I don't want to hurt you. |
It is wonderful and I enjoy looking at it. The problem with a Big Boy watch
with me is that I don’t want to mess it up. While I lucked out and bought my Forever watchat a Mont Blanc store that was going out of business for 90% off, I still
don’t want to hurt it. It is precious.
So my fear of effing them up and the fact that timepieces
can be really expensive doesn’t help me (or my wife) wanting to collect them
either. So I have to do what I can on a budget. For the last year or so I have
been looking at the J. Crew catalogue and have noticed they are doing a bunch
of cross brand selling. One of those brands is Timex and they the two companies
have collaborated and come up with a great casual watch that can easily be worn
to the office.
Timex® military watch $150 jcrew.com |
The problem with this one, you guessed it, cost. While I don’t have a hard time paying $150 for a watch, I have a hard time paying $150 for a Timex just because it’s in the J. Crew catalogue.
Now this is where my witty title comes in. So,
finally my other work watch ran out of juice and I thought that I would explore
my options. So I did some looking around the Timex site and saw that they have
what I imagine are watches for old people called Easy Readers. Basically the
have bigger numbers on them, but are just what I am looking for in an everyday
work watch (Simple, classic, cheap). So knowing better than to buy anything
directly from the manufacturer online, I hit Amazon and picked up a simple Easy
Reader for $25. I didn’t like the black leather strap on it. So I did another
Amazon search and found a wonderful Nylon band for $12 that would complement
the watch well and that could go with brown or black. So, here’s what I came up
with for $40. I think it looks just as nice as the ‘ol J.Crew version and with
the money I saved I can blow that on more running shoes or diapers. Most likely
diapers… and formula.
How Did I do for $40?
The watch is a sad disappointment. I think the only other times I've seen something like this was at the viewing at funeral parlors where even family didn't see such an item worthy enough to keep amongthe living.
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