Dreamcast watch
One thing that I have to say for Bonnie -- when it comes to jewelry, she's very, very practical. She once told me, in all seriousness, that she didn't fancy diamonds or pearls or precious gems, but that if I wanted to spoil her with jewelry, I should just buy her watches.
And not fancy thousand-dollar timepieces or Movado Museum Watch things, either. Novelty watches. She'll find the occasional Nightmare Before Christmas limited edition watch from Hot Topic to be completely irresistable, for example, or decide that Sanrio's newest Hello Kitty watch is an absolute must-have. And it's rare enough that when something does strike her fancy, I try my best to indulge her, either as a birthday or Christmas present or an unexpected bonus just for putting up with my (and the kids') endless shit.
Now, I gave up wearing watches probably at about the same time as I got my PowerBook G4/800. That was the first laptop I ever used that was fast enough to be a replacement for my desktop machine for most of my daily work, and I've never looked back. I've substituted cell phone or PDA clocks as my timepieces of choice. Besides, one can't really wear a watch and use a laptop at the same time, unless one is content with scratching the crap out of the top of the laptop.
Even then, my tastes ran strictly to practical -- or at least utilitarian. I'm a fan of analog timepieces; I did dabble with multifunction digitals in the 80s, but I didn't know any better. Novelty watches? I had a Mickey Mouse watch when I was a kid -- in fact, my obsession with listening to it, in case you've ever wondered, is why this blog is named "Tikkabik." It's my mom's old nickname for me -- a long-descended variation on the "tick-tock" noise that fascinated me so much when I was four.
Anyway, I've finally found a novelty watch that I really, really want: The Dreamcast Watch.
I'm not saying that I'd wear this with, say, a tuxedo or a fancy suit (though I don't see why I wouldn't, exactly). But a Macworld Expo party or a WWDC cocktail reception? Hellz yeah. This is about as geeky chic (and disturbingly appropriate for me, given my taste) as Andy Ihnatko's omnipresent Babylon 5/Crusade Anla'shok medallion.