My birthday present from hubby this year is a women’s watch from SOLVIL. And speaking of watches, I realized that I have never ever bought a single watch for myself in my life so far! 
When I was studying in school, my watches were given to me by my parents or aunt. Those were the cheap ones bought from one of the small watch shops or in the night market, haha! Although they’re nothing expensive nor carrying any labels, they were usable and worked for a long time before they went kaput.
During my university years, if i remembered correctly, I received three watches - two from my then boyfriend (now ex of course), and one from a friend from Hong Kong. The watch that my Hong Kong friend gave me is probably the cutest watch I’ve ever had so far. A huge blue watch with Doraemon in it, with its hand serving as the minute and second hands.
And then, came my hubby, who had also gave me three watches since we met until today.
- The first one was from 25 Hours, the first birthday present from him. Not using anymore…
- The second one from GUESS, half-paid half-redeemed, a birthday gift as well. Am still using it today but its strap is going to be a gone case soon…
- The third one - a watch from SOLVIL received just few days ago. Bought it from CityChain at Gurney Plaza.
Black and white floral design inside the watch, with ‘diamonds’ (how I wished they were real!) studded around on the edge. Suitable to wear to work, shopping, dinner and functions, all except to mamak stall. Hahaha! Original price was RM299, but there was a 30% discount offer so it ended up at around RM210.
I think I should stop relying on people to buy watches for me, hehe. So, I have decided that within this year, I’m gonna save enough money to buy myself a Baby-G watch, something like these:
Casio Baby-G G-ms series - (left) MSG-300C-7B2 (right) MSG-300D-4B
I like tough, rugged watch designs, such as these chronograph watches, for more casual occasions or outdoor activities. They look very alike, so I can’t figure out which is the one I saw in CityChain. The one I saw costs almost RM600. I hope I can buy it - with my own money - by the end of this year. 
Actually, I think I should start ‘investing’ in timepieces, shouldn’t I? I just wonder how many watches I could afford to buy and manage to take care of in 10 years’ time…
