I've been steadily acquiring new and used wrist watches for the past 5-6 years, either though celebration, tragedy or just plain old material lust. These timepieces mark milestones and could almost double as photographs the way they retain the moment or circumstances from which I obtained them. These memories bring mixed emotions, and make my Timex and Casios more valuable than any gold Rolex or Tag Heuer, though I wouldn't turn down the offer.

Last week, material lust helped to track down a vintage chrome plated Casio DBC-610, one of those geeky looking calculator watches from the '80s. I don't plan on using any of the special functions, even my girlish digits are too meaty for its tiny key pad. I've seen a couple watches that try to capture that vintage nerd look, but nothing does it like the real thing. The date was even preset to 1985, luckily fully Y2K compliant.

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