Jan 27

Watch that all about then?

I saw a great watch online today. I’ve hankered after a nice retro LED watch for a while but haven’t got around to choosing one. For a brief while I entertained the notion of a binary LED watch but most of them look really crap, as if us geeks don’t have any sense of style whatever.

Alright, calm down at the back.

Anyhow, I saw an ace watch today (though with a rather stupid name) that was binary, LED and stylish too. It was Â£100. That’s a lot of money, thinks I. So I shop around a bit on the web and find it cheaper only at one place, which is out of stock. Then I chicken out and don’t buy it.

I do that all the time. I can’t seem to spend money on things just cos they look good. It’s really annoying! It’s how I failed to buy an ace early Digby Page painting too, before he got really popular, which would have looked great on the wall of my new-house-to-be…

Edit -

this is the watch. And I have been reminded that i need a phone more than I need a watch… hmm, three months without broadband? Or two months with neither phone nor broadband…? Shame I’m not a smoker cos I could quit and save the money that way.

9 comments so far...

2wheeler Said on January 27th, 2006 at 12:45:

Er… Both watches look a bit crap, really. In six months time, you’ll never want to wear it again.
kate Said on January 27th, 2006 at 13:48:

You could stop eating caramel shortcakes :-) Might take a bit longer to save the money, but you’re waistband might benefit too ;-)
Lisa Said on January 27th, 2006 at 15:30:

That is very geeky.

The binary clock looks nicer than the watches.
namke Said on January 27th, 2006 at 18:35:

Oof. Well, I could certainly think of a better way to spend the money… Binary
watches have a certain ‘hey wow’-ness to them, but (for me) that kind of wears off after about
10011 seconds.

Try and find another up-and-coming artist, and buy a painting :)
lawstudent Said on March 8th, 2006 at 13:47:

Would just like to say that Digby Page is my dad!
dd Said on May 4th, 2006 at 14:30:

Does this mean the Digby Page oil painting I have Is actually worth some thing!!
sweavo Said on May 4th, 2006 at 14:47:

I have no idea… but I liked that one I missed far more than the more representative stuff I’ve been seeing lately.

… and congrats, lawstudent :-)
dd Said on May 4th, 2006 at 14:53:

But do we reffer to the same Digby Page
dd Said on May 4th, 2006 at 14:58:

O I best not get excited then!!!