Sex and the Single Sister (2001)

Sex and the Single Sister

Maryann Reid's 2001 book gathers five novellas about young Black women dating in New York. In "Get It Quick and a Bag of Tricks", Waceera gets ready for a night out with her friend Samira and names both of her watches in one breath. (Open Library)

Watches

Wittnauer watch

Fussing with her hair at 8:45 with her punctual friend Samira due at nine, Waceera cannot find her gold Wittnauer and wears her silver Anne Klein instead. The Wittnauer is hers but stays lost for the scene; both makers are named and neither model is.

Source text: I can't find my gold Wittnauer watch, so I'll have to wear my silver Anne Klein. (Maryann Reid, "Get It Quick and a Bag of Tricks", in Sex and the Single Sister: Five Novellas, scan cataloged as St. Martin's Press, 2001, p. 182; the narrator is named on p. 183; Internet Archive scan OCR)