>>4749684 Left or right-handed, I wouldn't lay a good watch down on it's crown(s). I've had many different watches with onyx or even pearl endcaps on the crowns and it would seem to be be abusive to lay them down that way.
>>4749736 Well,I personally have a number of circa 1700s sterling fusee escape watches along with Victorian/Edwardian Bucherers… and would not think to lay any of them down atop their crowns secondary to any accents (pearl or otherwise) or just unneeded pressure.
To each is own, but some of those crowns, while robust, are 'fussy' and don't need undo pressure. If one can lay it down more gently (not on top of the crowns), then it is probably better for the watch overall.
>>4749746 No apologies necessary. I'd often mused about how left-handed individuals seem to have a bad deal. Oddly, most seem to wear their wrist watches on their right wrist. This seems more difficult to actuate the crowns when they are facing proximally up the arm rather than distally as when a right-handed person wears a watch on their left wrist.
It's not a bad exercise to be observant and try to puzzle out behavior like laying down a watch once off a wrist. I'm afraid it's just not very definitive.
>>4749746 Some discussion of laying a watch down on it's crown(s) and impacts of doing so.
I'm not really a hor (horophile), but spouse and I have collected a lot of antique jewelry and watches over the years. We tend to appreciate all things automated/mechanical.
Helps to include the URL…
https://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/crown-down-effects-450283.html
>>4749931 My pleasure to help, Anon.
I'm right-handed, but my mother was left-handed. She had the same sort of experience as you did, but wore her watch on the left. One of her parlor tricks was writing mirrored cursive using her left hand. She would try to teach me things by hand, but would forget she did things backwards due to being left-handed: Confusion sometimes ensued. The observation of left-handed people and their habits has been lifelong for me because of those experiences/differences. Human behavior and habit is interesting.
>>4750010 More of a discussion rather than a debate. A discussion borne out of wondering if the way the watch in post 2647 has been laid down in the way it has due to someone being left or right-handed.
I'm thinking individual habits are at work here and possibly cannot be quantified by left or right-handedness alone.
It may not be very interesting, but just another nuance to take into consideration when attempting to decode all possibilities from a post.