Which side? Left hand or right

[webley445]

I was always taught to wear the watch on the left hand, but I see many wearing them on the right (men).
Is there a rule of thumb? What determines the hand you wear your watch on? Is it a lefty/righty thing?

[sak_collector]

I always wear mine on the left.

[Deaths Head]

I am not aware of any rule, but I like to wear in on my left. I think that is why watch makes usually put the knob on the left side of the watch face. A funny thing is though, there is the popular watch, the Eco-Zilla, that has the knob on the opposite side. Citizen was trying to make the watch stand out more by doing so.

[0dBm]

From my military weapons instructor:

"The wrist watch should be worn on the weak/support wrist so that the operator can see the time without moving the strong/primary hand that will be holding the weapon. Your do not want to be holding the weapon and have to move your wrist to see the time if in the event that you are pointing the weapon at the target."

I have always worn my watch on my left wrist and never thought about a reason. It just felt so natural there. That instructor gave the reason. :P

[Jumpmaster]

From my military weapons instructor:

Your do not want to be holding the weapon and have to move your wrist to see the time if in the event that you are pointing the weapon at the target."

Yeah...it sucks to be holding your weapon on a BG and need to check the watch to see when chow is... ;D

I'm just playin' with ya 0dBm...:) I wear mine on my left also...

JM-99

[Deaths Head]

From my military weapons instructor:

"The wrist watch should be worn on the weak/support wrist so that the operator can see the time without moving the strong/primary hand that will be holding the weapon. Your do not want to be holding the weapon and have to move your wrist to see the time if in the event that you are pointing the weapon at the target."


Good point there, even if it isn't a weapon you are holding. Make a lot of sense to me. Oh, and Jumpmaster is right about not missing a meal. :)

[greenLED]

I used to wear mine on the left, now it rides on my belt - it's been so since '96 or so.

[webley445]

hmm, ok, so should this be a new thread or can I ask here...
top of wrist or bottom? :lolhammer:

[unterhund]

Left and top, always.

[0dBm]

Yeah...it sucks to be holding your weapon on a BG and need to check the watch to see when chow is... ;D

I'm just playin' with ya 0dBm...:) I wear mine on my left also...

JM-99



Chow! Heck that's the best reason yet! ;D :dance: :buckteeth: :clap:



Left and top, always.


Uhmm...I can see that his might get outta hand. ;D :P

[webley445]

Don't go there!! :yikes:

[Goldtanker]

Left wrist (weak side), on top. I always thought it was a lefty/righty thing. Although, back in the '50's it was cool for a time to wear it on the palm side of the wrist. Don't know why, but it sure resulted in a lot of crystal scratches, which soon made it uncool. ;D I have also seen watches worn on the thumb side of the wrist.

[Co_Outdoorsman]

I was under the impression that watches have the crown so that when worn on the left wrist the right hand could operate the crown. As in setting time, winding et al... But then what do I know as a mostly lefty I still wear mine on the left...

[Jumpmaster]

I was under the impression that watches have the crown so that when worn on the left wrist the right hand could operate the crown. As in setting time, winding et al... But then what do I know as a mostly lefty I still wear mine on the left...


Exactly, but I think the question is how that convention came about in the beginning...(i.e. Yes, the crown is on the right so the right-hand can operate it, but who decided that years ago and why? The reasons folks gave earlier sound valid...)

I wonder if someone makes a left-handed wristwatch with the crown on the left side... :confused:

JM-99

[shrap]

Exactly, but I think the question is how that convention came about in the beginning...(i.e. Yes, the crown is on the right so the right-hand can operate it, but who decided that years ago and why? The reasons folks gave earlier sound valid...)

I'm guessing it's because the right hand is more dextrous than the left since most people are right-handed.

Oddly enough, my new favorite watch, a Citizen diver NY0045, has the crown on the left hand side (8 o'clock). I've never tried to adjust the time while it was on my wrist until now. Pretty difficult.

However, I wonder with the advent of quartz and radio-controlled watches: how often do people even need to adjust their watch? Perhaps the first watches were much more inaccurate, and their owners needed to periodically synchronize them with a trusted source.

[SparHawk]

I've always thought that you wear it on the weak side so it is not in the way when writing or doing other things with the strong.

[kkimo]

Weak side (left) top of wrist.

or in my pocketwatch pocket. (=

Dave

[Crocodilo]

It's quite common for dive watches to have the crown in the opposite side (left). They are usually big watches, and moving the crown to the 8 o'clock position will allow you to freely move the wrist and hand (probably with a thick neoprene suit and glove) without getting hurt by the crown.

[TimB]

I wear my watch on my right wrist, topside. (I'm left-handed)

-Tim

[greencobra]

I liked my watches on the right hand but being right handed, it was always being bumped and scratched cause that's the hand I primarily used for reaching and what have you. I moved it to the left side as I got older because the watches got nicer and more expensive. Have no clue why history dictates wearing it on the left. I see a lot of high end watch makers feature the option of having the crown on the other side for left handed people who want to wear a watch on the right hand.

My EDC watch is a Seiko Monster Diver with the crown at 4. Odd place to put it, the crown is so big, it still binds at the wrist.

[VWTattoo]

Eh, I'm weird. I am right handed and wear it on my right wrist. I used to wear it on the left, but some time ago, I changed over to the right wrist. I can't recall why, other than I have skinny wrists, and the winder kow would poke we at the wrist on the left.

I just like it on the right. :idiot2:

The only issue I have with it is getting used to the extra weight when throwing darts. ;D I have to choose the watch for darting, usually the Ti Eco-Drive fr the light weight. Believe me- it makes a difference!

[Stormdrane]

I'm right handed and have worn a watch on my right wrist for over 30 years. When I worked jobs where wrist watches weren't allowed or inconvenient, I wore a clip watch on a belt loop.

[TKC]

I thought right handed people wore their watches on their left, and left handed people wore their watches on their right. I wear mine on my left & top.

[Stormdrane]

My Dad is left handed and he wears his on his left wrist. I've tried wearing it on my left, but it's uncomfortable to me, I can't stand it, drives me nuts :idiot2: go figure, I guess I just don't fit the mold.

[Dill]

How about wearing it on a clip made for your belt or belt loop.

My dad told me when I got my first watch(At 12 yrs old )(Long Long Ago)if you are right handed wear it in the left and feft handed wear it on your right!

He worked in a tool shop as a tool and die maker. He told me there is less chance of it getting damaged on the non primary hand as you are less likely to put that hand out if you fall and scrach the watch or lense.
Made sence to me!

Both my wrists have been crushed. Wearing a watch now become bothersome. So it is on my belt loop.

Don

[Miffilo]

left then right. then left.. going back and forth might help out balance hormons.. or something like that (right brian, left brian thing). agree?

[webley445]

left then right. then left.. going back and forth might help out balance hormons.. or something like that (right brian, left brian thing). agree?


Brian who?

[Miffilo]

typo.. brain..

[flipe8]

I have also seen watches worn on the thumb side of the wrist.

I see that a couple of watch companies are actually making sports watches that are designed to fit in that position . I think they are calling it the "optimal angle". Would make sense for runners, I think.

[spiffytech]

As I understand it, a watch is typically worn on the hand opposite your dexterity. In my case, I wear my watch on my right hand, since I'm a lefty. Since only ~13% of the world is left-handed, and the other ~87% wear their watches on their left hand, that's where the knob is.

I wear my watch on the top of my wrist, except when I'm sleeping, since I keep noticing scuff marks on my watch, and know I don'y conciously hit stuff that much.

I've looked at pocket watches, and even tried belt-clip watches, but I always go back to my wrist. I just need to have the time handy whenever and wherever I find myself. Watches that rely on clothes don't help you when you go swimming or when you're showering in the morning and you need to keep on schedule.

[Prof. Ed]

The proper way to wear a watch is on the left wrist. It has been for generations. I'm a lefty and still wear it on my left. I was corrected by a jeweler when I was a kid.
Most watches are made for the left wrist. Look at the crown, etc.
Info from the Ol' Prof.


Prof. Ed

[Lurkr]

As I understand it, a watch is typically worn on the hand opposite your dexterity. In my case, I wear my watch on my right hand, since I'm a lefty. Since only ~13% of the world is left-handed, and the other ~87% wear their watches on their left hand, that's where the knob is.

I wear my watch on the top of my wrist, except when I'm sleeping, since I keep noticing scuff marks on my watch, and know I don'y conciously hit stuff that much.

I've looked at pocket watches, and even tried belt-clip watches, but I always go back to my wrist. I just need to have the time handy whenever and wherever I find myself. Watches that rely on clothes don't help you when you go swimming or when you're showering in the morning and you need to keep on schedule.


Yeah, Timex has the OVA (optimal viewing angle) series of watches that were designed for runners, so they don't have to turn over their wrist to see times (lap, elapsed, etc.). I guess when you get efficient when running (something I'VE NEVER had a problem with as I don't run unless chased by a large furry creature) that is a real chore.

[laurent]

I know at least one case of a pretty watch which had to be sent back to the factory since the owner shot frequently large bore handguns with it on its right wrist. No it came back to the left wrist (the right one ^^).

[fasuto]

Sometimes i wear one watch in each wrist at the same time. One analog (with tritium), one digital (with compass, altimeter...).

[Jumpmaster]

Sometimes i wear one watch in each wrist at the same time.

Oh...testing Segal's Law, eh? :)

JM-99

[raiju]

I'm a lefty so it's always on the right

[peacefuljeffrey]

When I was a little kid, I loved "Space Ghost" and always fantasized about being him (or, at any rate, having his powers). Remember those red, white and blue terry wristbands for athletes? Those were my "power bands"!

And when I got watches, I would always wear them on my right arm, even though technically I'm a "rightie." I was always told by people that a rightie wears the watch on the left hand -- so that he can wind the crown. (Is the little knob thing the "crown"? Or is it the "stem" I'm thinking of?) But I wanted my "power band" on my power arm, so I wore it on my right wrist.

But apart from my very first watch, I have mostly had digital watches since then. Which wrist they ride on is never an issue.

[iced_theater]

I wear mine on my left wrist and I'm right handed, feels awkward on my right wrist. My fiancee wears her watch on her right wrist and is left handed.

[mikeymoto]

I wear on my off-side (left). I prefer my watches to fit on the tight side of snug because it bothers me very much to have anything sliding around on my wrist. I wear the watch just above the the end of the ulna (if you don't carry too much adipose tissue (i.e. fat) on your body you will see it as the protrusion just up your arm from your wrist, on the outside).

[Starcruiser1229]

I wear my watch on my left wrist (my off hand). On top. It is just a habit for me now, if I put in on the right I always look at my left wrist stupidly before remembering I moved it. Not sure why, other than it is less annoying when I write, and as a college student, I do a lot of that.
Patrick

[Flying Turtle]

Watch is on my right arm, and I'm left handed. I remember when I switched from the left side. I was throwing snowballs as a kid and almost lost my watch, so I just moved it over.

Geoff

[cave dave]

Right handed, right wrist, topside. Don't really know why, I think my very first watch fit better on that side. I've tried switching but it feels weird. I could probably get used to it but I like to be different. :rudolph:

Oddly enough my dad is left handed and wears on Left wrist.

I mouse with my left hand though.

[spankaveli]

ive always worn my watch on my weak (right) hand but my wife says its "gay" to wear it on my right so she trained me to wear it on my left :(

[Jaygnar99]

Left wrist, palm side. I'm right handed and I tend to scratch the heck out of my watches if I wear them on the outside of my wrist. It also allows me to see the face of the watch while the left hand is supporting the forend of a rifle if I happen to be using one. It also keeps light from being reflected back toward the target so that the deer, rabbit or terrorist doesn't get spooked or spot my position. It works for me. :D

[AndyTiedye]

ive always worn my watch on my weak (right) hand but my wife says its "gay" to wear it on my right so she trained me to wear it on my left :(


???

[AndyTiedye]

I do fine stuff right-handed, and heavy stuff left-handed.

My wrist (either one) is no place for a watch. They don't live long there.

This is much better for me:

http://web.mac.com/andytiedye/Site/traveller-lite.jpg

[spankaveli]

Right hand. I'm a lefty.

[outlaw918692000]

Left top for me!

[Blazer]

Normal everyday wear, left wrist on top (I'm right handed and this seems the most unobtrusive to 99% of normal activities yet easily accessible and looks conventional). Particularly when operating a computer mouse for roughly 7 hours a day, if it was to be on the right hand it would keep digging into my right wrist resting on the desk.

For on-duty left wrist on the bottom. Switch to the bottom for simple reason, when taking notes in my notebook (or doing other writing) the time is facing me, notebook in left hand four fingers underneath and thumb on top so bottom of wrist is facing me, don't have to move anything other than my eyes to catch the time and jot it down.

[OwlEyez]

Reading through this I remembered, my Dad wears his on the inside of his left wrist. Says it's easier for him to see the time at the right angle (analog). Of course, when he's showing you how he looks at the top of his wrist he exaggerates and sticks his elbow out! Sure confused my kids when they were trying out their first watches.

I'm a righty, and wear mine on my left wrist, but bangle style like a bracelet/loose. So sometimes it's on top, sometimes on the bottom. :idiot2: I went years without a watch because I would breakout whereever the metal touched my arm. Even tried plastic and canvas bands, but the buckle or something would always cause a problem. Now I just wear a good quality Citizen and a loose band.

Cheri (O,O) OwlEyez

[kwozi]

I've tried wearing mine on my right wrist, but as a right-handed guy, I was always bumping into stuff with the watch. Ended up putting a sizeable scratch in the sapphire crystal at one point. >:(

So I now wear it back on the left and that seems to keep it out of harm's way a bit more.

[CaptCarrot]

As understand it, most people wear their watch on their non writing (left for most) hand. I personally wear it on my writng (right hand).

[faca]

always in my SINIESTRA :evilgrin:

[jamesrodgers]

Left side only for me.

[spankaveli]

As understand it, most people wear their watch on their non writing (left for most) hand. I personally wear it on my writng (right hand).
that seems accurate

[beardy]

For me it comes down to the features on the very first watch I wore as a kid. It was a simple analog watch with the sime set knob on the right. It was a watch meant to be worn on the left, so you could access the knob with the right hand.

I'm left handed, and every watch that I've owned since then would be fine on the right hand, but I just got used to wearing it on the left so it's still there to this day.

[Musashi]

Right handed and wear top right wrist.

I had a cheap watch that made my skin sore on the left hand so I swapped hands to leave Ol' Lefty heal up.
I got a better watch shortly after, but had gotten used to wearing a watch on my right hand. If I'm firing my .270, or driving nails I take my watch off, other than that it's fine!

[Minotaur]

Left Hand, top.

I'm dyslexic, so it is how I know my left from my right.

Use to wear palm side, because it makes it so much easier to take pulses, but now I just roll it before I glove up..

[banu]

Right Top.

[tracker870]

Left for me.

[eu_roca191]

Top left for me. :)

[threefingervic]

Right hand - face down. Lots of manufacturers make watches for lefties like me...of course I don't own any of them, but what can you do?

[LZ]

Left hand....face up

[adimag]

Left, top, just because that is what feels natural.

[Twitchy]

I tend to wear mine on the left, face up. I am right-handed, and the strap can get annoying when writing.
However, I tend to prefer wearing face down when in situations where it could snag or knock against something. Last thing you want in the woods is to have your watch torn off/glass cracked.
Although I am currently without since my last watch strap broke with no replacement available. Looking for the right watch is like finding the right partner.

[M-14]

Left facing up.

[zenlunatic]

From my military weapons instructor:

"The wrist watch should be worn on the weak/support wrist so that the operator can see the time without moving the strong/primary hand that will be holding the weapon. Your do not want to be holding the weapon and have to move your wrist to see the time if in the event that you are pointing the weapon at the target."

I have always worn my watch on my left wrist and never thought about a reason. It just felt so natural there. That instructor gave the reason. :P

Is the purpose of this to correctly tell the time of death?

Necromancy! Couldn't resist.

[Blazer]

Is the purpose of this to correctly tell the time of death?

Necromancy! Couldn't resist.


Maybe it's just me, but if I'm pointing a gun at someone/something there's more important things going on than the time. I'll get that when the reason for pointing the gun is dealt with.

[Decypher Down]

An interesting question. I'm right handed and I wear my watch on my right hand (on top). It just feels much better there than on my left hand--I don't know why.

[Twitchy]

Maybe it's just me, but if I'm pointing a gun at someone/something there's more important things going on than the time. I'll get that when the reason for pointing the gun is dealt with.


But what if you are providing cover for an operation? One must check their watch periodically to know when the next phase of an operation approaches.

Of course I like my 'gets in the way when writing' reason better :-X

[fishwolf]

Always Left for me!

[gazz98]

Right handed w/watch on the left and top.

[RockyNomad]

I'm one of those bass ackward lefties who wears his watch on his left hand. Have ever since I started wearing one in grade school.

[phill]

I'm one of those bass ackward lefties who wears his watch on his left hand.  Have ever since I started wearing one in grade school.


Me too.

I always write and use a spoon etc with my left hand, but i use a knife and fork with the fork in my left hand and i batted right handed in cricket when i played in school and on the rarest of occassion ive used a golf club its always been more natural to use it right handed.

In fact, ive never understood how holding the fork in your left hand and knife in the right is using them "right handed", surely the fork is the more important piece of cutlery. Surely its more weird for a righty to use cutlery that way than a lefty, in fact ive seen people who would use it like that to cut something, then put the knife down and swap which hand they held their fork with.

Righties are weird, its pretty sinister imo :)

Edit: i also always used a mouse right handed, that one ill admit makes no sense and it feels weird and im less accurate whilst using the mouse in my left hand.

[pathfinder3]

I'm left handed and I wear my watch on my right wrist (on top).

[bpa]

This got me thinking.  :idiot2:  I'm right handed, and have been wearing my watch on my left wrist, facing up, since I got my first one for my sixth birthday.  (It broke almost immediately)  :(
But now I'm going to try it on my right wrist for a while to see whether I can get used to it.

I used to put on my belt starting to the left, but now change it from time to time.  But, for a real challenge, look at which foot you lead with when you come to stairs or other surface change.  You will probably find that you change the length of your stride when approaching something so that you lead with your dominant foot.  I've been surprised at some of the intricate dance steps I've been doing unconsciously just to do that. After lots of practice, I can maintain a consistent stride up to stairs and take them leading with either foot...most of the time.

Now I've got a new exercise.  At the moment it feels very strange.

My inspiration comes from Paul Reps, book "Zen Flesh, Zen Bones," which has an interesting take on this sort of exercise.

[Gene O]

Left handed

Right wrist inside

[echo63]

Watch goes on my left wrist, on the top side
I write, and use knives with my left hand, shoot rifles left handed (im left eye dominant too) but i shoot pistols right handed, i use a baton right handed, prefer to use handcuffs with my left (although will use whatever i have to at the time) Mouse gets used right handed, prefer to pick up a phone with my left. generally hold torches in my left hand too
when i was working as a camera tech i would use tweezers with my left, then swap them to my right when i was soldering (holding iron in left hand)

i guess my brain is confused, maybe i shouldnt wear a watch at all :)

[jp2515]

Another lefty here!

I always wear my watch on my left wrist. Makes for some awkward moments when I'm eating or writing but I get along fine.

[nuphoria]

Typical southpaw - on the right, face up. Anything else feels odd but I am ambidextrous in most ways except writing.

[Juststeve]

I'm a righty.

90% of the time my watch is on my right, on top.

I wore watches on the left until I had a crown/stem that jabbed me funny, switched to the right 20 years ago and never went back.

I wear the watch above my wrist bone (closer to the hand) unless I am hammering or doing something else with a lot of active flex, and then I just push the watch up my arm a bit whcih frees-up my complete range of motion.

[goingyard]

I have always wore my watch on my left hand. When I was younger I broke my left wrist and I tried to wear a watch on my right hand and I couldn't.

[STHFNGLD]

I always wear a watch on my left hand (off hand). Much more comfortable to me. Having it on my dominant hand (right) seems too awkward. :shrug:

[Elduke]

I am right handed so I wear my watch on my left hand. I haven't worn a watch in a while since I have relied on my cell phone telling me what time it is. It will feel weird wearing a watch again.

[Jeff]

Left handed, watch on right wrist.

[BeerGuy]

I am not aware of any rule, but I like to wear in on my left. I think that is why watch makes usually put the knob on the left side of the watch face. A funny thing is though, there is the popular watch, the Eco-Zilla, that has the knob on the opposite side. Citizen was trying to make the watch stand out more by doing so.


Mine's always on the left, AND, my crown is offset @ 10 o'clock on the right hand side. ;D

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y233/markdoogue/SinnUXGSG-9.jpg

[jethro42]

Top left. Always have. I'm right-handed, and not even sure that I could manage to get a watch strapped onto my right wrist with my left hand. Seems like it would get in the way while writing in that position as well.

Oh, and BeerGuy - Nice Sinn.

[vic6384]

Righty here, and when I was a kid I wore it on my right hand, but I switched to left- on top, a long time ago. I like my Seiko monster with a 4 o'clock crown, but my eco-zilla with the 9 o'clock crown is much more comfortable, and hardly ever needs to be adjusted.

[Mr. Henk]

Left, right is just very annoying.

[Mister Scribble]

Interesting--was thinking about this the other day. For a long time I used
an electronic timer/clock that clipped to my keys. I had gotten out of the
habit of wearing a wristwatch after several of them died on me.

I'm right handed, and am wearing my new watch face up on my left
arm. I suppose it's just easier to buckle it with my dominant right hand.
Sometimes I'd wear it inside the wrist years ago. I think that's actually easier
to view.

I think it would take a real battering if I wore it on my right wrist.

I actually feel better without anything on my wrists, and don't wear
jewelry either. Now that I'm wearing a wristwatch again I have to
be careful I don't bang it on doors and walls as I pass by.

If I had a watch pocket I'd probably use a pocket watch. But
during the winter it's more difficult to fish it out from under layers
of clothing and check the time.

Our society is very time-obsessed, and it's inconvenient not to
have a watch. But I think this constant attention to time makes
us nervous.

:woohoo:

[BeerGuy]

Sometimes I'd wear it inside the wrist years ago. I think that's actually easier
to view.



The cool thing about the watch pictured above is that it is completely filled with oil. Because of that the hands actually appear to be stuck to the surface of the glass. You can read the time on that watch from virtually any angle.

[Mister Scribble]

The cool thing about the watch pictured above is that it is completely filled with oil. Because of that the hands actually appear to be stuck to the surface of the glass. You can read the time on that watch from virtually any angle.


Amazing. Who makes it?

[BeerGuy]

Amazing. Who makes it?


Sinn. It's their UX model, specifically the GSG-9 edition.

[landwire]

I wear my watch on the right top side and I am a righty. It started back in high school english class. When writing stuff, I am able to easily see what time it is.

[DiabloSc(+)pe]

Right Handed , watch Left Wrist Face-up !

[BeerGuy]

Amazing. Who makes it?


Here are some shots from another forum. Try this with the watch you're wearing.

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:dabird:

[tmedina]

Right-handed. Left wrist, face down.

Honestly don't know when or where I picked up the habit, but it feels natural.

-Trevor

[Slomo26]

Right handed, watch on top of Left wrist.....

[Mister Scribble]

Here are some shots from another forum. Try this with the watch you're wearing.



Looks solidly built. I can't tell the time from the picture, though...I need to
read numerals. I'm not good that way; that's why all my watches have
numerals. It's too easy for me to misread a watch with slash marks
only if I have it aligned wrong. Guess I'm a bit watch-dyslexic.

[zcout]

well here is a twist, in what direction do you got your watch?

with the dail facing you when you got your palm up,
like johh MacClane
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e393/buffy_babii/Bruce-Willis-on-John-McClane.jpg

or the most common way with the dail up when your knuckles are

[froldt]

I'm a righty and wear my watch on my left, face on the back of my wrist. I couldn't wear it down as it would get in the way when typing.
Wear it unless I'm in the shower, bed or doing some building/maintenance work.

[STHFNGLD]

I really don't see the point of wearing a watch upside down with the watch's dial on your wrist. Can anyone offer any value reasons to why people wear theirs watch(es) like this. :shrug:

[zcout]

i don't know!

however in the game nakatomi plaza, it is cool to see what time it is when you kill terrorists :rolleyes:


noo serious, i think when holding a rife/gun your palm is facing up, and if you have synced watches in a tactical situation,and need to be ready to strike, i guess it is easier to look at the watch in this way while you have your gun pointed at the direction of the badguys.

bur in real/civilian life i don't see any use for it...

[Bradlee]

Right handed w/ watch on right wrist facing up. Just something I got used to as a kid.

[crossroads]

Left facing up. I used to think wearing it on the right hand was more comfortable, but got sick of everyone thinking I was left handed. Left-up feels fine after a few days of adjustment.

[Gorbag]

I'm right handed, wear the watch leftie with face out. I used to wear it left wrist face in, as I was taught that by my dad. He used to crack the crystals on his dress watches all the time, which was immediately followed by long strings of loud profanities, until he started wearing his watch to protect them.

I guess I'm a bit more careful with my wrists, since I have yet to destroy a watch in that fashion, but I got annoyed with the band snagging on things. Plus, when I went through my EMT school, I found it easier to take a pulse and keep count with the face outside. Now I wear it that way normally, though I will switch it back if I'm going to be doing something rough that could damage the watch.