An expensive watch is a stylish accessory that emphasizes a certain status of a person. They can be worn on the left, right hand, hidden from prying eyes or unobtrusively shown to interlocutors. This is especially true for watches produced by well-known brands. However, simple walkers can be useful, beautiful, if you skillfully fit them into the interior of the bedroom, living room. Many consider them a great option for a birthday present, New Year or anniversary, but in reality not everyone is happy with a modest or luxurious ticking box tied with a bow. The fact is that there are signs that explain why you can’t give a watch to a newlyweds, a girl or a guy, a loved one and a colleague.
According to the popular rumor, giving someone a watch is a bad omen. There are several similar interpretations of it, but they all agree on one thing - the clock attracts negative energy to itself, taking away from a person his happy years of life. That's why you can’t give a watch to a girl, boyfriend or newlyweds, as well as loved ones on their birthday, March 8, New Year. True, there are special rites that can remove the negative, but not all know them.
Where do the “legs grow” from the belief
The ban explaining why it is impossible to give watches, both wrist and wall, came to Russia from China. Since ancient times, the Chinese have been wary of mechanisms that can measure time invisible to the eye and not felt firsthand. And the Chinese character meaning the word "death" is very similar to the character "clock". That is why the sages from the east gave instructions - never to make and never buy watches for loved ones and relatives. This meant that the giver unconsciously wishes the person a quick departure from life.
Other peoples also had "dangerous" signs. It was believed that clockworks possess magic spells, magic, are able to stop time or slow it down, turn back. Another superstition explaining why you can not give a watch to your loved one is connected with an early parting with him, and not just separation, but a breakdown in relations.
Why don’t give a watch for a birthday or a wedding
The most important sign, why you can’t give a watch to a guy, girl or newlyweds for a wedding, as well as to a husband or wife, is connected with separation. In many countries, it is believed that if you give such a present to your loved one, separation is inevitable. It doesn’t matter if the spouse or groom believes in this sign, in the foreseeable future they will not only have to part for a while, but really divorce, forget about each other and about their feelings after quarrels and scandals.
Another sign is associated with long-standing friendships and good relations between close people. Superstition says that as soon as the donated wrist or wall clock stops, the long-term friendship between the donors and the hero of the day, the birthday boy, will stop. Another, more terrible and ominous sign, concerns the death of the donee. She promises the owner of the presented watch a quick death immediately after the "walkers" who have not arrived on time stop. After such information, many feel uncomfortable, hence the apparent reluctance of many to accept as a gift from loved ones a box with a pot-bellied alarm clock or wrist accessory inside for New Year, anniversary, ordinary birthday.
The last sign of "dislike" for chronometers is their complex mechanism and the presence of a large number of sharp details. Even the hands of the watch are pointed, and there are a lot of them, usually not 1, but 2 or even 3. According to ancient superstitions, sharp details can "cut" the life of the donee.
For those who do not believe in signs and superstitions, the presented watches can simply hint at adulthood, the passing time, especially for women. Therefore, such a present usually always causes rejection and rejection, albeit unconscious. Yes, and older people, especially parents, when they look at the wall clock, they will be sad, realizing how quickly the years, days and hours fly by, depriving them of such important communication with their children and grandchildren. If there is any doubt about the advisability of such a souvenir or accessory, it is better to choose another gift.