On Which Wrist Should One Wear A Watch?

The wristwatch, today the most common watch available, was first invented by Patek Phillippe at the end of the nineteenth century, precisely in the year 1868. When first invented the wristwatch was worn by women only as it was considered as part of women accessory, and it wasn't until the beginning of the twentieth century that the wristwatch was worn by a man, Mr. Alberto Santos-Dumont. Mr. Santos-Dumont, busy working on the invention of the aeroplane, had difficulty checking the time while in his aircraft. He turned to his friend, Mr. Louis Cartier, and asked him to create a watch just for him. Cartier created the perfect watch for Santos-Dumont and soon he was selling wristwatches to other men all around Paris. During World War I, military personnel found that the use of the wristwatch, especially on the battlefield,proved to be far more beneficial than pocket watches. Many European and American officers kept their wristwatches, once the war was over, thus popularising wristwatches in Western civilization.

The wristwatch is popularly worn on the less dominant hand of an individual. This is because there is every tendency of the watch getting damaged if worn on the dominant wrist due to frequent usage of the dominant hand.

In the olden days when the wristwatch was invented, it was quite heavy and full of mechanical configurations that require the user to wind and rewind periodically. The winding knob of the wristwatch is traditionally located on the right hand corner of the watch so, it naturally requires the right hand to do the winding hence the reason why people choose to wear the wristwatch on the left wrist.

Also, most women choose to wear their wrist watches on the right wrist because, they often carry handbags on their left hand and the right hand just happens to be free enough for a wrist watch. However, women that choose to wear the wrist watch on the left hand and carry the handbag at the same time, wear the wrist watch with its face positioned under the wrist for easy gaze of time.

Again, it is easier to tie or strap your wrist watch with your dominant hand, hence, the reason why most men wear it on the non dominant wrist.

Query

·         Is it true that men who wear the wristwatch on the right hand have leadership attitude?  

·         Must the wristwatch be worn on the hand which is used to write?

·         Is it a taboo for men to wear wristwatch and face it inside of the wrist?