September 25, 2008
Watches, watches, watches!
If you’ve been reading skeet’s stuff for a while you know that my son collects watches. He was a teen when Swatches first came out and it became popular to wear several at one time. He’s been adding watches to his collection ever since. No, scratch that. I’ve been adding to his collection ever since. I have to buy him a watch for either Christmas or his birthday each year. He’s big on tradition and would be devastated if I failed to come across. Sometimes I manage to find two that I think he’ll like and he gets watches for both occasions. A couple of years ago I gave him a watch display cabinet and I’m pretty sure he filled it up with the watches he already had on hand. Seriously, he treats watches like some women treat shoes: he has to have a full wardrobe and it has to be constantly updated. Someone rudely pointed out on Twitter this morning that Christmas is now just three months away. Ulp! It’s already time to start shopping again? Since my son’s birthday is in January I do the shopping for both celebration simultaneously, so that means I have a lot of gifts to buy over the next few months. I’ll be doing most of my shopping online this year and today I started looking at Movado watches, specifically their sport’s watches. The last two years I gave the boy high-fashion designer watches that he wears to work (he deals Texas Hold ‘Em in a casino, so his hands and wrists are always “on display.”) Unlike his old mom, he has a life outside of work, and his favorite leisure activity these days is Frisbee Golf, so a good sport’s watch would get a lot of use. I’m leaning towards the one pictured here since he wears jeans a lot. What do you think?
I should have closed the site after I bookmarked a couple of watches for my son. Some of the Movado womens watches caught my eye, though, and I just had to check them out. Now I’m in love with the Movado Semi Moon Ladies watch. Isn’t that the most intriguing watch design you’ve seen in ages? I’m working hard at decluttering my life and am not about to start building a watch collection as impressive as my son’s, but one more watch would be such a small thing. In keeping with my current committment, I have to get rid of at least two items for each new item I bring into the house. I don’t wear my “good” gold watch anymore (a gift from someone I’d rather not be reminded of) and I’m sure I can find something else to shove out the door so I can get the watch with a clear conscience. Actually, I haven’t thought this plan out yet. Do I have to get rid of something if someone else gives me something? Like say, if my son gives me the watch for Christmas? Hee! Escape clause! I think I’ll start working on my Christmas wish list today!
[tags]Christmas shopping, collections, Movado watches, shopping, sons, watches[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 12:51 pm • Shopping
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September 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pm, Keahi Pelayo Says:
Believe it or not, I have a swatch that is automatic and a skeleton.
Aloha,
Keahi