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My apologies to anyone who does this but the one watch etiquette faux pas that drives me crazy is when people wear their watch face down on the palm side of the arm as opposed to the "normal" way of on the back of the hand side. In other words with your palms flat down on a table the face of the watch is on the table.

Drives me crazy. There should be a law against it.

My apologies to anyone who does this but the one watch etiquette faux pas that drives me crazy is when people wear their watch face down on the palm side of the arm as opposed to the "normal" way of on the back of the hand side. In other words with your palms flat down on a table the face of the watch is on the table.

Drives me crazy. There should be a law against it.

This often seems to be quite common unfortunately, as I remember reading on here once that one guy's AD kind of spun his watch round his finger like a rubber band or something!?!? I'd have probably slapped him at that point.

Have a little respect for people's property.

I alway wondered why people wear their watches that way...WHAT'S THE POINT!

He was a navigator in Lancaster bombers during WWII. The navigator relied on maps and timing to make course corrections and by wearing the watch on the inside of his wrist he could read the watch with his arm naturally resting on the map table - no need to move his arm.

The Lancaster is one of my favorite aircraft of W.W. II. Rof, was he involved with the "Dam Buster" Lancasters?

My father does it for a very good (if now irrelevant) reason.

He was a navigator in Lancaster bombers during WWII. The navigator relied on maps and timing to make course corrections and by wearing the watch on the inside of his wrist he could read the watch with his arm naturally resting on the map table - no need to move his arm.

It was important to keep your arm on the map table at all times as the planes weren't pressurised and the maps would have a tendency to blow around and be sucked out of the bullet holes!

He got used to it and has never changed - now that he's closing in on 90 he likely never will!

Roff I certainly did not intend to besmirch the good name of your father. In my opinion he has the right to wear his watch any darn way he pleases.
My hat is always off to the members of "the greatest generation" and to those who gave their youth, their innocence, and in some cases their lives so that we might live in freedom.

I alway wondered why people wear their watches that way...WHAT'S THE POINT!

I've only seen the military do it, and some LEOs. I guess it makes sense, when you have your weapon in hand, you can always see the watch without moving your hand and compromising your firing stance... Right?

My wife, who is a RIGHTY, wears her watch on her right hand. Drives me crazy.

My other peeve (besides those same idiots that Roff pointed out) - when people (who know nothing about watches) see your Breitling and ask what kind of watch it is, then reply with some type of comment about Rolex.

This exact conversation just took place on Tuesday right after a meeting at work. I was wearing my Navi World:

"Man, I had trouble sitting across from you with that huge 'blingy' watch shining at me. Is that new?"
"Yeah, just got it a couple of weeks ago."
"What kind is it?"
"It's a Breitling."
"Those are pretty expensive, aren't they? Why didn't you just get a Rolex?"
(takes off Navi World and bludgeons co-worker)

I had something similar happen 3 years ago at a Rolex AD. The individual did the same thing with my Rolex Explorer II. The women dropped the watch and on the way down it hit a door handle and scratched the crystal. She picked up the watch and apologized. The manager saw what happened and he walked over an said they would check the watch and replace the crystal at no charge. I aksed him to repeat what he just said because I could not believe what I was hearing. I picked the watch up two days later and it looked like a brand new watch. The manager also threw in a Rolex hat. He again apologized for what happened. I was very impressed.

No, 61 squadron - 18 sorties over Germany - 17 landings, 1 parachute ride and swim in the North Sea