For the first time ever, I bought myself a proper watch. This is not to say that I have never owned a watch before - but for the first time, I bought a watch for myself - and it wasn't a "2 for $18" kind of a watch from the Parklea markets! BTW - I love watches!
Most of the watches I have owned prior to this were either given to me by my parents or as a gift from a friend. When my last good watch broke (a present from a friend of mine in Sweden - I am still upset about that - there is a sad story there, but alas, I cannot share it with you right now lest I should break into tears!), I went to the markets and bought 2 watches for $18. I didn't think these watches would last me very long and thought that they would make good "in-between watches" watches. I wanted to save up to buy myself a proper watch.
That was about a year and a half ago, and neither of the two watches are showing any signs of deterioration!
So, on Saturday, I decided that I would no longer worry about my unbreakable-but-not-very-nice watches anymore, and will just treat myself to a new watch.
I was at a Watch shop and I described to the shopkeeper exactly what kind of watch I wanted. "I don't want the straps to be too big, don't want the dial to be too small, NO METAL STRAPS...preferably, it should be black or brown straps and it has to have the date on it! I don't want anything too fancy or too expensive. I want it to be daily wear but it can't look too casual. I don't mind want the brand is, but it has to be a good watch brand." That isn't being too picky is it???
The shopkeeper kept showing me all these watches with metal straps and kept asking me why I didn't want metal straps. It is simple, "You can't wear metal strap watches with everything - if it is silver, you need silver jewellery... it just won't work!". He then kept showing me watches with really huge dials! Obviosuly the shop keeper and I had very different tastes! After pointing to various watches and going , "A bit like that, but in black or brown..." or "Similar to that, but a better brand..." and the classic, "Exactly like that - but with a date!"...
Eventually I saw my dream watch! It is a Lorus, has dark brown straps, a white dial with gold hands and the date. I was very happy with it!
Ofcourse when I came home, the first thing my mum asks me is , "Why didn't you get metal straps??". People seem to find it really hard to understand that I don't like metal straps on my watches!
However, the next day, someone I work with noticed my watch and said, "Is that a new watch?". The watch isn't all that fancy and to be honest it doesn't look all that different from my old Parklea Markets watch, so I was surprised that anyone had noticed. I said, "Yeah!!" and then my colleague said, "You know - that is my idea of the perfect watch!". She went on to point out the exact same things that I had looked for in a watch!
What is your ideal watch? (Obviously one that tells you the time...:P)
On a similar note, have you guys seen the new kind of watches that are out??? They have REAALLYYY huge straps and dials.... and have the dial sort of built into the the straps - you know what kind of watches I am talking about??? I just googled it - apparently they are called "cuff watches"- they look horrible!
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