I’ve never been a watch guy, and by that I mean I’ve never been interested in wearing a watch. I’m never in a situation where there isn’t someway to tell time. Forgetting wall clocks, I always have my phone on me or there’s usually a computer nearby. In 2009, the watch has become something of a novelty. These days, it’s really nothing more than a piece of jewelry that just happens to have a function.
I’ve owned a surprising number of watches for someone who apparently despises the concept. I’ll using see one that looks really cool, but stop wearing after a few months… usually after I whip my hand into something and scratch the face of it. Anyway, a couple of years ago I bought a watch. I was in New York City and wandered into the massive Swatch Megastore in Times Square and bought this watch.
I don’t why, but it’s the only watch I’ve ever consistently worn. I’ve had a couple of watches there were much nicer than this one, but is something about this watch I love. It’s a swatch, so it has a good swiss movement and will keep great time… forever. It’s also a chronograph, which means nothing to me, but it looks really neat. It also has a plastic crystal, which I’ve messed up numerous times, but Brasso always manages to restore it.
Not sure why I felt like writing about my watch, but I did.
