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28 September 2013, 05:18 AM | #1 |
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Is the dress watch dead?
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http://www.askmen.com/fashion/mens-w...d-watches.html (Sorry if the topic was already discussed) |
28 September 2013, 05:28 AM | #2 |
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I think too much of the theory is based on a movie series vs. the general decline in "dress" anything. The workplace and even formal events have declined into "dressy casual" and wristwear along with it...
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28 September 2013, 05:39 AM | #3 |
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I think you see less watches in general due to cell phones, etc. I would think the Bond movies have some influence but these days people are less dressy in general. Many corporations are mostly casual. I dislike dress casual, I like dressing up but dress casual is the way it is where I work.
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I could care less what a fictional character in a mediocre movie series wears. Nor what the author at ask men thinks. But trust me, the dress watch is alive and thriving.
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Me thinks not!
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28 September 2013, 05:55 AM | #7 |
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Sadly maybe
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28 September 2013, 05:57 AM | #8 |
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No the dress watch is far from dead and not only that, to me, it should be an essential piece in any serious collection.
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28 September 2013, 05:58 AM | #9 |
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No. Maybe not as serious a part of a chap's attire as it once was. Serious complications are dress watch territory.
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28 September 2013, 06:01 AM | #11 |
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Most men under 50 are pretty active today and sport watches suit their style more, plus 90% of the work places here in the states are business casual so I think a dress watch is on a slow decline...
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28 September 2013, 06:17 AM | #12 |
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I really like this article and feel the author makes a valid point. I too cringe whenever I see people wearing these giant steel underwater behemoths with unidirectional rotating bezels and depth gages to formal dinner gatherings and other dressy affairs. The author is clearly making a plea for the return of the proper watch for the proper occasion! :-)
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you pick your watch as you pick your boots , you dont wear wellies to the office ,,, etc
place for everything , bet you dont see 44mm dress watches though. |
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I'm not quite sure what he's for or against... But what I do know is he claimed the dress watch is dead, and Rambo, I mean bond fired the bullet. Absolute crap writing, IMO of course
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28 September 2013, 06:41 AM | #16 |
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It's just satire. The author isn't trying to be Shakespeare!
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'Eh, folks don't wear suits very often these days. A sort coat and he's switch a DJ or OP looks fine
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28 September 2013, 10:36 AM | #19 |
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Dying the same way that the percentage of daily suits are, I suppose.
I think this is one of the great iconic things about something like a DJ -- it works with a suit, yes, but is also just a little sporty, if on a bracelet. Contrast with a very, very thin gold watch on a simple leather strap, like a Patek Calatrava or JLC Master Control -- the super-simple, minimalist watches look striking with a suit but are easily overwhelmed by sportswear. |
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http://www.gq.com/style/style-manual...meters#slide=9 I'm no fashion model, but I do subscribe to the above dress code. |
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For me... they never were alive.
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People who wear "wellies" probably wear "rollies"...
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It isn't dead. I love business casual and casual casual. Thank God for less stuffiness in the world. I wear dress watches with t-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops because I can...
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28 September 2013, 12:58 PM | #27 |
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I do the same...
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28 September 2013, 12:58 PM | #28 |
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Ask Thierry Stern
He probably sells one of the best dress watches in the world, and I don't get the sense he's struggling selling them.
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I still see them but it seems I see more sports watch models.
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