The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.
A movie, it's like a very complicated timepiece. There's a lot of wheels in a watch. And some of those wheels, if they don't turn right, then, you know, the watch ain't gonna tell the time.
I think the time is ripe for a return to the refinement of lifestyle that the pocket watch embodies. A personal pleasure that you know you have in your pocket, which requires an elegant gesture to use and show to others.
A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
Time is irrelevant to me. I never wear a watch.
Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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.
Each minute is a little thing, and yet, with respect to our personal productivity, to manage the minute is the secret of success.
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.
The hours, minutes and seconds stand as visible reminders that your effort put them all there. Preserve until your next run, when the watch lets you see how Impermanent your efforts are.