Do you wear your wrist-watch while riding?

I have avoided this so for because I'm terrified of falling palms first on the ground and watch lodging itself in my hand (witch has happened to me before). Also, moto-jackets can be pretty tight around wrists making it uncomfortable.       

I'm considering a new watch that can be useful on rides... http://www.suunto.com/suunto/Worlds/outdoor/main/Product.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673986053&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302758066&bmUID=1229268838124

Cheers.

I wear mine, but if you are concerned, why not put your watch in your pocket and just use the clock on the bike?

I never liked the feel of a watch on my wrist and my bike doesn't have a clock so what'd I do? I bought a cheapo dashboard clock from autozone and slapped it in the middle of my tac (which broke ).  When I'm not on the bike I always use my phone as a clock.

that's the only time I wear my watch.

it keeps me safe.

Quote from: Ivan Vukchevic on December 14, 2008, 07:41:31 AM
Do you wear your wrist-watch while riding?

I have avoided this so for because I'm terrified of falling palms first on the ground and watch lodging itself in my hand (witch has happened to me before). Also, moto-jackets can be pretty tight around wrists making it uncomfortable.       

Landing palms first hard enough to lodge the watch into your hand will probably lso be falling hard enough that you'd break a wrist. In which case, it's sort of moot, isn't it?

I take my watch off and put it in a pocket while riding...  [moto]

No particular fear of danger or damage, the wrists of my jacket are tight and I wear gauntlet style gloves.

After I take the jacket off, the watch goes back on...

I put mine in my left jacket pocket. It's just not comfortable wearing it with the gloves and all.

I wear mine with jacket and gloves (with gauntlets). Just do whatever's comfortable.

I have a Breitling Superocean that I wear all the time, I hardly ever look at it though when riding.
I use the clock on the 696

Quote from: duclvr on December 15, 2008, 12:58:51 PM
I have a Breitling Superocean that I wear all the time

Show off! 

Quote from: Goldeneye on December 15, 2008, 01:26:06 PM
Show off! 

I think if I crashed,  the watch would fair better than I would. It's pretty much bomb-pruf.

I don't wear it.  My jacket it too tight on my wrists if I have a watch on.  It's painful to wear it. 

Along those lines, when I'm at the track, I take my wedding ring off too.  I don't want to jam a finger (like I've done a coupla times) and then have them cut the thing off.  My wife gave me a leather necklace so I can wear it around my neck.  Or it hangs out in my tools kit.  She isn't happy about me being at the track without my wedding ring on, but it makes it hard to pick up chicks when I'm wearing it all the time.   

Quote from: somegirl on December 14, 2008, 08:01:43 AM
I wear mine, but if you are concerned, why not put your watch in your pocket and just use the clock on the bike?

My bike has a clock?   

Quote from: ducpainter on December 15, 2008, 04:33:57 PM
My bike has a clock?   

No.  Yours has a sundial. 

^^^   

I used to keep my watch in my left pocket with my cell phone.

I still haven't replaced the watch band that got messed up in my crash. (May)

I just got used to using the cell phone, which survived the crash, as a clock.

I think its about time to replace that watch band.