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gbesq
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I think that my right wristed watch pics often confuse many of our members, the majority of whom -- like the general population -- are right handed and wear their watches on their left wrist. How many left handers do we have here (we know that we are a special and superior breed) and let's see some pics! Anyone have any stories about the joys and the agonies of being left handed? As a child who grew up in the early 1960s, I remember a particularly nasty confrontation between my mother and my first grade teacher who had insisted on trying to "correct" me to become right handed. My mother put a very quick stop to that and it never happened again. One of the great advantages of being left handed is that most of us are at least partially ambidextrous since it's a right handed world.
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And cover poor old Fugu the puffer fish...

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DaveK
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It’s amazing what’s designed for the right-handed world: scissors, computer mice, most serrated knives. The list is long. I feel that watches actually fit the sinistral amongst us best. Having the crown facing up our arm instead at the bend of the wrist is not only more comfortable, it protects the crown from a lot of abuse.

Don’t yet have a puffer fish tattoo, but I’ll consider it

Edit, okay no crown on this watch

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Here’s a conventional watch
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liquidsongbird
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No joys, and no agonies of being left-handed... as this is about my son who is a lefty. This may be a bit astray of your original thread idea so apologies. I purchased this LH watch for him when I was travelling to Zurich, and have kept my eye open for others. This particular watch was quickly NLA, as I figure it wasn't very popular? Now it is sold with rotor on other side.

Aside from the Rolex GMT and a Tudor (both are very large) not many options out there, so figure I will buy a "traditional" and he will wear it on his right, so photos forthcoming once I gift another to him.

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Poppyboy
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It is a right-handed (and Material) world, and we live in it.
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Davidt
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I’m not crack-handed but I’ve always worn my watch on my right wrist. No idea why - remember getting Casio’s and Swatch’s as a child and even then using my right arm.

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Davidt Davidt
I’m not crack-handed but I’ve always worn my watch on my right wrist. No idea why - remember getting Casio’s and Swatch’s as a child and even then using my right arm.

Same. I have always used my right arm. Strapping a watch to my left wrist feels so foreign and almost uncomfortable.

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Mad Dog
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Normally I wear one watch on my left wrist…but double dogging it puts a watch on my right wrist…pic from yesterday at the gym…1861 and 3861 respectively [both on Omega NASA straps utilizing the Aldrin configuration]…

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gbesq
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
Normally I wear one watch on my left wrist…but double dogging it puts a watch on my right wrist…pic from yesterday at the gym…1861 and 3861 respectively [both on Omega NASA straps utilizing the Aldrin configuration]…

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On the contrary, Collin, see the photo below. If you're wearing a fifth watch, there's absolutely no need to tell us where . . . 😲
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gbesq gbesq
On the contrary, Collin, see the photo below. If you're wearing a fifth watch, there's absolutely no need to tell us where . . . 😲
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Too many Speedies, you could donate one to me! just not that 5th one!

My 6 year old daughter is left handed like others in my family, luckily I am not, you lefties are up there with the Gingers as far as I am concerned.

My daughter was born in China and we had planned to have part of her early education to be taught in China HOWEVER in China its standard practice to beat / train / correct them to right hand use only so needless to say she has only been educated here in New Zealand where such barbaric practices are not carried out any longer.
 
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gbesq gbesq
On the contrary, Collin, see the photo below. If you're wearing a fifth watch, there's absolutely no need to tell us where . . . 😲
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OK…you’re not wrong.

Also, that fifth watch could be worn in this G rated location…

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gbesq
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Mad Dog Mad Dog
OK…you’re not wrong.

Also, that fifth watch could be worn in this G rated location…

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Much relieved, sir, much relieved . . .
 
Dogart1983
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Left handed but have always worn it on my left side. Just tried it on my right and feels weird and even awkward putting it on.
Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s we didn’t have left handed scissors so trying left handed scissors really throws me off. Growing up I also learned to shoot right handed with rifles and BB guns since my family are all righty’s and thought that was the norm. With learning to shoot that way I thought I was right eye dominant until I went into the police academy and found out Inam actually left eye dominant. So I use my left eye for my pistol and my right eye for my rifle/shotgun
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gbesq gbesq
You sound like my first grade teacher!
But I don’t slap with a yard stick::facepalm1:::whipped:
 
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