I could've sworn I read somewhere that you're Chinese/Oriental... You've had to have heard of this??
If you're superstitious to that point, buying someone a watch technically means you're buying someone "time"... Which means you're limiting the person to only a certain amount of time left to live. My wanted to get me a watch for Christmas but wanted to tip-toe around this so she told me she wanted to buy me a watch, had me choose one, then gave me money for me to buy it. Loophole