This weekend was finally time to celebrate getting to the end of two crazy weeks at work.
It’s always the case that when extra shifts need covering I’ll generally be eager to volunteer, thinking “Ooo… imagine the watches I could buy with the extra cash!” but no watch has been worth the multiple 12 hour shifts I’ve been doing these past couple of weeks.
Still, the weekend came, and so me and some friends decided we needed a night out, and that Thai food was the way to go
We were sat chatting and conversation got round to my friends adventures in internet dating.
The internet barely existed when I got married, so fortunately it’s not a world I’ve ever had to navigate, but my friend has become quite the expert.
The last update I’d had from her was after she’d signed up to yet another dating site to see if fishing in a different pool got better results.
I asked how it was going…
“Not great so far, but apparently there are things you can do to get more guys clicking on your profile.”
“Like what?” I asked, as I downed my glass of wine, having massively overestimated my spice tolerance.
“Post pictures wearing your sexiest lingerie.”
“Not like that!” She said with a slightly offended tone as she mopped the wine off the table.
She went on to explain how it’s apparently a well known fact that if you wear sexy lingerie under your clothes for the pictures in your dating profile, you’ll get more likes… or swipes… or clicks…. or whatever the goal is.
The theory is that by choosing the racey underwear you just give off alluring, sexy vibes that guys pick up on even in a photograph.
Now, my initial reaction was…
But then, I actually wondered if there was some truth in it… like a confidence thing….
So what has this got to do with watches?
Well, we always say that no one notices our watches… but what if that’s over-simplifying things?
What if people don’t necessarily see the watch, just like they don’t see the underwear… but what they do see is a difference in you when you wear it?
What if it doesn’t matter that your fake watch is so good no one can tell the difference… you know it’s fake… and that’s what people pick up on.
Maybe people can sense some weird subconscious vibes we give out when we’re wearing these watches?
Part of me is very happy at the thought that deep down people can tell I’m wearing a classy 1960’s Longines, and I come across all….
… but does this mean that when I’m wearing this…
… people subconsciously see this …?
And when I choose this …
…. I’m giving off an aura like…?
I think we need to wield this power wisely my friends.
Take care all!
Kaysia
The Escapement Room 
LOL – great read!
One of my friends (we are all late 40s to early 50s guys) got divorced a couple years ago, and like both of us, had never swiped or clicked or anything as we all married in a pre internet era. Anyway, he’s a good looking guy and wasn’t shy about his role as a cardiac anaesthetist. On bike rides in the months that followed (we bike in a club on weekend, for 100+ kms most days) he’d relate that he knew what it felt like to be a rock star. He’d ‘fun dated’ almost 7 days out of 7, for months. He had an endless stream of young beauties beating a path. Mostly with 1 or 2 weird quirks, but that were dreamy for a few dates.
My realization: the dating world is quite different from the one where we found our partners!
Back to article – yes, I think so – wearing a certain watch or set of clothes can amp up ones confidence, which in turn seems to boost attractiveness.
Put that bracelet version of the Serpenti on your wrist and you’ll have a trail of smitten men following behind you! 😉 (a curse that in hindsight you’d regret)
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See, I do wonder if the rules are different for guys?
I bet A LOT of women actually notice men’s watches when they go out on dates, and Rolex will absolutely shine the brightest.
Maybe I need to do a post about women’s perceptions of the watches men wear 😂
Though there are always going to be certain people, like your George Clooney cardiologist friend, who don’t need to worry too much about watch choice!
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Ooo, good idea! Maybe over a few weeks, ask female acquaintances if they’d notice or care about a guys watch (say, a Rolex vs a Seiko). I suspect even if they said they didn’t care, they might at subconscious level, be more or less interested. Post it in Crunville, it’d be a hot button issue. 😬
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