My $0.02 is that historically, men have had fewer options for expressing themselves through fashion. In formal offices, you basically get to play with your tie and (maybe) your socks. A watch is one of the few outlets for self expression.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In addition to \u201cmen also want to wear shiny things,\u201d watches have a long significance in the military, competitive sports, sailing, mountaineering and exploration, and other historically masculine pursuits and class signifiers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I would add an attraction to, and appreciation of, mechanical craftsmanship, and my sense that many women (and more every day) share in “historically masculine” pursuits, including watch collecting.<\/p>\n
None of these reasons contain a hint of well-to-do megalomania, at least to me. As for these suffering fellow humans who have no watches nor even wrists to wear them on, give me a fuckin’ break, Joyce. How many suffering humans have no Twitter accounts nor even fingers to type tweets with?<\/p>\n
Discussions like these are the reason I maintain a presence in the enemy camp. It’s not all racism and Nazis on X\/Twitter\/MAGA-Muskland, at least if you keep your feed set to “Following” (and of course be selective about whom you follow).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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