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#It is permitted to wear a watch which a person wouldn't remove if it stopped working, such as a gold watch, because then the watch is considered a jewelry. However, if one is not in an eruv, a person shouldn't wear a regular watch which a person would remove from their hand if it stopped working, but those who are lenient have what to rely on.<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 18:27</ref>

#One may not go out of an eruv with a pocket watch on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 84:2, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 18:28</ref>

#A person who regularly wears glasses may wear them in a public domain on [[Shabbat]]. He must wear them on his nose, and may not carry them in his pocket or wear them on his forehead or around his neck. <ref>Yalkut Yosef 301:31 and Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 18:16. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu (comments on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 84:6) writes that one may wear glasses in the public domain, however, one who usually takes them off in the street shouldn't go out with them without an eruv. </ref>

#A person who does not regularly wear glasses but wears, for example, reading glasses for reading only and otherwise carries them in his pocket, may not wear the reading glasses in a public domain.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 301:32, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata 18:17. </ref> Bifocals which may be worn for both reading and regular use may be worn in a public domain on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 17 </ref>

#Someone who attaches a string worn around his neck to his glasses may wear the glasses with the string attached in a public domain on [[Shabbat]], as long as he wears the glasses on his nose and not around his neck or on his forehead. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 16, Sh"t Rivivot Ephraim 1:227 </ref>

#Contact lenses may be worn in a public domain on [[Shabbat]] by someone who regularly wears them. However, a person who has not yet adjusted to contact lenses may not wear them in a public domain on [[shabbat]], lest he take them out and carry them in his hand. <ref>Yalkut Yosef siman 301 seif 33, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 17 </ref>

#Photocromatic lenses, i.e. lenses that change from clear to dark in sunlight, may be worn on [[Shabbat]] as long as they are worn for regular use. <ref>Yalkut Yosef siman 301 seif 34, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 18 </ref>

#According to some, sunglasses worn only to protect one's eyes from the sun's rays may be worn in a public domain on [[Shabbat]].<ref>Halichot Olam Chelek 4: pg. 283 </ref> Others are strict <ref>Yalkut Yosef siman 301 seif 35, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 18 </ref> This includes sunglasses worn over regular glasses. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 18 </ref> Those who are lenient have what to rely on, especially in a place with an eruv. <ref>Yalkut Yosef siman 301 seif 35.  </ref>

#Sunglasses that are worn at all times for eyesight problems are considered like regular glasses, and may be worn in a public domain on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Yalkut Yosef siman 301 seif 34, Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 18 </ref>

#Sunglasses worn on doctor's orders and are not removed even when one is in his house are judged like regular glasses, and may be worn in a public domain on [[Shabbat]].<ref>Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchata perek 18 halacha 18 </ref>

#A person who is hard of hearing may wear a hearing-aid on [[Shabbat]], even in a public domain without an eruv. One need not be concerned with considerations of electricity or [[carrying]] as long as the hearing-aid is securely in his ear, and he turned it on before [[Shabbat]] and leaves it on until after [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata (perek 18 halacha 14), Yalkut Yosef (siman 328 seif 328 and siman 301 seif 38). See footnote 39 there where he quotes Hacham Ovadiah, Rav Shlomoh Zalman Auerbach, Rav Henkin, and the Tzitz Eliezer who ruled leniently as well. </ref>