<story><title>Quest for my perfect watch</title><url>https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/watch.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mhalle</author><text>On a related topic, I find programming or typing while wearing a watch leads relatively quickly to wrist pain due to the pressure constraints it puts on the muscles and tendons.&lt;p&gt;I have tried several different watches and experienced this problem. I know many tech industry people wear watches while they work, but I have never heard a discussion of this condition. I wonder if I am somehow unusual in this situation. I am otherwise not especially prone to repetitive stress injuries.&lt;p&gt;It has been bad enough I have thought of converting a wristwatch into a modern pocket watch, though I would lose any feature that depended on skin proximity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Taylor_OD</author><text>How large of a watch are you using? How tight do you wear it? How much do you weight?&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve worn larger watches in the past. Now I wear a pretty small watch or an apple watch, that is also smallish, and I dont have any issues. I tend to wear my watches quite loose so they rest beyond the rim of the laptop I type on.</text></comment>
<story><title>Quest for my perfect watch</title><url>https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/watch.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mhalle</author><text>On a related topic, I find programming or typing while wearing a watch leads relatively quickly to wrist pain due to the pressure constraints it puts on the muscles and tendons.&lt;p&gt;I have tried several different watches and experienced this problem. I know many tech industry people wear watches while they work, but I have never heard a discussion of this condition. I wonder if I am somehow unusual in this situation. I am otherwise not especially prone to repetitive stress injuries.&lt;p&gt;It has been bad enough I have thought of converting a wristwatch into a modern pocket watch, though I would lose any feature that depended on skin proximity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hinoki</author><text>Where do you wear a watch? Over your wrist joint or higher up your forearm?&lt;p&gt;I like to wear my watch a few cm higher up my arm, so that the metal band doesn’t scratch my laptop.&lt;p&gt;If you want features that need skin contact, you could keep a nice watch as a pocket watch, and then wear a cheap fitness band on your ankle.</text></comment>