Besides how to tell a man by his shoes, a book written by a
Hollywood friend, Kathryn Eisman, there’s one more secret into the world of
decoding men.
Now not for a minute should you, the reader think, that this
diatribe is meant for women readers, it’s actually meant for men. It’s a way in to a women’s head, privy to her
thoughts then perhaps you would be privy to her soul and her body and whatever
else you may wish to enter.
Over the fashion decades, there’s very little a man can
adorn himself to project his style, his riches, or his taste. His masculinity propels
forward, through body language, body image (visualize those abs). But sometimes he needs to show a little more,
if God wasn’t so kind with his looks, height or
baldness. A suit is a suit, albeit an Armani one or off
the Marks & Spencers peg. A pair of jeans, is a pair of jeans, no more no
less. Understood that some of the brands
are a yard or two over the marker but nevertheless jeans reveal nothing of the
man.
But his watch does.
His lack of taste or flashy style is not dependent on the thickness of his
wallet. What’s on his wrist says a multitude of things on how he sees himself. It also attracts a certain type of lady.
Imagine a Board room. All suited, sitting along a board room
table discussing the next quarter’s
strategy . It would probably range from
the intern straight out of Harvard, or the Party lobbyist against the President.
The CEO reveals a well cut dark double
breasted pinstripe suit, white shirt with gold cufflinks and peaking very
subtly a Patek Phillipe Calatrava yellow
gold from his shirtsleeve. It depicts the “I have arrived” classically classy connotation. Vanity mark high on the scale states, “This
is my daily wear, I change for the evening”.
If he is magically single, his ex wife did not get much from the divorce
proceeds. Most likely married, he
looks for other opportunities, as he does in business and in personal
ventures.
Sportsman, athletes, have their black Tissot or Tourbillon with lots of different dials. A competitor in everything, whether at
school, in the gym, and in the work force. He’ll try and beat the other guy to
a woman’s heart. He’s the intern, after
the meeting, he goes for a mile swim, 20 miles bike ride and then run a 10K –
finishes his report before anyone else and gets the chick in time for the
office party. An ADHD profile, be rest
assured being with this kind of man requires an active woman by is side.
The Cool Dude generally will display a wide band design watch. It just says “hey look at me - I am cool”. As vain as the Chairman of the company, only he has less money to spend. Armani Exchange clothes, not quite the real McCoy but nonetheless does the trick. He scores well with women, because of his coolness, glides effortlessly into the chat. The mysteriousness of black is where interesting women clings for want of more.
The Spy Watch (like William Baldwin in Sliver) is the one to look out for. He is the type that is clean cut, neat, in fact baby faced, naivity spewing out of his persona. What he has on his wrist is the ultimate in today's wristband. Its the Spy Watch. It does everything: an incredible piece of technology that puts a video camera, a microphone, and a digital video recording into a working men's watch. It also has a usb outlet to transfer everything onto your computer. Yes, this device is used by Law Enforcement, private investigators. Or a very quirky guy hell bent on peeping, voyeuristic that need to gather video evidence for one scary reason or another, and yet remain incogneto and discrete. Or he likes to take video clips of his lovemaking - always goes for high profile, difficult to attain, almost always married women.
The man with a fancy Gold Rolex is crass, showing off that he's successful. Sales people love to wear gold Rolexes. Makes them feel superior to other sales guys who can’t afford them. It says “I’m good at what I do. Look at my expensive Rolex.” Ladies who love to gold dig, digs this kind of guy. He maybe a Sheik, or a Vegas Car salesman, a Hollywood actor, it's just a vulgar statement - "I can buy you - just name your price."
The No Watch guy : He is saying, "I’m organic. I don’t need a watch to
tell the time, my iPhone does that for me." He's never without his Iphone. On the minus side, when he does not to pick up the phone, and says he left it in the car, you know he's a liar, basically he's lost interest . On the plus side, he is never late. I like this kind of guy. No frills. He's good at texting under the table and with lightening speed, only to receive another message before you've even sent the first reply.
Leave the Patek Phillipe, the Swatch, The Spy Watch and whatever horological design on the foyer. Plug the Iphone, turn it on "airplane" mode and forget being connected.
I like a bare wrist
- being with me -
there's absolutely no hurry.
I must be a very confused soul,... I have a large collection of watches,..many styles and yet I wear none. But I am always ontime,..for I always carry my Galaxy S4 with me. iPhone is sooooo 2012.
ReplyDeleteGreat read again. Thank you.
You obviously like variety but usually when there is a stock pile, you grab the most satisfactory at hand. I mean the Samsung. I agree IPhone is very 2012 but highly reliable as it carries everything when the need is at its most urgent.
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