The Valentine’s Day problem persists. I still haven’t come up with anything. I’m kind of bummed, though, that Carol already has a few good watches, including a Happy Meal Hello Kitty watch she picked up this weekend. Knowing this, of course, I found a good watch site – Kenmar Watches. They have all kinds of stuff from the big designers like Gucci watches and Kenneth Cole. They have classic makers like Citizen, Timex and Bulova. They also have a lot of brands from other spaces like Timberland, Corvette and Puma. But I particularly like some of the lesser known designers (at least to me) or just weirdo brands that make you wonder wh exactly is wearing this stuff? I mean, on one page they have stuff that could only be worn by a Black Ops hitman, on the next they have pieces that would be perfect in the next John Waters film.

I like this pink skull and cross bones one from Paul Frank. There are a lot of pop art and cartoon-style designs, slightly more mature (for lack of a better modifier) than San Rio Hello Kitty stuff. There’s also a camo monkey design I like.

How about a Kalashnikov or an Uzi. I’m not sure if these are street legal automatic or if you’ll need one of those gun show conversion kits to unload a full clip in less than 10 seconds, but the watches are pretty bad ass. You can get your swiss army always-be-prepared on with Wenger and Victorinox models, or be particularly japanimation chic with wrist art from designers like Appetime and Pop Time. And speaking of pop art, there’s a whole Andy Warhol collection. And I would be remiss to leave out the ever beloved by the B-star elite designs of Von Dutch.

Selection aside, the site offers a pretty decent shopping experience. The design is in three columns, with pretty sparse content. The left and right columns list the logos of prominent manufacturers, the center column offers the primary content – lists of watches. Or when, you want more detail, you can click to get it. But for browsing, there’s a nice rollover preview so you don’t have to leave a collection page to get the basics on a whole slew of watches.

There’s also a pretty prevalent “Chat with a rep” box that floats across the screen. Actually, it floats across the screen a little too often for me, but I like to shop alone and unassisted. For anyone who wants to chat with a person, they can.

But what about price? you ask. Good question. Honestly, I have no idea how prices compare because I haven’t done much comparison shopping. Mostly because I’m not actually in the market for a watch this Valentine’s Day. What I do like, however, is that Kenmar Watches claims a price match guarantee. Yup, you find it cheaper somewhere else and they will probably match it. So that’s cool.

They also have a shopping feature I have seen cropping up in a small number of other specialty shopping site. There is a “make an offer” button on many of the watch pages. So, even if you you’re not asking for a price match, you can always ask for a discount. I mean, there’s no reason to expect you’ll get it, but at least you have the opportunity to try and wheel and deal. Worst thing that can happen is they’ll say no. But this system let’s both parties set their line in the sand, and protect their own interests. If they can do the deal and still make a fair profit, they will probably do it. Why not try, right?

OK, enough watch stuff. I need to find something for my lady…maybe a Snickers bar. Or a bag of M&Ms. She loves them.