A watch, is a watch, is a watch.
What is the primary function of a watch? To tell time. What is time? A man-made concept.
On December 31, 1999, CNN presented this special report where they went around the world to show what everyone was doing at the stroke of midnight on New Year's eve. There were celebrations galore in most cities and countries around the world, then, they stopped in Africa, in the middle of a desert, in a nomad tribe. They lived in makeshift tents, with bare essentials and nothing but camels as possessions. Guess what? They went to bed when the sun went down and got up when the sun came up. They ate when they were hungry and they moved when there was no water or food. No clock, no watches, no concept of time. That was the way it was before man invented time. I went to a religious retreat one time and the first thing you had to do is give up your watch. We are so bound by time and our lives circle around time, we never do things instinctively.
I define watches as "chains and balls." All a watch does is structure our lives around the man made concept of "time." Man are destined to die and from the moment we are conceived, we count down to our death. I don't mean to sound morbid, but that is the simple fact and truth.
I did not mean to get all philosophical here but a watch should be used to tell time. Now what kind of watch we use to achieve that purpose is a matter of preference. If your preference is to show off your status, wealth and power, chances are you will wear something others will recognize and gawk at.
Watches, like pens, cars, shoes, clothing, house and jewelry are toys people use to "show off." Of course, there are people out there who will collect expensive watches for collections sake, and others for variety.
Does wearing a "Rolex" make a person better than the other? Does a Baby-G or Casio make one lesser of a person? Not necessarily. Bill Clinton loves his Timex Ironman. I know guys who own Pateks that I know for a fact cannot afford one. (Pateks start at around $11,000). It is unfortunate that some people will wear knock offs hoping others will upgrade their status.
If a person can wear a fake Rolex and pull if off as the real thing, more power to them. Is it really worth calling or labeling people over man made concepts and objects? Why do we waste our man made concept of "time" responding and defending this accusations.
If a person has one watch and loves it and never takes it off that is fine. If someone has 500 knock off or cheap watches and wears 3 different watches 3 times a day, that is ALSO fine. If a person collects and owns nothing but expensive watches but prefers to carry around a cell phone and use the cell-phone's clock that is absolutely fine too.
Besides, headphones, people here seem to be pretty passionate about their watches. All I am trying to say is let it remain a "passion." Don't let watches become a tool for belittling others, and don't feel like you have to defend the belittling. If someone posts their watch and you like it, complement on it. If you don't like it? Please keep it to yourself. It is a "preference."
Let's keep it fun! Oops...I gotta run... I am out of time.
