Why Do Assholes Love Watches?

When you think of “things that self-aggrandizing assholes like,” you may think of flashy jewelry, or exotic sports cars, or misquoting The Art of War. True enough. But there is no single signifier more characteristic of the upwardly mobile, ostentatious yet fundamentally insecure, braggart asshole male than an expensive fucking watch. See this? It’s a Breitling, bro. Don’t touch. More »