Monday, October 16, 2006

Watches that work

A special advertising supplement to yesterday's New York Times features mechanical watches. A lead article entitled "Like a Phoenix: The Stunning Rebirth of the Mechanical Watch" starts by explaining that the watch industry panicked (unnecessarily) in the 1970s when quartz watches came out. It seems that I am one of the few who chooses a watch based on function. My preference is the Timex Ironman 100-lap (T51931), but I do wish it were a bit smaller and more stylish.