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Let’s make one thing clear. I have been proud to be left-handed all my life and never dreamed of abandoning my roots. If you are a southpaw who feels betrayed by this article, please know that I would have felt exactly the same way before this happened. The wrist on which we wear our watches is completely instinctive, but wearing them on the other wrist can quickly feel horribly wrong. So how did this wrist transformation happen in me? Did you lose your arm? Was I forced at knifepoint? The answer may be disappointingly simple, but I think it has important implications.
change
For me, 2024 was the year I fell in love with all aspects of jewelry. Of course, it started with watches many years ago and then expanded to rings and necklaces. Jewelry is the perfect combination of my pre-existing interests in gemology and metallurgy. That’s why I’m so happy that stone dial watches have become such a big phenomenon, and I can’t wait to see what other lessons the watch industry can learn from jewelers and jewelers. I came across this bracelet while on holiday in Tasmania and fell in love with it at first sight. It featured a rough garnet (my birthstone) set in the bezel and was housed on a black finished sterling silver chain. I bought it even though I had to reduce the price significantly.
I don’t know how many people are familiar with sterling silver and garnet, but they are heavy. The bracelet weighs about 110 grams, which is still lighter than the average diver’s watch, but most of my watches are small and weigh less than 50 grams. The watch I currently wear the most is a vintage ultra-slim quartz Credor, which is especially lightweight. When you wear a watch on your normal wrist and a bracelet on your other wrist, you immediately get that awful feeling that something is wrong. When I put the bracelet where the watch normally sits, it completely reverses itself and tricks my mind into thinking it’s perfectly normal to have a watch on my left wrist. I tried wearing the bracelet and watch on the same wrist, but the Credor is so thin that the bracelet was always in danger of scratching the crystal.
Perception and its impact
I don’t think this is a huge revelation, but it did open up some thoughts on how to wear a watch. It is said that people wear their watches on their non-dominant hand in order to operate the crown with their dominant hand, but very few people actually do this. It is much easier to use the crown before wearing the watch. That way, you’ll be fine all day long. Additionally, if the crown is not tightened firmly at a slightly higher position on the wrist, it will dig into the back of the hand, leaving it in a slightly dangerous position. Watches with left-handed crowns offer a solution to this problem, but only if they are typically worn on the right wrist. So why don’t more right-handed people wear right-handed watches on their right wrists?
Another reason, though more superficial, is that I tend to prefer how a watch looks on a colorful tattoo on my left wrist over a black and red tattoo on my right wrist. That’s it. I never considered my watch habits when I got the ink, and I really don’t think I could have predicted this outcome if I had. This is not a relevant factor for many people, but it is something to keep in mind. With little time and effort, you can now comfortably wear your watch on your dominant wrist without the need for a bracelet on your dominant wrist. You might think there’s no reason to swap, but will you really know which method you prefer until you’ve tried both methods? This is food for thought, and if you’re interested in swapping, you should You may need to consider purchasing a bracelet.
