Why I hate working retail during the holidays...

Alex · 12-24-2006, 11:35 AM

I use watches to tell the time. I use calendars to tell the day.

That's part of why buying watches is difficult for me. I want plain simple elegance.

No digital. Digital is the opposite of elegance.
No numbers on the face. I know where they're supposed to be.
No date indicator on the face. I know what the date is.
No day indicator on the fact. I know what the day is.
No second hand. I don't need that level of precision.
No little doohickys where the numbers would be if there were numbers. Like I said, I know where the numbers go.
No barometers, compasses, calculators, depth calculators, etc.
Thin, low profile. I'm not compensating for a small penis with a huge SUV watch.
Metal band. Leather is uncomfortable.
Clasp band, not stretching. Stretching metal bands just pull the hair out of my arm.
Circle face. Putting a round device into a rectangular face is just stupid.
Preferably a black face but I'm open to variety.

All of these make Movado a prerfect brand for me, but the entry point for Movado is about $800. Skagen has in the past had some good designs (and that is what I lost) but none in stores right now.

Citizen has some good Eco-Drive watches with blank faces (since they are fancy solar watches with the solar panel built into the face lack of decoration helps) but the solar panel element is apparent under bright light.

This is a good watchface for me, though this specific model is thicker than I'd like:

I don't wear jewelry except watches and I recognize I'm horribly picky.

Kevy Baby · 12-24-2006, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

All of these make Movado a prerfect brand for me, but the entry point for Movado is about $800.

I took a look at Overstock. They have this watch for just a little above your max price of $400 ($432.99) (ETA: They have the same watch at Jomashop for $345.00):

Though I gotta say that I fancy this one myself (though I wear watches too infrequently to justify the $630 price tag):

Alex · 12-24-2006, 05:42 PM

Yeah, I'd looked at both of those in the malls yesterday but wasn't willing to play the list price for them so one of the things I told Lani was that I'd check online.

The cheapest thing would be to pick one of my old watches and get a new battery put into it but I want to move forward.

When it comes to these things I do have expensive taste. We were in a Movado store in Walnut Creek last night and they had the full array. I looked them over and picked one to try on. It was, of course, the $2,100 one.

NickO'Time · 12-25-2006, 12:13 AM

On Friday the Mall in our town had at least a 45 minute wait for parking. I was working my shift at my place of work.
The Ugg boots are still hot 4 years running after Oprah made a blurb about them. ~~cough~ ~lemmings~~ cough~~

We sold these boots out at our store. We would get about 20 calls in one morning just asking for them. No exaggeration.
This one lady comes in acts like we are criminalizing her because we need the product back in condition to re-sell if she chooses to return them. Saying we are more concerned about the product then the customer.
I can somewhat see what she is trying to say, but no reason to get "bent" about it.

12-24-2006, 11:35 AM	#1
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I use watches to tell the time. I use calendars to tell the day. That's part of why buying watches is difficult for me. I want plain simple elegance. No digital. Digital is the opposite of elegance. No numbers on the face. I know where they're supposed to be. No date indicator on the face. I know what the date is. No day indicator on the fact. I know what the day is. No second hand. I don't need that level of precision. No little doohickys where the numbers would be if there were numbers. Like I said, I know where the numbers go. No barometers, compasses, calculators, depth calculators, etc. Thin, low profile. I'm not compensating for a small penis with a huge SUV watch. Metal band. Leather is uncomfortable. Clasp band, not stretching. Stretching metal bands just pull the hair out of my arm. Circle face. Putting a round device into a rectangular face is just stupid. Preferably a black face but I'm open to variety. All of these make Movado a prerfect brand for me, but the entry point for Movado is about $800. Skagen has in the past had some good designs (and that is what I lost) but none in stores right now. Citizen has some good Eco-Drive watches with blank faces (since they are fancy solar watches with the solar panel built into the face lack of decoration helps) but the solar panel element is apparent under bright light. This is a good watchface for me, though this specific model is thicker than I'd like: I don't wear jewelry except watches and I recognize I'm horribly picky.
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12-24-2006, 05:42 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Yeah, I'd looked at both of those in the malls yesterday but wasn't willing to play the list price for them so one of the things I told Lani was that I'd check online. The cheapest thing would be to pick one of my old watches and get a new battery put into it but I want to move forward. When it comes to these things I do have expensive taste. We were in a Movado store in Walnut Creek last night and they had the full array. I looked them over and picked one to try on. It was, of course, the $2,100 one.
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12-25-2006, 12:13 AM	#4
NickO'Time Missed it by that much.. Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 678	On Friday the Mall in our town had at least a 45 minute wait for parking. I was working my shift at my place of work. The Ugg boots are still hot 4 years running after Oprah made a blurb about them. ~~cough~ ~lemmings~~ cough~~ We sold these boots out at our store. We would get about 20 calls in one morning just asking for them. No exaggeration. This one lady comes in acts like we are criminalizing her because we need the product back in condition to re-sell if she chooses to return them. Saying we are more concerned about the product then the customer. I can somewhat see what she is trying to say, but no reason to get "bent" about it. __________________ Yeah, right.
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