability of watches that re nice and pleasant to possess.
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