On The Inside - HoDinkee

An inventory of people who wear their watches on the inside of their wrists. Some say they do it for ergonomic reasons, some because it’s how they started wearing a watch as children, some do it as a matter of style. I have a theory it’s the signal of a secret society.


Bob Garfield, host of NPR’s On The Media

Abdulrazak Gurnah, Nobel Laureate, novelist and academic

Anthony, gas main installer

Judith, psychoanalyst

Dorota, nurse practitioner

Jourdan, barista

Kevin, butcher

Lily, flight attendant

Matt, SWAT sniper

Lucas, gallerist

Mikal, musician

Nathan, electrician

Pablo, gardener

Praveen, founder of Volcanoes Safaris

Rohaila, secretary

Sanjeev, gate agent

Simon, bartender

Wayne, transit worker