I do indeed. The watch (I prefer a traditional chronograph, not the insipid Apple watch) is such an ingrained part of my life, I still reflexively glance at the untanned stripe on my wrist when I’m not even wearing a watch, like when I’m on the tennis court or in the water.
My watch has been sitting idle for more than a year now since the battery died and i've neglected to take time to have it replaced -keep forgetting. Now I realize it is not usually important for me to care much about time anyway and I usually have my phone with me if I have to know what time of day it is.
The worst is being at work and having it on when it is slow. It's like sitting in a class you don't like. You look at it every 15 minutes for hours. Time creeps. I went for a time and didn't wear one at all. I got pretty good at judging what time it was without one. When I had to enter the responsible world and know the time at all times that was when I bought my first Swatch Watch. Since then, I have many different styles. The other thing about me looking at them more than I think is I like watches, in general. I like the ones with faces and second hands. I don't have any digital. For some reason, time seems even slower when read off a digital watch. Finally, now that I"ve taken up all your time about my watch obsession is I wear them on my right hand and I am right-handed, most of the time. Yes. I do look it at more than I would like to admit. Like every 15 seconds. When I realize I'm doing it and try to stop, it makes it worse!
I remember an editorial many years ago by Georg Rostky in Electronics World (I think) on how the new digital watches were influecing our lives. I particularly remember his remark that they made us view time itself differently: eg we had started reading the time as 3:45 instead of a quarter to four. I thought he hit the nail right on the head with that!
Since, as you claim, you're very fond of your shoes, you could wear a watch around your ankle; then you can look at the time and admire your shoes at the same time.
Don Barzini 