Gear!

Perhaps prompted in part by the plethora of posts by my sister about toys, featuring two about watches, I finally got around to making a certain purchase.

With a new sport comes an opportunity for new gear.
Mmmmm... gear....

Over the summer I did the PADI Open Water scuba certification, and thus I could mentally justify a shopping spree. Yesterday I bought a dive watch, ostensibly as a backup for dive computers: the Omega Seamaster 2254.50. Correction: according to the marketing literature, it's not a mere *watch* it's a chronometer. I do have a minor attachment to Omega, as they were the top-of-the-line equipment for timing in meets when I was swimming as a child. This one is more to my taste than its cousin, the current James Bond watch.

I think the dive watch feature of rotating bezel qualifies it as a toy. I wonder if it's a toy that will have an effect on the behaviour of salespeople? I suppose I'll find out.