As much as I like this watch that you see on the left, I hesitate. I once saw this watch on an Amazon page – someone else was actually buying this and I happened to check it out. That was back in 2017 but I love this style and look that I have kept it in my list of things to buy. However even when I had some spare money I did not pull the trigger on this item.

And the reason is, if you know me, I don’t wear watches. Not because I don’t like them. But from 2005 I have had an issue. I started getting an allergy to watch straps – when I sweat, and I sweat a lot, I start to get these rashes around the wrist where the watch touches my skin. I changed the strap from plastic to leather to metal and it wouldn’t go away, unless I used an ointment on it for days at a stretch and not wear the watch. So slowly I stopped wearing them since. Back in 2012 I received a watch as a gift from one of our clients and as much as I liked it, I didn’t wear it for more than 2 days.

So since then I have admired watches, some designs seem good to me and I envy people who have nice watches. I have not bought one since 2005 and hence I just use my phone to tell me the time. But I would love to start wearing watches again.