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WHAT WRIST FOR A WRIST WATCH?

WHICH WRIST SHOULD YOU WEAR A WRIST WATCH ON?

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What Wrist Do You Wear A Wrist Watch On

It’s a common enough question that jewelers get asked:

What wrist do you wear a wrist watch on?

Normally, the wrist watch is worn on your non-dominant hand. This is because your dominant hand is generally doing something… Lifting, holding, twisting, hammering, working… While the non-dominant hand is just waiting, in limbo, as a back up.

So it’s much easier to glance at that wrist when you need to know the time, versus stopping what the good arm is doing, setting things down, just to flop your wrist over and scan the dial.

Makes Sense, doesn’t it?

It’s particularly useful for nurses who take pulse with their dominant hand, and count seconds with the other (or you could just be timing yourself doing the cinnamon challenge, just saying).

Nurse Taking A Pulse

Plus, most wrist watches are made for the left hand anyway (It’s a fact that 90% of the population are right-handed). So watch makers put the stem and crown on the right side of the face to make setting the time, day, date easier (as well as winding it, in the olden days).

Non-Dominant Hand Makes It Easier To Wind Set Change Time And Date

Some watch manufacturers do make left-handed watches (with the stem and crown on the other side), but it’s generally not something you’d find in a jewelry store, these are usually ordered online HERE!

Left-Handed Wrist Watches

Still, the left hand isn’t always the definitive answer (it is true though, that the Fitbit, and other pulse taking, heart tracking devices work better on the non-dominant arm)…

Some people just like to wear the watch on the right hand.

All because of this…

It feels Comfortable

That’s a choice they make.

Maybe they were given a watch as a kid and wore it there, got used to it. Or maybe it just felt better (especially if you broke your left hand and putting a watch there bothers you). Or hey, you could just like the look and style… It doesn’t matter. Wear it where you like and don’t worry what other people do or say (they probably won’t notice anyway).

Just be more Careful…

For a watch on the dominant hand will take much more abuse, be hit, struck, smacked, and you could possibly damage the watch, crack the crystal, break the band

All in all, it’s really up to you.

Now, for those people that wear the face of their watch upside down (on the inside of their wrist)…

That’s a Different Story!

Cheers! :)




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Recommended Jewelry Supplies:

Ultrasonic Jewelry Cleaner Jewelry Steam Cleaner
Complete Jewelry Cleaner Kit Diamond Dazzle Stick
Gold Silver Jewelry Polishing Cloths Jewelry Making Supplies Kit
Gold Acid Test Kit Watch Tool Repair Kit
Ring Adjusters EMT Emergency Ring Cutter
10x Jewelers Loupe Jewelers Microscope

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