Caravelle NY by Bulova Ladies Watch
- Choose between a petite horn-resin watch with a date function for $19, a stainless steel watch for $24, or a stainless steel watch with a chronograph function for $34
- As far as this watch newb understands it, the “chronograph function” means that it is also a stopwatch and features additional displays
- Each has a water resistance mark of 30 meters, which seems like a lot, but might be not enough. You’ll have to help us out here, people
- Models: 43L186, 43L178, and 43M109 (That’s in descending order of price, and coincidentally whatever that last number means).
The Time Between
Ah, May 18th, or as I like to say: 358 shopping days until Mother’s Day! Okay, not really. And that’s the point. We always think about the agreed-upon days for giving each other gifts. There’s Valentines Day. Then there’s Mother’s Day. Graduation, Father’s Day, back-to-school. After that, hell, we’re careening towards the most intense gift-giving season of all.
But giving gifts at these times actually pays out very low, in terms of relationship dividends. If you buy your mom or your spouse or whoever something like, say, one of these Caravelle New York watches for a major (or even minor) holiday, here’s what you’re saying: “I have succumbed to some combination of advertising and societal pressure and am now checking a box.”
Or, to put it differently: the ceiling for potential joy is considerably lower around major holidays. After all, the gift recipient already has heightened expectations. They will receive a gift, they know that much. Your gift may exceed their expectations, but you have to really go above and beyond.
Now compare that to the recipient’s expectations on some random day in June. Considerably lower, right? They expect kindness, they expect respect. Maybe they expect you to pick up toilet paper because you’re out, or to get the kids from school. But a beautiful new watch?! No. Friggin’. Way.
That’s why we’re selling these Caravelle New York watches today and not a couple weeks before Valentine’s or Mother’s Day: to help you ascend the ranks. Because you don’t just want to fulfill your duties. You want to blow past all benchmarks and establish yourself as an absolutely premier child or life partner.
With all that being said, maybe keep it to yourself that the watch only cost between $19 and $34. Because, c’mon! Who’s really keeping score, right?
