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What kind of watches are you guys going with? Im trying to find one that has a big screen with digital time and a comfortable strap, know of any?
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I was also wondering about preferred brands... and is digital preferable to analog? I read in places "make sure the watch has a second hand" and I'm wondering if that is suggesting analog w/ a second hand, or if a digital watch with a second marker is just as fine.

I know it sounds stupid, but I plan on getting a watch, and I'd feel even stupider if there was SOME some obscure reason an analog watch was superior for taking pulse/resp rates and I had just spent a good deal of money.
 
Sorry to chime in, but, as a member of the fashion police, digital watches are simply not allowed. Seriously, digital watches were cool thirty years ago.

I got a Seriko Pilot's chronograph from overstock.com for around $100. It has a *ton* of numbers on it and can even (allegedly) do trigonometry. It also has *two* second hands. It keeps time fine. In my estimation the more numbers, dials, and hands a watch has the better. It was my present to myself for getting into med school. Every time I check the time, it reminds me how hard I worked to get here.

But, if you're really into digital, be proud, put on your your digital watch, listen to your Duran Duran LP, and do some breakdancing for us.

🙂
 
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Really like my new Skagen watch (not the mesh band kind)
 
I can recommend Citizen watches. I've had a titanium Eco-drive for some 8 years now and it has yet to run > +/-5 seconds variance per year. I've beat it up too.
 
For life, style, whatever, I don't know. For medical school, any watch with a second hand will do. Analog's a little easier for timing, but digital works too. Also, it's kind of nice to remember that almost every patient you see in medical school and residency is going to be poor, so wearing a super expensive watch is maybe a little obnoxious.
 
Doctor Bagel said:
Also, it's kind of nice to remember that almost every patient you see in medical school and residency is going to be poor, so wearing a super expensive watch is maybe a little obnoxious.
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Not to mention, leaving expensive watches by your phone/pager in the OR is a recipe for wondering where the hell your $2000 investment just went.
 
Dakota said:
The reason people say go with a sweep second hand is that it makes it slightly easier to take vitals. It's easier to visualize the hand moving 1/4 or 1/2 way around the dial than saying, did I start timing at 37 seconds, wait . . . 37+15 is 52, crap, it just passed 52, wait was it really at 37 seconds or 33 . . . or you know, just wait until you're at a simple time like 15 sec, 30, 45, etc.

I like my Seiko chronograph titanium. I'd shy away from the more expensive watches just because I shy away from bringing anything (too) expensive with me to the hospital.
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hmmm nice watch and not a bad price
 
Never wear a watch and never wore a watch during medical school or residency. Beeper and cell phone keep good time with no need for another thing to keep up with. Actually, I haven't worn a watch since secondary school.
 
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I'm assuming you're an adult, which means you should wear an adult watch, which means no digital. Sorry.
 
Patek phillepe, hands down and 20k out of your pocket. seriously, movados are nice for a good price. Baume and Mercier, Tag
 
bah!

all these anti-digital people don't know what they're talking about! i have a g-shock (exact same one, coincidentally, that tom-tom wore in MI2) that i've been wearing for 7 years. i hike and camp in the woods, surf, skydive and just about anything else with this watch. it is the bada55 of all watches. plus, it's easy to take a pulse and has a timer that i use for keeping track of time during tests.

go with g-shock, those metal watches are for sissies.
 
Yes. No ditital
 
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alfonzarel said:
bah!

all these anti-digital people don't know what they're talking about! i have a g-shock (exact same one, coincidentally, that tom-tom wore in MI2) that i've been wearing for 7 years. i hike and camp in the woods, surf, skydive and just about anything else with this watch. it is the bada55 of all watches. plus, it's easy to take a pulse and has a timer that i use for keeping track of time during tests.

go with g-shock, those metal watches are for sissies.
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I wore G-shocks until Baby-G made their 200m waterproof watch. Now Baby-G just needs to make an atomic clock synchronized 200m waterproof watch.
 
I once totally nailed a really rare diagnosis on a patient and saved his life, and at the time I was a fairly fresh junior medical student. Everyone was pretty impressed and the patient was grateful because nobody else on the team really had an idea as to what was going on at first. But the next day he noticed I was using a digital watch to count his respirations, and he asked that he get someone "a little more grown up" to see him for the rest of his stay.

Then he noticed that the clock in his room was digital and he left "AMA" and died in the parking lot trying to find a more "grown up" hospital.

It was all very sad, but understandable. Can't blame the guy, really. How dare time be presented in anything but an analog format? It's a true sign of immaturity.
 
Agent Splat said:
I once totally nailed a really rare diagnosis on a patient and saved his life, and at the time I was a fairly fresh junior medical student. Everyone was pretty impressed and the patient was grateful because nobody else on the team really had an idea as to what was going on at first. But the next day he noticed I was using a digital watch to count his respirations, and he asked that he get someone "a little more grown up" to see him for the rest of his stay.

Then he noticed that the clock in his room was digital and he left "AMA" and died in the parking lot trying to find a more "grown up" hospital.

It was all very sad, but understandable. Can't blame the guy, really. How dare time be presented in anything but an analog format? It's a true sign of immaturity.
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lol wut
 
def jeff said:
Two words: Calculator. Watch.
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Actually worked with an APNP in the ICU that used a calculator watch. I thought about making fun of her until it came in handy every other day on rounds.
 
Agent Splat said:
I once totally nailed a really rare diagnosis on a patient and saved his life, and at the time I was a fairly fresh junior medical student. Everyone was pretty impressed and the patient was grateful because nobody else on the team really had an idea as to what was going on at first. But the next day he noticed I was using a digital watch to count his respirations, and he asked that he get someone "a little more grown up" to see him for the rest of his stay.

Then he noticed that the clock in his room was digital and he left "AMA" and died in the parking lot trying to find a more "grown up" hospital.

It was all very sad, but understandable. Can't blame the guy, really. How dare time be presented in anything but an analog format? It's a true sign of immaturity.
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What a sad story. This highlights the lack of preventive care in our current medical system. If only you had an analog watch. <sigh>
 
supernareg said:
love how no one else sports a rolex 😀
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are you serious? i know attendings that pull over 500k a year who don't wear rolexes. congrats on burning daddy's money for something that tells time as well as my $200 swiss army watch though.
 
all the doc's i've worked with sport 1... and as far as doing the same job... sure, and i'm sure the watch i get from the supermarket for 10 bux does the same as ur $200 swiss army.

point is: status
 
too bad i'm not a premed anymore, and last i checked, i didnt see blue collar workers wearing rolexs
 
I've decided that the only watch that will truly define me as a professional, a grownup, and a gentleman, is the wrist sundial.

Either that or I'm just going to use a clock on the wall and carve the current time into my arm with a razor blade whenever I think to check the time so I can at least know what time it WAS.
 
supernareg said:
too bad i'm not a premed anymore, and last i checked, i didnt see blue collar workers wearing rolexs
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When you get to your 3rd year clerkships, be sure to proudly show your superior "status" to your residents and attendings...especially those who don't choose to sink over 5k for overvalued metal (FYI, any COSC chronometer is as good as the next as far as time keeping is concerned). That'll really schmooze them over to you.
 
Doctor Bagel said:
For life, style, whatever, I don't know. For medical school, any watch with a second hand will do. Analog's a little easier for timing, but digital works too. Also, it's kind of nice to remember that almost every patient you see in medical school and residency is going to be poor, so wearing a super expensive watch is maybe a little obnoxious.
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Thank you.... I have a Casio G- shock.. Its good at 200 meters below water, (I swim a lot) and I can literally drop it and it still works even after 7 years.. It is somewhat luminescent and the 2nd hand is very legible.. The one I have is somewhat sporty but it is not a high key!
 
Dang, and I thought I was being extravagant for thinking about getting an $80 watch.
 
Dakota said:
If as a premed you go into the hospital thinking that your status is defined by your wrist watch you are in for a world of hurt.
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And a world of trouble!! {Its probably best to leave the Rolex for the lawyers)
Rank and status in this arena is already known..


Also, its interesting how its possible to spend say $50,000 for a watch (Im not saying Rolex )and it may not have a second hand..For me a watch that does not have a 2nd hand is about a good as a pile of hair..
 
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A Rolex is not a watch...... is a Rolex.

But the watch to have is a Patek Philippe. It should only set you back a couple of hundred thousands.
 
barasch said:
Sorry to chime in, but, as a member of the fashion police, digital watches are simply not allowed. Seriously, digital watches were cool thirty years ago.


🙂
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DocPsychosis said:
I'm assuming you're an adult, which means you should wear an adult watch, which means no digital. Sorry.
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if paulson, the country's most powerful man at the moment, wears a digital watch, i think it's all right for the OP to do the same...

life isn't all about appearances.
 
BrainBuff said:
A Rolex is not a watch...... is a Rolex.

But the watch to have is a Patek Philippe. It should only set you back a couple of hundred thousands.
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I love watches. No, wait. I LOVE watches. I get Rolex. Actually, I'd rather a few other brands at that price point, but that's beside the point.

But I'm not sure I would wear a Rolex to the hospital or clinic though. I was reading recently this doctor talking about how he would often catch his patients staring at his Rolex. He said it would make him worry that the patient would question his true motivations for practicing medicine. I can kinda see his point.

IMO a Rolex is too flashy (everyone knows about the brand) - I'd rather wear another, less known watch 2x the price of a nice Rolex if I was seeing patients.

Few things scream "Sue Me!" louder than a doctor with a Rolex.
 
txprodigal said:
if paulson, the country's most powerful man at the moment, wears a digital watch, i think it's all right for the OP to do the same...

life isn't all about appearances.
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Its a little sad and unfortunate that we actually have to explain (life isn't all about appearances) this to many unconscientious, "so called educated folks"...
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