We are fast approaching the countdown to the New Year, so I was inspired to write about watches. Soon we’ll all be celebrating 2012 and, if you’re like me, another, all-too-familiar twelve months of procrastination. Now, I’ve been meaning to get a watch for a while. I’m always late to things, and my excuse has often been that I lost track of time. Yes, I’m 100% aware that cell phones come equipped with a clock, but apparently the people I’m late to meet aren’t smart enough to pick up on that, so let’s move on. I’m gonna go ahead and tell people I got a watch as a sign of courtesy and “the new me” (laughable). The reason I haven’t gotten one until now is that I find them either too expensive, or too chintzy—which brings me to these afforadable, sturdy, men’s styles in basic black. They’re sleek and simple, sort of like myself…notice how I didn’t add punctual to that list of qualities.
clockwise l-r: SWISS LEGEND TRIMIX DIVER CHRONOGRAPH, $239.00, World of Watches; MARC BY MARC JACOBS ROCK LARGE CHRONOGRAPH WATCH, $250.00, Nordstrom; BRAUN MEN’S DIGITAL WATCH, $215.00, YLiving; SWATCH IRONY CHRONOGRAPH, $168.75, World of Watches.
