Sunday, September 28, 2008

Watch the Watch...band

I thought I saw something a bit odd in this photograph from Friday's Maariv newspaper of Benjamin Netanyahu:



Then I spotted it:



First off, Bibi is lefthanded.

How many people do you know who write lefthanded and wear their watches on that same hand?

Second, the band.

I would have thought a metal band, either silver of gold, plated or not.

But material (leather?). Is that stylish today?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Also, the band seems rather loose.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps I've missed your point but can you find a single photo of Netanyahu with a watch on his right wrist? For comparison; http://www.daylife.com/photo/09rSdSU2L28On

People who are ambidextrous sometimes wear their watches on the "wrong" wrist.

leucanthemum b said...

When my watch has a band (and isn't simply stuffed in my pocket), I wear it on the wrist of the hand I use for writing. Mostly, I do so to protect the watch, since I'm hyper-protective of that hand, and, in the past, while working a job with heavy lifting, I broke a few watches on the other arm (one hand for finesse, one for strength).

I know a few other people who wear theirs on the "wrong" wrist just to mess with people's minds. But that's just mean.

And don't like the way metal bands pinch, so I use leather.

Carole Seawert said...

I'm left handed and wear my watch on my left wrist.