Four Cool Men’s Watches from Sears

If you are gift shopping at Sears this year, you may be pleasantly surprised to find gifts for men outside of the hardware section. Sears has long been known as a place to buy major appliances, tools, and beds. However, over the past couple of years, I’ve discovered that it is also a very cool place to buy watches for men. Since Sears targets mainstream American shoppers, it has been easy to find a wide-variety of watch styles at affordable prices.

At the higher end, Sears carries brands like Citizen, Seiko, and Bulova. These brands are generally priced between $100 and $500 at Sears. Perhaps the most impressive watch that I’ve seen at Sears was the famous Citizen Skyhawk aviation watch. For more down-to-earth watch collectors, Fossil’s Relic Brand offers plenty of great watches in the mid-priced range that lies between $50 and $100. In the under $50 space, familiar brands like Timex, Casio, and Armitron can be found in abundance. However, for under $35, you can also get watch brands like US Polo Association and Structure. With this array of price points, you can always find a cool watch.

Here are some of the coolest watches from Sears that I’ve added to my collection:

1. Bulova Classic Quartz Silver Dial Dress Watch. If I need to suit up, interview, give a speech, or just act like a real business man, I choose my Bulova. It’s a classic watch with a shiny silver face, the trademarked Bulova tuning forks logo, and all stainless steel case and band. It was a great buy on clearance for only $99. If it’s an important day, I wear my Bulova.

2. Elgin Men’s Watch with Multifunction Dials. My Elgin looks like one of the world’s great automatic watches. But, it has a secret. It’s really powered by a battery and quartz movement. The extra movement features simply drive a decorative second hand. Still, this looks like the watch that Captain Nemo would wear. It’s very cool in a steampunk kind of way and costs less than $100.

3. Structure Instrument Panel Analog Watch. Do you feel excluded by the exclusivity and price of high end European watches? I did. I love the looks genuine Bell & Ross instrument panel watches, but they are priced far beyond my means. Sears allowed me to get similar instrument panel style in a $30 quartz watch from Structure.

4. Hamlin Ultra-Thin Stainless Steel Dress Watch. Long, long, ago, an American watch company called Hamlin made ultra-thin watches. Now, the brand has been revived and sells thin, well-designed, dress watches that are made in Asia. They look good and compete well with brands like Skagen and Grenen.

If you find yourself at a loss when buying gifts for men for Christmas, Hannukah, Birthdays, or Father’s Day, the jewelry department at Sears is worth a look. You’ll have a great chance to find a good watch.

Sources:
Personal Experience
Sears.com

Other articles by this contributor:
A Guide to Military Field Watches
How I Eat Healthy at Chick-Fil-A
A Guide to Preppy Style Watches for Men

Reference:

• www.thewatchdude.blogspot.com/
• mywristwatch.net/index.php
• www.watchfreeks.com/