Most of us have hobbies…well, I seem to collect ’em. It started in college when I got really into fish tanks, or as us nerds call it “tanking”…See, the problem is, I feed of other people’s excitement. If you’re jazzed about tic-tac-toe, I’m jazzed about tic-tac-toe. Anyways, my roommate in college was a diving instructor and was really into salt-water fish, therefore, I was really into salt-water fish. I spent the next two years learning and spending. When I started grad school I got a part time job at a bicycle shop. It didn’t take long before it looked like I was training for the Tour de France. In 2013, I went camping in Colorado, as of today, I’m ready for the Appalachian Trail. The problem with all of these hobbies is that they’re expensive and I’ve had continued interest in all of them. I can’t just dump them and move on…I’m a polygamist of hobbies. My latest wife or hobby is the mac daddy of wormholes when it comes to money. You might as well take everything out of your savings account, roll it into a ball, light it on fire, bury the ashes, then light it on fire, again. I’m into watches or should I say “timepieces”.
Let me tell, I love it! I love reading about watches, I love talking about watches, I love wearing watches, but to love watches is to be with out question a mad man. Here’s why, when one buys a watch they buy it for numerous reasons, whether it be looks, quality of the movement, name recognition, what-have-you, the main reason you buy a watch is to tell time. Therefore, it’s logical to think that the more expensive watches would be the ones that are the most accurate at telling time. While some may argue that this is somewhat true, it is incredibly false. To make that claim would be like me trying to tell you that a flashlight is brighter than sun and that the sun isn’t very good at its job. Well, I’m here to tell you today that my $50 dollar digital Timex keeps better time than a $9,000 Rolex Submariner. Now I get it, with a high-end watch your paying for the materials, the quality of the movement, you’re appreciating the fact that it’s mechanical, you’re appreciating the artisan-ship that goes into making such a timepiece. However, if you’re in radio, where things are done down to the second, you need a watch that is darn near perfect, when it comes to time. Not a watch that adds or looses 6-10 seconds a day. As a new watch lover this reminds me that my yearning for a high quality watch is ultimately unnecessary due to the fact I could never rely on it at work. Let’s hope I get another wife soon.
Chad