Why not give him a hot watch?

I think one of the finest men’s gifts is a watch. There are some wonderful watches available now, both functional and good-looking, and most of them look great on a man’s wrist.

More and more these days men want to look good, and it’s not always just about clothes. A fine fashionable good-looking watch can top off the look for a man, and make him feel good as well.

I’ve featured watches here before, however I’m always happy to look at watches again, just to drool over some of those available.

Today I’ve been looking at some of the watches at ShopNBC.com and I like what I see. In fact I put some images here of those that appealed to me.

My taste in watches runs to color as much as style. I love a good watch that stands out from the crowd, that gets noticed on his wrist and which draws attention. I’m also more an analog man than a digital man.

Not only that I’m also lazy, and so for me a watch that I can wear in the shower is essential, because I’m too lazy to take it off and put it back on every time I take a shower. Luckily nowadays there’s so many fully waterproof watches available.

Now of course your man might be a digital man, or he might love gold, or muted colors, or a different watch band to the one that appeals to me. But either way I can just about guarantee he will love a new watch as a gift for his birthday or Christmas or any other special occasion.

Nowadays the range of watches that you can buy for your man is enormous, and there is something there to suit just about any taste in watches either digital or analogue, colorful or muted, flashy or just plain stylish.

ShopNBC.com is a good place to start looking for a great watch for a gift for your man. They have a massive range of choices including Renato, Swiss Legend, Stuhrling, Movado and more, available in a range of different prices to suit any pocket. One of my favorites is Invicta watches. That’s from ShopNBC.com.

But you can also choose direct from the Invicta Watches website, where you can download the catalogue. Invicta make wide range of different brands of watch.

And there’s some stunning watches right there in that catalogue. I was drooling, again.

Even if your man has a watch already, or even a couple of watches, he can always do with another one as long as it’s different to what he has already and looks great.

Oh, one other thing. To me one of the best things about any gift is that it be personalised. A watch that looks hot is a fine gift, but one that looks hot with a personalised engraved message on the back from you to him is a far better gift than just the watch alone.

The message that you engrave on the back is as important as the watch. The message is a huge part of the gift so you need to think about it carefully and work out what to say in a way that will fit on the back. Read more

Want to buy him a cigar gift but don’t know anything about cigars?

I’ve written about cigar gifts before. Whilst not being a cigar smoker myself I can quite understand the attraction. The aroma of a good cigar is wonderful, and I love it.

However not so many girls are cigar smokers, so you might be a little like me. You’d like to buy him some cigars as a gift however you really know very little about them.

If that’s the case then you may find it interesting to learn a little more about cigars, and you may appreciate a little more exactly why he loves them.

When I first started considering cigars as a men’s gift idea I spent some time looking at various cigar websites. I was stunned to find how many different types of cigars there were. I was also amazed to find out more about the history of cigars, how they are made and where they come from.

I had no idea that cigars have been around for centuries. The American Indians were even smoking tobacco leaves rolled up before Christopher Columbus came to America. In fact it was Columbus who brought the tobacco to Europe.

A lot of what I learned about cigars and their history comes from Famous Smoke Shop’s Complete Guide to Cigars. There you can learn about the different aspects of cigars. For instance you can start to appreciate why there are different colors sizes and shapes. You can also learn about the different names given to different cigars, and what each of these names mean.

There is also a whole range of important aspects to cigar etiquette, none of which I understood. There are important customs and rituals in cigar smoking. There are also accessories such as humidors and cigar cutters which have specific functions. Often, if you’re buying him a gift of cigars you can include various accessories with the cigars if he doesn’t have them already. You can find out in Famous Smoke Shop’s Complete Guide to Cigars what those accessories are and what they do.

Of course if you know exactly which cigars he likes you could just buy those for him for his gift. However why not be more adventurous. Find out more about the different types of cigars and give him some cigars that he might not have tried before. You may well find that those cigars become his favorite. Read more

Whilst I’m not a cigar smoker myself, if ever I get my hands on one I run it under my nose just for that wonderful aroma.

But there’s stacks of men, I know, who love a good cigar or 3. And who can blame them if that’s their thing. And girls, if your man loves a good cigar then there’s your gift ideas for him right there. Cigars and everything that goes with them.

Cigars aren’t cheap of course, and there’s plenty of men who can’t afford all that many. But if you’re looking for a great gift idea then a box of cigars, or perhaps a humidor, or another cigar accessory, would, I’m sure, go down a treat. It’s always nice to buy him something that he can’t afford to buy a lot of himself.

And like just about everything it’s always cheaper to buy online. So today I’ve been looking at cigar stores online.

The one that caught my eye was famous-smoke.com. They have a list of cigar brands on sale that beggars belief. I knew that you got good cigars from Cuba, but Honduras and Nicaragua? And did you know that the Dominican Republic is actually the worlds largest exporter of cigars?

So if your man is a cigar aficionado and smokes Cuban cigars then why not get him some Honduran cigars to try, or Nicaraguan cigars?

If you’re interested in any particular brand of cigars then you can read customer reviews of literally hundreds of different brands. You’re spoiled for choice, so if you know he loves a particular brand you can go straight to it. Otherwise you may spend some time browsing the huge range of different cigars available, and all the options for the different brands.

But if choosing a brand of cigars gets a little confusing why not find him a great cigar gift by buying him a cigar accessory? Like the cigars themselves I had no idea that there were so many different accessories to buy for the cigar smoker. Again there’s hundreds. There’s 107 different cigar cutters alone, for example. And humidification devices to make sure his cigars are as fresh as the day you gave them to him.

And did you even know that cigar lovers need to ensure the exact right level of humidity to make sure those cigars stay at their best, and that he can do that with a hygrometer?

There’s literally hundreds of gift ideas for the cigar smoker, many of which I didn’t even know existed. Right from different brands of cigars to a whole range of cigar accessories.

So if your man is a cigar smoker then there’s your gift ideas right there. Why not treat him to a box of cigars from a country that he didn’t even know made them, or grab him some good cigar accessories? Read more

I love chocolates, especially dark chocolates, and especially with soft centers. I’m hungry thinking about it right now, and I’ve just had breakfast! So I think a gift of chocolate for a man is a wonderful gift.

There seems to be this impression that it is only women who should be given chocolates. That chocolates make a fine valentines day gift for a woman for example. But not for a man. It’s a strange notion, given that just about all men I know love chocolate.

And it’s wonderful news to find out that the health researchers are now telling us that eating chocolate is good for you!

Give him chocolates, it’s good for him!

Unfortunately it’s restricted a little, he has to eat them in moderation, and preferably dark chocolate. The last one suits me, but not the first.

So forget the stereotype that chocolates only make a nice gift for a woman. Give him some chocolates if he’s a chocolate lover, and he’ll love it!>

Which chocolates to give him? Well of course you could just head on over to your local store and buy some, but you can do better than that.

One of the best ways to organise a mans chocolate gift is by a “gift of the month“. You’ll know if you’re a regular reader here that I’m a big fan of gift of the month clubs. I’ve talked about coffee, wine and more. I think it’s a wonderful way to give a gift that goes on and on.

And that’s how it should be with chocolates. It’s not hard to see off chocolates in a single day, so chocolates which keep coming every month will be a great gift for a man who can’t get enough chocolate.

The chocolate of the month club isn’t a 12 month deal, and if you think about it you can see why. The chocolates have to be shipped, and in summer ……………

So you can choose 3, 6 or 9 months for his chocolate gift that goes on and on.

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There are often opportunities for gifts that are quality luxury gifts but at a price that doesn’t reflect the extraordinary value you get. Often it’s a case of being in the know. These things go on all the time, but only the people who know about them usually get to buy at the usually very discounted price.

This is especially true in the travel industry. There are all sorts of last minute deals where airlines and cruise ships try to fill every last vacancy they have, at any price. Because it’s better to carry some extra people at a hugely discounted price rather than have empty seats, or cabins.

But of course it’s always a problem with the terms and conditions. You get very little choice, very little time, and often the worst seats. But if the terms and conditions suit you then it works out fine.

One of the best luxury gifts you can buy for a man who loves the sea is a cruise. But isn’t a cruise expensive? Not if you know how to buy the special deals.

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This is where I make a confession. I’m a bit of a computer freak. Not a geek, I think that implies a lot more technical know how than I have, but I love computers.

That includes computer games. I love computer games and I am constantly keeping myself on the straight and narrow. In other words stopping myself from playing games and getting on with the productive stuff.

I would just love this gift for a man who loves luxury, and computer games. As a mens gift this is the ultimate computer game gift – other than the games themselves.

It’s the Sound Rocker. Compatible with all computer game consoles. And it isn’t just for enhancing the sound experience of computer games, it will do the same for DVDs, MP3s, iPods, music and TV as well. But it’s the application to computer games that turns me on. And to most other forms of music and sound experience.

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