>>Depends whether you're buying it just to tell time or as a piece of jewelry. I habitually give Bar and Bat Mitzvah kids an elegant watch as a piece of jewelry. For those closest to us, I have it engraved with their initials and the date of the event.
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>>Tamar
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>I know everyone views these things differently - personally, I never really bought into watches as forms of jewelry.
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>I have the same neck chain that my wife bought me 12 years ago, plus my wedding band. I'm pretty much a dead man if I take either one off.
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>Then again, I have an expensive ($150) laptop bag that's water resistant and nearly water proof. I guess that's my form of jewelry :)

FWIW, we went to a Bar Mitzvah last month and gave the young man an attractive watch. He turned up on the our doorstep a few days later dressed up from some event with the watch on his wrist and a big smile on his face. Best thank you "note" I've ever gotten.

Tamar