I have been trying to think of what to buy for two of my sons who happen to live in different places around the world from me; one son lives in Germany while the other lives in Australia – three of the younger one’s live with me but they are relatively easy to buy for seeing as they have been nagging since August and I have a fairly good idea of what they want by now.

I thought a few years back, as they each turned 18, that I would get them heirloom-type gifts over the following years so that they would have nice pieces to hand on down to their own children in time. Patrick got a lovely fob watch from me for his 18th and treasures it – I am thinking along the same lines for William although more in terms of a stylish watch. I was always generous with my time with them when they were little boys and even though they are far away from me now I think giving the gift of time can still be done but in other ways – what better than a nice watch then…? William in Australia actually needs a good watch so he is the one I have in mind so I spent some time looking at these Seiko Kinetic watches which look as thought they would last a lifetime.

Everyone should be familiar with the Seiko brand and it’s reliability as well as their affordability…in my case those things matter at this time of year. If you are in my situation and are shopping online then you can find a great range of these watches at BlueDial.com and for US customers particularly you get free shipping to continental USA within two days of purchase and just in time for Xmas. You also get the manufacturers three year warranty which is two years longer than other manufacturers offer on their pieces, even though Seiko watches last a lifetime this gives peace of mind and BlueDial also offer their own consumer protection where required. As BlueDial offer watches from a range of manufacturers they can be very competitive price-wise and now is the best time of all to take advantage of this aspect.

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