Do a lot of wives not wear watches?

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Mrs ICONO’s Girard Perregaux 7000, & her own Omega Seamaster Professional 300, ( imaged on my wrist )

She’s German, & 6’2”…So prefers wearing larger watches

 
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Mrs Spruce has traded up to her grail, a rectangular stainless Longines
 
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Mrs. Darlinboy 🥰 splits her wrist time among a half dozen or so watches. Some are mechanical & some not, and vary across a very wide range of styles and price points. But all are (relatively) modern, the oldest a Cartier Panthere.

The three most often worn are a Rolex Yachtmaster, AP Royal Oak, and Apple iWatch. I haven’t bothered to take a photo of the latter. 😗


She is welcome to, and will occasionally, wear one of mine, though the fancy doesn’t strike her often.
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My wife always wears her Apple Watch, I don’t say anything as she looks good wearing anything. I suggested buying a birth yr Rolex for her and she was def interested. I’m currently keeping my eye out for a nice ss model (she doesn’t like gold).

But to buy her a birth year watch, you would have to cop to knowing how old she is!
 
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My wife used to wear mechanical watches before we met and now she is a little bit more into watches than before.

For daily use she wears the Air King to the left:

And for special occasions, a two tone Tank Française by Cartier:

I like the fact that she appreciates nice mechanical watches.
 
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I scored a nice vintage Omega for my wife last year for $10 at the pawn shop. The face is too small so she doesn't want to wear it, I think it'll be a graduation gift for my cousin this fall, she loves the few Omega's I've picked up so I think she'll appreciate it. My wife also has a cheap every day watch that she won't put on unless it's a special occasion. She feels like anything flashy is inappropriate at work. She's a social worker, and doesn't want the people she's helping to be upset by having nice jewelry... In the end, it hurts my ability to justify adding more watches to my "collection" lol
 
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Mine in general wears a watch but it's just a simple quartz time-only from one of those fashion brands like Esprit and if it doesn't suit a formal occasion she'll go without. No fitbits or similar either. To answer the OP's question, IMO many women don't regard watches as a necessary fashion accessory because of the other options like bracelets, necklaces and rings, (even tattoos, 😲) and when they need the time their phones are never far away.
 
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My spouse was the one who got me into watches. She has a vintage Omega Ladymatic from her grandmother, which was the first mechanical watch I saw close up. I was transfixed by the sweeping seconds, having seen only quartz tickers for my whole life up until that point.

She wears watches all the time. Sometimes she wears two-- when she or I travel apart from each other she likes to wear one of mine along with her own so that she always has something of mine everywhere, though most of the time she wears two of her own watches at the same time. I think she was inspired by an old photo of Princess Diana who early in her marriage with Prince Charles wore Chuck's watch along with her own Cartier during a polo match.

I got into watches a couple of years after seeing her Omega, and now we like to give each other watches, whenever we have a special day-- anniversary, birthday, christmas... After I started my watch instagram, she started her own watch instagram.
 
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In the end, it hurts my ability to justify adding more watches to my "collection" lol

That shouldn't be a concern. Your collection is an investment. 🙄
 
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Oh, I'd like to add that even if she is super into watches, I still feel like I have to be quiet about my purchases.
 
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My wife refuses, I even offered to buy her a new Omega, she insists it will “break her out.”
 
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30 years ago, I bought my wife a brand new Rolex without asking her if she wanted it. I showed it to her. She said she wasn’t sure she could wear it. I told her i could flip it and make a profit. She said she’d try it if I would adjust the bracelet. I did. She put it on. End of story. She alternates with her dressy Omegas, but the Rolex is her primary watch. Never ask a woman if she might want a watch that you know darn right we’ll she wouldn’t buy for herself. Buy it and give it to her. She’ll likely wear it.
 
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My wife wears an Apple Watch 95% of the time, or her TAG Aquaracer with MOP dial the other times. She's not really into watches, and both of these were gifted to her by myself and our kids.

 
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My wife thinks it’s silly for me to purchase watches since everyone looks at their phone for the time....🤨
 
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My wife wears her Apple Watch and some time a vintage Bulova on a NATO. I placed Orders of Speedy Tuesday 2 for both of us and for the first time I found her excited about watches after she saw the pictures.
 
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My wife thinks it’s silly for me to purchase watches since everyone looks at their phone for the time....🤨
Tell her if she doesn't want you wearing a watch you'll start wearing her jewellery and she'll never bother you again.😉
 
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My wife has definitely gained an appreciation of watches through me and she usually wears a watch. Her two favorites are both Omegas. An old SS black dial cal 266 that I gave her and a fancy ladies coaxial Speedmaster with MOP dial and diamond bezel that she got from her employer for five consecutive years as a high performer. She also has a men’s Air-King that I gave her that seems to go in and out of favor with her and a white G-Shock. Pretty solid little collection now that I think about it.

The only problem is that I recently learned that because she doesn’t always have her reading glasses on she has trouble reading the time from some of the watches that don’t have high contrast between hands and dial. So she actually wears them as jewelry and doesn’t even bother to set the time. 😀
You, sir, have my respect. I'm trying my best to convince the missus to wear a nice Cartier but all she wants is a rosegold Daytona or Speedmaster 🙁
 
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My wife refuses, I even offered to buy her a new Omega, she insists it will “break her out.”
Only thing I bought my wife was her first branded bag which was a Balenciaga.

Now I'm offering to buy her a vintage Cartier or JLC and she insists I give her money instead 🙁

sometimes I try to hint through IG post or some hipster wearing a nice vintage piece "hey babe, wow, this girl looks so good with that swanky Cartier! It's vintage too!" Her response would be to roll her eyes back at me 🙁
 
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My wife used to wear mechanical watches before we met and now she is a little bit more into watches than before.

For daily use she wears the Air King to the left:

And for special occasions, a two tone Tank Française by Cartier:

I like the fact that she appreciates nice mechanical watches.
Classy AF.
 
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A rough count of the replies so far has 68% wearing a watch and 32% either wearing no watch/apple watch/fitbit/etc.

It would be interesting to know what the figures would be outside of a watch forum community.

As for my wife, she usually wears a watch when outside of the house. I recently bought her a nice vintage Longines which she was in love with until she got herself a Fitbit.

I wonder if it's OK to ask for the watch back...🤔 On second thoughts better not!
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