Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Finding The Right Luxury Watch

By Ferda Shinsky

A wrist watch is of utmost use in our daily life, whether we're on our way to an appointment, or picking up the kids from daycare, out on a date or set to meet with business colleagues. Watches are essential gadgetry in every walk of life.

Men's watches have become not just a tool to tell time but a personification of their taste, symbol and standing in their peer group; not just an instrument that counts down the seconds but one that marks up your status in society.

The choice of a luxury watch over a standard edition is one such manifestation of taste over utility. The man making such a choice asserts the importance of class and status over the banal function of telling time. Quality is the hallmark of an elite individual. Quality luxury wristwatches separate the man with fine tastes from a rustic bumpkin sporting a functional but un-stylish wristwatch.

In choosing a luxury watch, there are some things that a man may want to consider. He needs to decide if he wants an automatic watch or quartz. An automatic watch works by the movement of your hands, where as quartz will need to have its battery replaced. There are both types of watches for men available in luxury watches; it just depends on what a man wants.

After a man chooses the type of luxury watch that he wants to go with, them he needs to decide the specific style of watch that he will go with. Tag watches seem to be very popular theses day, but there is a wide selection of other styles and brands that a man could choose from. There seems to be a vast number of luxury watches to choose from in looking at watches for men.

A man also needs to consider how much that he is willing to pay for a luxury watch. Is price an issue, or is the sky the limit? If the sky is the limit than a man should have no problem finding a watch that suits him and is making the statement that he wants to make. The man on a budget need not to despair, with a little shopping around he should be able to find a luxury watch that he likes and fits in his budget.

In looking for that special watch a man also needs to consider where he is going to be wearing it. The man that has to do moderately rough work on a everyday basis but still wants to wear a luxury wrist watch don't want to buy a delicate watch, but one that is made to withstand some abuse. On the other hand, the man who works in an office, whose work is not really physical wouldn't have to worry so much about that aspect of his luxury watch.

Luxury watches are probably not for everybody, but then what is. But for those men who view their watch as more than just tool to tell time, those men who want to wear a touch a class on their wrist, for those who are satisfied with just a watch, the luxury watch was made for them. - 16755

About the Author: