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A dress watch should be your most elegant and refined Any watch geek will preach that it’s what’s on the inside that
timepiece, but with the evolution of style and prevalence counts, a rotating bezel and bracelet can be equally as elegant
of streetwear the notion of a dress watch remains open. as a leather strap and plain dial. So what is a dress watch in
For most of us the term dress watch partners with black tie, 2017?
dinner jackets and subtlety – with a watch serving its most
simple purpose, to tell the time. However, horological giants
(in every sense of the word) like Hublot and Audemars Piguet
create contemporary and complicated dress watches that
traditionalists would see as behemoths on the wrist.
Today’s youthful and modern watch wearers use formal
occasions to proudly feature the investment concealed
by their cuff. Why should there be limitations to what is
considered ‘dressy’?
The original purpose of a dress watch was to avoid disturbing
the cut of a suit and to champion the skills of a watchmaker
for creating such a slim piece, think Cartier. But as watches
have evolved so has fashion, not all gentlemen favour a close-
fitting shirt cuff and a thicker watch can compliment a thicker
wrist.
Shop our selection of dress watches and make a simple or
complicated choice.