Shannon Jones
I used to wear a swiss army pocket watch throughout the time that I was in high school and eventually stopped wearing it after I got my first cell phone. I figured that I didn't need it anymore because my phone had a clock in it and I wasn't really interested in wearing a wrist watch. About a month ago, I began to think that it would be cool to start wearing it again, partly for fashion and partly for convenience (It's much easier to reach into my back pocket for my pocket watch to read the time than it is to dig into my front pocket and take out my cell phone). My swiss army one had stopped working even after I had replaced the battery, so I decided to buy this one to satisfy my desire to start wearing a pocket watch again. I can say with the upmost confidence that this watch is much smaller, weighs less, and seems more delicate than my swiss army one, but that really doesn't bother me; I was looking for a watch that was simple, displayed arabic numerals, and kept good time, and this watch delivers in all of those respects. The box that it comes with says that Gotham, the manufacturer of the watch, provides a lifetime warranty for it, and that's a plus for me. I like the clip that comes with the watch. It's definitely better than my swiss army one, which was similar to a clip on a necklace, that being like a metal loop with a latch on it in which you open the latch and attach the loop to your pants or whatever; this watch's clip is more like the clip on a cell phone, one in which you simply slip the clip on your belt or pants or whatever and it stays in place. I also like the highly polished chrome back of the watch (It's a good and inconspicuous mirror). I don't know if the watch is waterproof; I'm not going to submerge it in water to find out, but it would be a plus for me if it is. The one drawback of the watch, though, is the chain that it comes with: I found it very prone to twisting and tangling, which I first found to be annoying, but I decided I could live with it. Luckily, however, I still had the chain from my swiss army watch, and I replaced the one that came with this watch with my swiss army one, and now I can honestly say that I'm satisfied with the watch and that it fulfills all of my needs. To me, that's a good idea to keep in mind when you're in the market for anything: don't ask, "Which is the most technologically advanced?" or "Which is the latest version?" or "Which one will make me popular?" , but rather, "Which one meets my needs?" All of the other options out there will be irrelevant once you own the product, and whether it is the latest and greatest really won't matter much if it doesn't meet your needs. This watch meets most of my needs, so I can say that I am satisfied with it.
