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JwRosenthal
·We have these shopping for children threads periodically so now it’s my turn.
I visited with my sister in CA this last week and spent some time with my teenage nephews. The younger of the two is 15, 6’4, and about 280lbs (mostly muscle). He is in the scouts (on path to eagle), discovered the gym in the last year, works out 5 days a week and is a typical active teenager.
We were out shopping at an antique mall and there was the display of fashion and vintage junk watches in a display case- he was immediately attracted to a white Marc Jacobs plastic POS with little diamonds on the dial (he looked past some decent 60’s pieces and a nice Clebar Chrono). I had to totally restrain myself from vomiting and then shitting on the watch- this is what he likes, it wasn’t ungodly overpriced, so let’s be supportive that he is showing an interest in watches (my wife was very proud of me restraining my snobbery).
We took the watch home and he asked me to help him give it a scrub (good, he wants to know how to clean a watch) and set the time (it has an analog dial- so glad my sister taught him to tell time).
Obviously this Marc Jacobs plastic POS is not suited for his outdoor teenage lifestyle, I told him it’s fine for casual wear but not for sports/gym.
I know nothing about Casio (my last Casio was when I was 12 years old) and I want to send him (Amazon is easiest) a G-shock he can wear for heavy duty at the gym/scouts/teen shenanigans and beat the shit out of it. He clearly likes an analog dial, but for gym etc a digital counter could be useful. He is 6’4 and thickly built so a larger watch would probably be appropriate. I have read some G-shocks have poor backlighting due to various LED colors (apparently the red colored ones). As he does Scouts- night lighting is important. Lastly I would like to keep it under $100 if possible.
Any recommendations on a specific model?
I visited with my sister in CA this last week and spent some time with my teenage nephews. The younger of the two is 15, 6’4, and about 280lbs (mostly muscle). He is in the scouts (on path to eagle), discovered the gym in the last year, works out 5 days a week and is a typical active teenager.
We were out shopping at an antique mall and there was the display of fashion and vintage junk watches in a display case- he was immediately attracted to a white Marc Jacobs plastic POS with little diamonds on the dial (he looked past some decent 60’s pieces and a nice Clebar Chrono). I had to totally restrain myself from vomiting and then shitting on the watch- this is what he likes, it wasn’t ungodly overpriced, so let’s be supportive that he is showing an interest in watches (my wife was very proud of me restraining my snobbery).
We took the watch home and he asked me to help him give it a scrub (good, he wants to know how to clean a watch) and set the time (it has an analog dial- so glad my sister taught him to tell time).
Obviously this Marc Jacobs plastic POS is not suited for his outdoor teenage lifestyle, I told him it’s fine for casual wear but not for sports/gym.
I know nothing about Casio (my last Casio was when I was 12 years old) and I want to send him (Amazon is easiest) a G-shock he can wear for heavy duty at the gym/scouts/teen shenanigans and beat the shit out of it. He clearly likes an analog dial, but for gym etc a digital counter could be useful. He is 6’4 and thickly built so a larger watch would probably be appropriate. I have read some G-shocks have poor backlighting due to various LED colors (apparently the red colored ones). As he does Scouts- night lighting is important. Lastly I would like to keep it under $100 if possible.
Any recommendations on a specific model?
