I would just like to say that I have never, do not currently, and never will have a “dream timepiece.” I mean, for eff’s sake, it’s a watch. You tell time with it. You wear it on your wrist, or you forget to do so, depending on your state of mind.
So would you kindly please stop filling my inbox with your stupid emails claiming you’ve found my “dream timepiece”?
I have a watch. It’s an analog. It’s silver with a blue face, and it cost me $40.
Beat that.
$15 for two, BOGOF at a local drug store.
People are filling your inbox with claims they’ve found a “dream timepiece”? What IS a “dream timepiece”. Is this spam you’re talking about? Sorry to be so dense.
Yes, it’s spam. Every so often, spam annoys me enough to post about it.
I mean, really… who cares about a watch? Either it tells time, or it doesn’t, in which case, toss it and get a new one.
Sabba Hillel, but are they silver with blue faces?
I really like the blue. It matches my eyes. ;-)
Under $20 …. faux-brush-gold cheepie big-faced (gold tint, of course) rolex-design with faux-diamond-embedded hands plus hair-thin second hand (cannot be seen w/o glasses – but who cares?) …. bought it (and 2 replacement batteries) 8 yrs ago at Walmart and it keeps on ticking — now THAT (plus my gmail-spam filter) is a dream timepiece!
My time piece is my cell phone. Most people I know under 40 do not wear watches.
Hear hear! I have a watch, as well. It is a Timex from around 1975, with “tech-style” numbers and a little window for the date. I bought it for a dollar at an auction, paid nine times that for a band of leather, and carefully wind it each morning before I stuff it in the watch pocket of my blue jeans.
And, when I want to know what time it is, I ask somebody else, since my watch is seldom accurate. But it’s my watch, and I’m sticking with it.
“Dream timepiece,” indeed.
FWIW, I’m using a pretty nice looking analog watch that my employer gave me as a 10-years-of-service gift. I like the heavy weight of the stainless steel case and band.
I looked up the model number and found that it’s only sold in Eastern Europe (I guess that’s what happens when you work for a multi-national corporation.) At the time I got it, only one web site sold it. After converting the price from zlotys, it came to about $200. A pretty nice service award, but definitely something I would never have bought with my own money.
Before I got this watch, I used nothing but el-cheapo digital watches.