Selling the bling watches I don't wear anymore, I now am down to 14 in my collection. Even that feels like too much. I could happily get it down to a rotation of my top 5 and be content (which includes the 3 shown above). The bling watch companies probably have a 5-year window for customers like me in which they can bilk us until we wake up from our dream. The bling lifers are probably outliers.
I've heard the first thing a woman notices when a man walks into a room is his watch. Being single and in one's twenties when being a rakish Billy Goat is a full-time job, it's important to have peacocking accessories. Enter Invicta, with lots of flashy models that are real lookers between $200-300.
As you get older (I'm 51, married, children), more classic high-end watches with strong lume become the draw, watches that cost between $550-$1,200 and even higher. Or go on a budget with Seiko and Citizen starting around $200.
I wanted to buy a Seiko SUN007 over 2 years ago because I was drawn to the monochromatic gunmetal styling, but at the time I was going through my clown watch phase and deemed the SUN007 "too small," at 44mm.
My tastes have changed and confident that my people at Watch City can work on a kinetic for a low cost, I pulled the trigger on this used model, mint condition, for $199. It arrived mint as described with 4 links. I could not get the watch around my hand, let alone my wrist and had to add 3 of the links. It's a bit loose now but I fear one less link will be too tight for me. We shall see.
The lume is great, the same as my Seiko Black Monster and the energy reserve works well, considering I only wore it for a half hour last night and this morning it was still ticking.
However, I don't understand the power reserve monitor. There are different color marks, but I don't know how to read it. I guess I'll open the manual.
On a bad note, it appears the crown is push/pull, not screw-down.
But overall the gunmetal has the iconic look that makes me a huge fan of the Black Monster. This one is a keeper.
Update on Power Reserve Monitor:
Tony emailed me:
To check the power reserve on your Kinetic, you wait for the second hand to reach 12 then press the button. The second hand will then fast forward up to 30 seconds. 30 seconds is full power, 20 seconds is somewhat less etc. At least that is how mine works.
Thanks, Doug T:
For your amusement -- "American's manliest cities":
http://www.americasmanliestcities.com/
Los Angeles, I am sorry to report, is 4th from bottom. Actually, all California cities ranked are in the (bottom) 44-50 rank.
I knew losing body fat was one of the best ways to increase tesosterone. Adrian Bryant goes over 14 ways to do it.
Exceptional one-day sale on the black gunmetal Invicta 1268. It comes with another cheapie watch for free.
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