Originally Posted by
walkerwek1958
Rather than considering the carbon footprint of watches, cast a thought to the carbon footprint of your firstborn! The amount of toys and stuff bought for kids, predominantly made from plastic and shipped from China, is mind- boggling. All these items will be manufactured from plastics in China, shipped to the UK, have a short useful life, then end up in land- fill.
Think about it, your kid (or rather the plastic crap that you and everyone buys for it) will do more environmental harm than any watch you might care to own.