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I have a lot of watches that need to be kept wound, so if I take two of them on a trip, there's always one sitting around. And if it sits around for a day, then it'll stop working. And then you have to reset the time and date, which is annoying.

— Mark Teixeira

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.

— Ricardo Semler

I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.

— Tom Jones

You can have your own watch and always doubt it. If I had a watch I'd probably always be doubting it or the batteries would be dying. I just know that people always have trouble with their watches, and that's why I like public clocks.

— Ben Katchor

I've always been interested in science. I used to take watches apart and clocks apart, and there's little screws, and a little this and that, and I found out if I dropped one of them, that thing ain't gonna work.

— Herbie Hancock

The results would have stayed on the watch face until the batteries died. But trying to make time stand still this way would have been a mistake. It is just as important to erase times eventually as to save them at first.

— Joe Henderson

I never wore a watch. I always depend on public clocks, and stores have clocks, but that is strange.

— Ben Katchor

I actually have a number of lovely watches from the International Watch Company.

— Kevin Spacey

Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better.

— Andy Murray

I didn't used to wear a watch. Now I have a SPOT watch, which I wear all the time.

— Bill Gates

✗Opposing Perspectives

Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

— Jane Austen