# Buy me a watch! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440 "2007-04-17T06:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440/1 "2007-04-17T06:18:03Z")
No, not really. I’ll buy it - I just need some help in picking one out. I’m looking for a whacky watch. Something that looks normal(ish) from far away, but gets kinda weird when you see it up close. Not really into the kind with a metal strap. But pretty much anything goes. My current watch, which is about to give up the ghost, is a Swatch similar to [this model](http://www.buyaswatch.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=YLS4017&cat=226&nav=). It’s been a good watch, but the six stranded band is starting to wear out and look a bit shoddy. I like the convenience of a waterproof watch, although this isn’t a necessity for my new watch. I’m in Australia, but I don’t mind shopping online, as long as postage isn’t too ridiculous. I’m also a bit cheap - maybe USD$75 max? Any favourites? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440/2 "2007-04-17T14:37:09Z")
I have a watch by [this](http://www.robinsrazzmatazz.com/) artist, and I love it. I have one of the double-wrap watches, but I think the anodized bent wire ones are really cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440/3 "2007-04-18T01:36:43Z")
May I humbly suggest [shopnbc.com](http://www.shopnbc.com/searchm/?page=LIST&category=Watches%7Ct311&BreadCrumb=category&catprop=t311&cm_re=SN-_-WATCHES-_-N)? I collect watches, and buy most of mine from this site. Don’t be scared by the prices on the front page. There are watches for just about every budget. I am female, but like big funky watches. I am especially partial to Invicta, and own [one of these.](http://www.shopnbc.com/product/?familyid=J110395&storeid=1&page=LIST&free_text=lupah&track=-20101&cm_re=SearchList-_-N-_-N) This [Brizo](http://www.shopnbc.com/product/?familyid=J170438&storeid=1&page=LIST&category=Watches%7Ct311&catprop=t311&price=0%7C49.99&sub_attr_name=0%20%3C=%20%3C=%2049.99&track=229&cm_re=SearchList-_-N-_-N) is also nice. Brizo is made by Invicta. Ooooooooo, and I might buy [this one](http://www.shopnbc.com/product/?familyid=J172363&storeid=1&page=LIST&category=Watches%7Ct311&catprop=t311&price=50%7C199.99&sub_attr_name=50%20%3C=%20%3C=%20199.99&track=229&cm_re=SearchList-_-N-_-N) for myself! I like shopping for you! ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440/4 "2007-04-18T01:39:13Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I have a watch by [this](http://www.robinsrazzmatazz.com/) artist, and I love it. I have one of the double-wrap watches, but I think the anodized bent wire ones are really cool, too. [/QUOTE] I love them! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440/5 "2007-04-18T01:49:44Z")
As a matter of fact, I do have a watch I like: [Timex Ironman Triathlon 42-lap Dress Watch](http://www.timex.com/gp/product/B000JVXGOW/sr=1-19/qid=1176860787/ref=sr_1_19/103-5300151-1943036?ie=UTF8&m=A1S5XB33AHYRMX&n=267161011&timexBrand=core) I wanted hands AND digital, and I dig the way the whole watch face is a liquid crystal display for the digital info. You can toggle it off and have a smooth black face behind the hands too. Not otherwise fancy, though. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440/6 "2007-04-18T01:50:50Z")
[This](http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Wrist-Watch-Moves-Backward-Think-Different_W0QQitemZ320104579744QQihZ011QQcategoryZ171QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) certainly looks normal from a distance and then gets more than a little weird up close. Cheap, too. It is nigh on impossible to read the thing quickly, in my experience. But it certainly looks cool. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-me-a-watch/400440/7 "2007-04-18T03:23:00Z")
Out of the price range you quoted, but I am crazy about [SUUNTO](http://www.suunto.com/suunto/main/index.jsp) watches, especially [this](http://www.suunto.com/suunto/main/product_short.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673939642&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723697223384&bmUID=1176866403222) one. These watches are aimed at the outdoorsy/fitness types, if that’s your thing…