If you’re looking for a method to pair your colourful tattoo with a watch, consider revisiting the colour wheel which you were likely introduced to in school. Opposites on the wheel are considered complimentary colours, so you know that blue and orange will always look great, just like purple and yellow, or teal and pink. Colour temperatures can be a good guide as well, so sticking with warmer or cooler tones will likely blend together nicely. The same theory applies to the metal of the watch case, with stainless steel being a cool, white tone, yellow gold being warmer, and rose gold being the warmest. When in doubt, sticking to a monochrome steel watch with a black dial is always a safe bet.
No body ink and no wristwatch. I look upon tattoos as "trailer park trash" and since I am retired for over 10 years, I do not need to know what time it is.
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Ha! Excellent point about being retired. Still, be aware that at some point your doctor is going to start asking seemingly silly questions about what day it is and who is president. Be sure to know the answer, or bad things may happen.
DeleteI can give him the time ok. Is it alright if I answer the second question with 'Mickey Mouse?'
DeleteMickey Mouse would be accurate these days. Just make sure your doctor agrees with you on that.
DeleteJust another reason I'm happy being color blind.
ReplyDeleteNow there is concern that all those tattoos can maybe be contributing to lymphoma.
ReplyDeleteOwning a Zodiac is on my "Watch" bucket list, along with a Sinn, a Grand Seiko, a Christopher Ward, an Omega, a MeisterSinger, a Hanhardt..... I could go on.
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Casio Oceanus and that's it, er well till I get a Grand Seiko spring drive.
DeleteI noticed that many of the watch dealers are having a super sale right now, probably because it's the end of the fiscal year and they're clearing out inventory. Might be a good time to score one of those on your list.
DeleteI have a better idea - stay away from the doctor. You go in for one thing and they find a whole bunch of other stuff that's supposedly wrong and all of a sudden your life changes. Live till you die and be thankful for everyday you get.
DeleteI also never fell for that tattoo fad. Very similar to the CB fad in the 80's. Saw the CB fad run it's course and die a natural death. Thought that was dumb also.
ReplyDeleteYea, I skipped out on the tattoo. Did smoke Marlboros for a short time, though.
ReplyDeleteOnly tattoo I ever considered was having my blood type noted someplace on my front under my shirt. Apparently that was a thing among military people for a while; don’t know if anyone still does that, but it seemed to make sense at the time. But then I was given to understand that “they” won’t top you off with whole blood until after they’ve checked you for your type. So there was little real need for the tattoo. Anyone?
ReplyDeleteAddendum: Camp Pendleton, 1979-1981. Uniform of the day was woodland cammies and black combat boots. Many of our dark-green Marines were wearing “gold” wristwatches and that really looked good on their chocolate-colored skin. But then Special Services got a shipment of white leather handball gloves, and a lot of the guys started wearing them all the time . . . even guys who had no intention of ever playing handball. It was a style faux pas: “Mickey Mouse goes to war.”
ReplyDeleteThis watch phenomenon going on where strangers on the internet seem to think it's normal to drop enough money to buy a house on a timepiece baffles me.
ReplyDeleteWhenever I'm tempted to get a tattoo, I just set the money aside for my next ER visit.
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