What’s With Wristwatches?

OH, SURE, I KNOW WHAT THEY’RE used for. But what’s with 90 percent of them being sold as “Diver’s Watches”???

“Good to a depth of 500 feet.”

Big honking numbered depth dial around the watch face.

Just what percentage of people who buy watches ARE divers, anyway? And why do they exert such an outlandish influence over the watch industry? I mean, do you see Football Watches? Well-diggers’ Watches? Stockbrokers’ Watches?

Does the jewelry business have some secret info that nearly everybody alive has this overwhelming desire to be a diver? Or if not, is being a diver so cool that just having a diver’s dial on your watch gives you major status?

Maybe next time I’m in a long line waiting for a table at the Spaghetti Factory with my Sweetie, I’ll just flash my Diver’s Watch. I’m sure they’ll rush us to their best table and make the meals complements of the house.