Dogfight, A Love Story (2010)

Matt Burgess's 2010 debut novel follows the Batista brothers of Jackson Heights, Queens, over one weekend as Tariq comes home from prison to find his brother Alfredo has taken up with his girlfriend. Tariq's first purchase is a watch. (Open Library)

Watches

Casio F-91W: Tariq buys a $12 Casio F-91W, pleased with his purchase until he steps outside and begins to suspect he has been sold a used watch. Its alarm, stopwatch and digital display are described, and the exact model is named.

Source text: It is a Casio F-91W, a water-resistant model (Matt Burgess, Dogfight, A Love Story, scan cataloged as Doubleday, 2010, pp. 105–107; Internet Archive scan OCR)