Show Off Your Dress Watch

[wadan]

Hello to you all and a Happy new year ,

Here is the thing ,,, because of the nature of my job I am in a suite 90% of the time ,

Up till now I never let this fact affect my choice of watches , I wear Pams , Navitimer and even a Chronoavenger with suites an Tweed sport Jackets ,

How ever I am in the market for a dress watch

Any suggestions are highly welcome and most appreciated

Thanks in advance and cheers

[Jason]

I am in the same position. I still quite often wear a casual watch with a suite. But some of my favorite dressier watches that I have now are IWC portugues, Cartier Santos and Tag Link Chrono

[section8]

It's not everyone's taste, but here's my dress watch:

[By-Tor]

This is my favourite dress watch:

Of course it's not a dress watch, but I always wear it with a suit (just like Bond).

Navitimer TT would look beautiful with expensive suit.

TAG Link Chronograph is very dressy chronograph too:

Ebel would do as well:

But like Clive says: Gentlemen should always wear their watches with a strap when they're wearing a suit. I disagree, but I'm not sure if I'm a gentleman in traditional sense. Of course there are lots of better dress watch choices than these (Breguets, Pateks, etc.). But I only own sports watches... and these would probably do. Just don't wear a orange Planet Ocean with a suit and you'll be fine.

[Polynomial]

PO 42.5mm for me, most of the time. Black strap with dark suit, brown with brown/light. PAM 063 or 212 on dark brown croc can be very nice as well. I don't like any colours other then black/white on a dress watch.

[gran]

I will wear either my "white gold" VC CHRONOGRAPHE or my "white gold" AP JA limited edition as "dress watch" these days

[tonyp1]

Not a fake, but sometimes thats a good thing.

Edited January 4, 2007 by tonyp1

[Highflyingclive]

Smp 300m Pro GMT is my daily wear-to-work watch, but when I want to be a bit more upmarket, I'll wear one of these:

[chrgod]

This was my dress watch during all the pre-Christmas parties. Genuine leCoultre Master Mariner. Most people in here will probably find it smallish and boring (34.5mm), but I actually enjoyed it. Nice to have a break from all the big, heavy steel pieces. There is nothing like a genuine, and for official parties I feel that it is the right choice..

Did anybody break out in "Wow, what a fancy watch!!"? No, but as a gentleman in suit I rather choose the low-key look. It has the timeless "mainstream" look of so many watches from the 50-60 ties, but in my eyes it ozees quality.

My 6263 was also out for a Christmas party. Of course, nobody noticed this as a Rolex: Both these watches are low, and fits well under a shirt sleeve

[thomasng]

I wear either one of these two the most often during formal events, because of its understated elegance with a modern twist. Sometimes I just slip on an Offshore under a suit, and you should see the looks that gets.

Happy New Years.

[robertk]

Here is a couple of mine that I wear for those dressy moments:

[Craytonic]

Out of town so I can't post the pics, but I can make some recommendations.

Vacheron Constantin Malte Chrono

Panerai 231

[wadan]

What about this one guys ? ,

I know it seems vague on the brand side but I conceder this a plus

Edited January 2, 2007 by wadan

[insane]

The VC Overseas or my Breguet Tourbi

[docblackrock]

It's not everyone's taste, but here's my dress watch:

Well you know it's to MY taste Hopefully, this is the year my TF returns home

[Corgi]

Nothing quite oozes luxury and elegance like a president day-date. It use to be my daily wearer, but I decided to go easy with it (gold longevity started to come into question) so after a few months I put it into retirement and it's now for special occasions only. Goes very well with a suit, I must say.

Usually I wear a Panerai Luminor 44mm on SS bracelet. It has dust under the glass, but hardly noticeable.

[ubiquitous]

For dressy occassions, I'll wear one of these three:

...though I do find that Sport Rolex also work well

[vaca22]

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Edited November 12, 2007 by vaca22

[morgan]

Man... I think I just hate dress watches. These don't appeal to me in any way, shape or form. :yucky: Is it just me???

[Azkael]

I think they are very elegant and add a sense of class to every suit. Makes me feel good wearing them while looking good.

[morgan]

I like the AP.. somewhat. The rest need some big screws on the face.. maybe a few massive hunks of buttons on both sides. My company went casual dress so I got rid of my Gen Rollie sub for a Gen Panny. I've made the death leap to industrial looking time telling instruments and can't find my way back. Please send help.

[wadan]

I am in the same position. I still quite often wear a casual watch with a suite. But some of my favorite dressier watches that I have now are IWC portugues, Cartier Santos and Tag Link Chrono

Are you referring to an IWC Portuguese Chrono ?

How is it working for you ? Being an Asian 7750 and all

[Bender222]

For dressy occassions, I'll wear one of these three:

...though I do find that Sport Rolex also work well

what is that on the far left ?

[elprimerozen]

Here are mine!!

and my GEN gmt