Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Need a geek watch

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:20:48 -0500, Jerry Gamblin
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> First let me say I am a watch geek.

Excellent.
 
> You have 2 choices in this matter.

If I only had 2, then...
 
> 1) Get a big ol' geeky watch
> 2) Get something with style that you'll have for years.

OK, so my big problem with (2) is that this has not worked in the
past.  Once upon a time, my mom gave me a very nice (but not
horrificly expensive) Swiss watch she got on a trip to Europe.  It was
stylish, but wasn't the kind of thing you felt you could wash your
hands while wearing.  So it was gone inside of 6 months.  I'm also
very hard on watches.  In my youth, a crystal would last me about 9
months on average, and my former watches are all little bits of
twisted metal.
 
> If your going to go for the Geek look you should check out the Fossil
> Abacus. It's a decent watch with the cool geeky features you want:
> http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Fossil_Abacus_AU4000/4505-3512_16-30671349.
> html

Ah; that might be promising if a bit Windows-y.
 
> If you want to take the next step, you need to buy you an everyday
> Rolex. Don't let the name scare you off, spending a $1,000-2,000 on a
> watch that you will wear everyday for the next ten years is worth it.

See reply above.  The day I spend $1-2K on a watch is the day the
ghost of my dead mother will arise from her grave and strangle me with
a chain or something.

> The average Rolex Oyster will sit you back $1500. So that's around $.50
> a day for the next 10 years.

So the $30 watch that lasts 2-3 years works out to $.03 per day.  As
it turns out, I think I can justify something maybe 5x that, but a
Rolex on me would over a buck a day of depreciation.  Non-optimal for
my situation, although I do agree with the sentiment.
 
> You probably spend more per day on shoes then you would on a very nice
> watch.

I probably do spend a lot more on shoes than I do on a watch
currently, but I don't know many people who don't.  If I wore nothing
but sneakers, I would probably wear out 3 pairs per year, which would
come up to about $150, or about $.40 per day.  My actual shoe mix is a
bit different, but works out to the same cost.
 
> Thanks,

?? Thanks??

jking
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