I Have A New Watch!
So I finally got around to getting a new watch.
I wanted to get a watch that was different from my last watch, since that watch, as you may recall, fell apart. However, as it turns out, the only women’s watch I could find that includes the interval timer feature is… you guessed it, the fall apart-y model of watch that I had before!
“Interval timer” is a feature that allows you to set your watch to beep at different intervals. In my half marathon training, I like to run what are known as “10 and 1s” – this is where you run for 10 minutes, then walk for 1 minute, then repeat. The interval timer allows me to set my watch to beep after 10 minutes, then after 1 minute, and repeat. The only watch I could find that would do this was the “Ironman” Timex watch, which is what I had before it fell apart and the time piece disappeared (I still have the (completely) useless watch strap, but the (actually functioning) time piece – gone). Oddly, the Timex “Marathon” watch does not have an interval timer. It will take your pulse, but it won’t beep on 10 and 1 for you. Which seems odd, given that a lot of marathoners and half marathoners run 10 and 1s. Weird.
Anyway, I decided that, other than the slight problem of falling apart after two (or maybe it was three?) years, this particular model of watch has served me well, so why not buy another one? And, in fact, I used my birthday money from my sister, so technically she bought it for me.
I decided to go with black (as opposed to the baby blue that I had before) because I had noticed that a baby blue sports watch actually looks quite out of place when I’m dressed up for work. Which I only really noticed after I’d been wearing it while dressed up for work for ages. (Becasue I’m awesome like that). I’m hoping that black will be a little les conspicuous.
I wore digital nerd watches for years and years, but finally ditched them for an old-style analog wristwatch in 1995. I’ve stuck with those ever since, and my current one looks positively Edwardian:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2854466682/
I find it a bit refreshing to be able to look at the time and think “it’s about twenty to two” rather than 1:41:13, as I used to. If I need that precision, I check my iPod Touch or computer screen.
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That’s a nice looking watch!
Both of those are sweet watches.
My Dad is crazy into old watches (especially pocket watches), so much that he moderates a vintage watch forum. Teddy will be inheriting some sweet time pieces one day!
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