How much would you spend on a watch?

[Bottle_of_Smoke]

I guess I fall into the category of people who just don’t get the whole concept of expensinve watches.

I understand the whole expensive-watch-as-part-of-the-uniform thing for certain professions, but I don’t belong to any of those types of professions so it’s just out of character for me.

I have two watches – a $20 Carriage (a Timex sub-brand I think) I bought at Kohls 5 years ago and a $40 Timex Ironman (a gift) that I wear the rest of the time. Not being a fan of jewelry, I don’t get the whole watch-as-jewelry thing. For me, it’s just a device for telling time.

Plus, I lost my favorite watch when I was a kid and I must have been scarred by the incident ever since because I just can’t spend a lot of money on something I might lose – that goes for watches, sunglasses, etc.

[Garfield226]

*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. *
**I just remembered: I bought a Hamilton “Ventura” last summer for about $300. (Could’ve been less, but I don’t remember.) It’s shield-shaped with chrome wings, and was purportedly designed to suggest an aerial bomb. Elvis wore one in Blue Hawaii, and they wore them in Men in Black as well. Very cool looking. Unfortunately they sent it by UPS (“Unbelievably Poor Service”) and it took about two weeks to get it from five miles away. (Had I known it was that close, I would have just gone down to pick it up!) The fiasco with Poo-is-Brown took a lot of the fun out of wearing it. **

I JUST discovered this watch today. I want one badly. I saw it sitting amongst a display of Hamiltons in the local jewelry store. Jet black face and band, silver accents. I’d prefer the one with the three inset faces, I think, but I’ll take what I can get.

They want $500 for it. I love that watch. However…I’m a college student, so I’m not likely to get it for a while.