Damasko has recently add a left hand version of their 60 minute no subdial chrono.
https://www.damasko-watches.com/en/curr ... lhv-orange

thomcat00 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 12:50 am If the dial feet allow it, it seems to me you could buy a(ny) no-date watch, and simply reassemble it with the dial turned 180° or any jeweler/watchmaker should be able to do the work. A date wheel, depending on orientation, may complicate matters.

Or remove the dial feet and use those little dots of 2-sided tape of course.

I'm not left-handed - and I've just discovered what "Destro" means - but I suppose the only way to find out if CW would consider such a model is to ask them. Has anyone at CW ever considered a "lefty" watch? I would guess that comes down to whether anyone at CW already wears such a watch. I must admit that I've never known a left-handed person who wears their watch on the right wrist, so I think it sounds a bit niche. I can already picture the surplus stock in the subsequent clearance - or being a huge success, I just don't know. Probably best to go for a mainstream model with some life left in it though?

Good evening all,

I'm left-handed and wear all my watches on my right wrist. I was lucky enough to purchase the Rolex GMT-Master II "Sprite" (a watch I jokingly said to whomever would listen that I thought you should take a left-handed handwriting test before you could purchase.)

What I find very interesting is that after plenty of wear, I think I actually prefer wearing regular "right-handed" watches. After my entire life of removing a watch to wind/adjust it, I continue to do so even with the lefty, and find it more comfortable to do so. And I actually find the crown digs into the back of my hand e.g., when typing, not so much to be painful or anything, but an issue I have never experienced with "right handed" watches.

So I'm not sure I would buy another, or at least I would not buy another just because it's a lefty. So my short answer (with a long preceding waffle!) is that I might buy a lefty watch from CW, but actually liking the watch would still take precedence over the fact it's a lefty.

Best,
TB

As a chemist I've known about laevo and dextro all my career and back into high school.

"Dextro-rotatory compound: The compounds which rotate the plane of polarized light to the right or clockwise, then it is said to be dextro-rotatory. Laevo-rotatory compound: The compound which rotates the plane of polarized light to the left or anticlockwise, then it is said to be laevo-rotatory."

From the latin I believe (laevo/levo) or so I'm told.

albionphoto wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:37 pm As a chemist I've known about laevo and dextro all my career and back into high school.

From the latin I believe (laevo/levo) or so I'm told.

I, too, learned levo/destro in high school chemistry. I remember a discussion at the time also of cisplatin and transplatin and the implications of these molecular differences. Simultaneously reading Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle” and the concept of ice-9 resulted in a fun trip down the sci-fi what-if of handedness and angles in chemistry with interesting implications.

Well, I managed not to study chemistry at school, but I did study Latin and dabbled with linguistics as part of my degree. There is a distinct semantic bias against left-handedness in most language families, not just Romance or Indo-European.

Right almost always indicates correctness, truth, propriety, entitlement, rule of law and so on. In terms of spelling, pronunciation and derivation, most western European words for right are quite cohesive.

Words for left are less cohesive, deriving from different sources (e.g. Spanish and Portuguese from Basque) and usually reflect evil, impropriety, awkwardness, inability and unreliability.

Your word “laevus” surfaces in Russian (“liéva”), where one of the words for right is “prava” (cf. Pravda = truth)

Interestingly, the modern Greek word for left is “aristerós” which can be interpreted as “better”. “Aristocracy” literally meant “rule by the best”.

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Meanwhile, back on topic. I’m left-handed in pretty much everything, though I bat and play golf right-handed. It would feel extremely strange trying to wind and set a watch left-handed, after I learned the “standard” skill as a young child.

timepieces_and_bags wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:11 pm Good evening all,

I'm left-handed and wear all my watches on my right wrist. I was lucky enough to purchase the Rolex GMT-Master II "Sprite" (a watch I jokingly said to whomever would listen that I thought you should take a left-handed handwriting test before you could purchase.)

What I find very interesting is that after plenty of wear, I think I actually prefer wearing regular "right-handed" watches. After my entire life of removing a watch to wind/adjust it, I continue to do so even with the lefty, and find it more comfortable to do so. And I actually find the crown digs into the back of my hand e.g., when typing, not so much to be painful or anything, but an issue I have never experienced with "right handed" watches.

So I'm not sure I would buy another, or at least I would not buy another just because it's a lefty. So my short answer (with a long preceding waffle!) is that I might buy a lefty watch from CW, but actually liking the watch would still take precedence over the fact it's a lefty.

Best,
TB

Whoa there! Are you implying that some people, other than characters in films set in the pre-1960s, actually wind their watches on the wrist? We'd have to be talking about manual (not auto) watches, watches which couldn't be relied upon to run until the end of the day?
Truth is I knew a guy who used a little "I'm winding my Speedmaster now" I think as a little way of attracting attention.

I know we're all different but I've always found that wearing me watches loose prevents any kind of digging in discomfort.

Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 7:15 am Meanwhile, back on topic. I’m left-handed in pretty much everything, though I bat and play golf right-handed. It would feel extremely strange trying to wind and set a watch left-handed, after I learned the “standard” skill as a young child.

Not to take this too far off topic, but I’ve always felt slightly odd for a mixed bag of ‘handedness’. Very broadly I’ve always separated this into ‘hand sports’ and ‘arm sports’. So golf, cricket, tennis all right-handed. Darts, snooker/pool and table tennis left-handed.

tikkathree wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 8:17 am Whoa there! Are you implying that some people, other than characters in films set in the pre-1960s, actually wind their watches on the wrist? We'd have to be talking about manual (not auto) watches, watches which couldn't be relied upon to run until the end of the day?

Truth be told I’ve never really thought about it! Taking off the watch has always been a necessity for me so didn’t really consider the norm for a right-hander. I suppose if everyone always winds/adjusts off-wrist this then makes a left-handed watch purely aesthetic (other than winding off the wrist but I can’t think handedness makes such a difference there.)

timepieces_and_bags wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:11 pm Good evening all,

I'm left-handed and wear all my watches on my right wrist. I was lucky enough to purchase the Rolex GMT-Master II "Sprite" (a watch I jokingly said to whomever would listen that I thought you should take a left-handed handwriting test before you could purchase.)

What I find very interesting is that after plenty of wear, I think I actually prefer wearing regular "right-handed" watches. After my entire life of removing a watch to wind/adjust it, I continue to do so even with the lefty, and find it more comfortable to do so. And I actually find the crown digs into the back of my hand e.g., when typing, not so much to be painful or anything, but an issue I have never experienced with "right handed" watches.

So I'm not sure I would buy another, or at least I would not buy another just because it's a lefty. So my short answer (with a long preceding waffle!) is that I might buy a lefty watch from CW, but actually liking the watch would still take precedence over the fact it's a lefty.

Best,
TB

That’s a really interesting thought, I’d just assumed it would be more comfortable wearing a ‘leftie’ but hadn’t really thought that it might actually not be that much more comfortable, especially as I’m now so used to wearing a standard watch on my right hand (and never really found it a problem)

Maybe it is too niche so I may just give a cheaper option a try for a while and see if it’s worth the revolution

Amor Vincit Omnia wrote: ↑Mon Aug 19, 2024 7:15 am Interestingly, the modern Greek word for left is “aristerós” which can be interpreted as “better”. “Aristocracy” literally meant “rule by the best”.

Meanwhile, back on topic. I’m left-handed in pretty much everything, though I bat and play golf right-handed. It would feel extremely strange trying to wind and set a watch left-handed, after I learned the “standard” skill as a young child.

Well you know what they say about trusting Greeks...

True confessions time
I am right handed but left eye dominant so when I use a camera or a bow it seems really strange to outsiders. My mother was left handed and so I tie my shoelaces and tie the wrong way according to everyone. My shoes don't come untied and my tie is straight so leave me alone.

The only way I know which hand is my left or right is that I wear my wedding ring and a watch on my left hand. Never ask me for directions I will say right and gesture left. I only get the two in synch by accident.

I'm right handed, but for years and years and years I wore my watch on my right. it was only when I actually got "into" watches did I swap it to my left. I'd definitely be up for a CW Destro (as long as it was a model I actually like).

A lot of Sinns have destro crowns and pushers. The thinking is that when worn on the left arm the buttons and pushers won't interfere when the user is wearing gloves. Most of the EZM series are designed this way.

^^^^Interesting bit about using the chrono buttons with gloves on. I feel kinda stupid for not thinking of that before.