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Old 26 January 2014, 06:15 AM   #1
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Which sub to wear with tuxedo ?

All right all you stylish guys...

I am wearing a black tux tonight---

Should I go with black ceramic sub ?
WG Smurf ?
Or DSSD ?

On another note--I can't find my black cummerbund so I think I will wear the tuxedo without a cummerbund--is this ok ?
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:19 AM   #2
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None of the above. A thin dress watch like a JLC, VC or PP will slip under the cuff nicely.
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:27 AM   #3
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None of the above. A thin dress watch like a JLC, VC or PP will slip under the cuff nicely.
Or some say no watch at all is proper. If you must, a pocket watch. All that being said, I wear a Sub, GMT, Exp, etc. and don't care.

On the cummerbund, you should wear one or a waistcoat. But if you don't have one, just keep your top button fastened. Chances are that no one will motice. Provided that your circumference allows that.
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:31 AM   #4
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Who cares about what is proper wear the WG Sub! Nobody will see it anyway and you will be only one who likely knows it is there. So when you look down and pull your cuff back you can enjoy that smurf blue dial smiling back at you!
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:37 AM   #5
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Who cares about what is proper wear the WG Sub! Nobody will see it anyway and you will be only one who likely knows it is there. So when you look down and pull your cuff back you can enjoy that smurf blue dial smiling back at you!
I like that answer !
If I had another choice other than subs than maybe, but only subs...
So black or smurf.....

I am 5'10" 175 lbs so not too heavy if I go without cummerbund I guess.
Would it be such a fashion faux pax if during the course of the night I u buttoned the jacket---and no cummerbund beneath ?
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:44 AM   #6
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I'd wear the smurf. It will stand out nicely against the black tux and the white gold will look nice and clean.
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:45 AM   #7
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Modern tux's do not include a cumberbund. I just wore a Hugo Boss tux to an event with a black tie, no bow tie, and no cumberbund. I was not the only person there dressed that way. I also wore my 16710 coke gmt. Wear what you like with confidence and don't believe you have to follow all the rules. I'd go with the black ceramic sub btw!
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:45 AM   #8
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I once was part of a dinner engagement with His Grace, the Duke of Westminster, and when he commented on how I should perhaps not be wearing a watch at all with my Dinner Jacket I slapped the rus clot upside the head and stormed out. His behaviour was perfectly unforgivable.
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Old 26 January 2014, 06:48 AM   #9
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For those black tie/tux events you should really look into a vintage sub on Nato
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:04 AM   #10
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I'd wear the smurf. It will stand out nicely against the black tux and the white gold will look nice and clean.
My thoughts exactly!!
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:09 AM   #11
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I do have a 16800. Dad gave it to me as a birthday present 27 years ago.

He's gone now, I still have the watch, but prefer the black ceramic
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:21 AM   #12
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Both SS and WG Sub would work nicely imho.
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:25 AM   #13
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Which sub to wear with tuxedo ?

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I like that answer !

If I had another choice other than subs than maybe, but only subs...

So black or smurf.....



I am 5'10" 175 lbs so not too heavy if I go without cummerbund I guess.

Would it be such a fashion faux pax if during the course of the night I u buttoned the jacket---and no cummerbund beneath ?

Depends on the event I guess. The black tie affair I attended last November ended with jackets and ties discarded and women kicking off the heels and jamming the dance floor. But I'm pretty sure most don't end like that. And I wore the sub.
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:25 AM   #14
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Thanks everyone

I guess it's smurf :)
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:32 AM   #15
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I'd go with the Black ceramic sub..
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:34 AM   #16
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None of the above. A thin dress watch like a JLC, VC or PP will slip under the cuff nicely.
This. A nice vintage Omega or Hamilton will work too. Unless you fantasize about being a British spy driving an Aston Martin, leave the Sub home!!!
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:36 AM   #17
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Yuk!

With those choices I would go without a watch at all. If you do a lot of black tie I would look for something like a vintage Omega or JLC Reverso on a black croc strap. Shouldn't cost a fortune and would be great for when you wear a suit & tie for business.
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:42 AM   #18
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With those choices I would go without a watch at all. If you do a lot of black tie I would look for something like a vintage Omega or JLC Reverso on a black croc strap. Shouldn't cost a fortune and would be great for when you wear a suit & tie for business.
Come to think of it, a nice Cartier on a strap would work, or a vintage IWC too!!!
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:44 AM   #19
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Old 26 January 2014, 07:45 AM   #20
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There's some people who think none of those watches go with a tux (should only wear with a thin dress watch) but I've seen plenty of people wear stainless steel watches with their tux including numerous celebrities at the Oscars. Of those choices though I would probably go with ceramic sub. I don't have a dress watch but I'm thinking about getting a vintage datejust and putting a croc strap on it (also looking at vintage Omega or JLC Master Control / Reverso)... hopefully one day a Calatrava.
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Old 26 January 2014, 08:26 AM   #21
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If I wore a tux and the only watch I had was a sub, I would keep it in my pocket.
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Old 26 January 2014, 08:34 AM   #22
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If I wore a tux and the only watch I had was a sub, I would keep it in my pocket.
Why not just leave it home instead of risking losing it in pocket?
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Old 26 January 2014, 08:36 AM   #23
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Neither, unless your ingress is via waterway and/or you need to time your plastic explosives.
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Old 26 January 2014, 08:41 AM   #24
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white gold blue sub cause you make people look at your watch instead of your suit. if it was black sub then it makes you look like whole, not distinctively visual :P
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Old 26 January 2014, 08:51 AM   #25
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Its a Rolex, wear what you want. I am sure showing up in a orange Lamborghini isn't proper stuffed suit transportation but who cares. Enjoy the night.
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Old 26 January 2014, 09:23 AM   #26
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doesn't mean to say you should.
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Old 26 January 2014, 09:48 AM   #27
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I have worn my Sub or my SMP to stuffy corporate events, and no one cared. If anything, I got compliments on the Rolex. However, just because some people do it, doesn't mean you should. My boss wears black shoes with a brown belt and sees nothing wrong with it.
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Old 26 January 2014, 09:55 AM   #28
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doesn't mean to say you should.
That would make me want to wear one more. Who cares what anyone thinks. There are no rules when it comes to which watch I wear. Also I would never want to be around nor be friends with people who cared!
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Old 26 January 2014, 10:10 AM   #29
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99.9% of the people either don't know or don't care, wear what sings you and don't care for the rest.
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Old 26 January 2014, 11:06 AM   #30
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No cummerbund is fine in fact let it stay lost - No watch is appropriate but if you must I would go precious metal. Steel sub and tux? It really is ok today kind of like ditching the cummerbund...... hey, you will be better dressed than bond - he wears an omega with his.
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