No elements of men’s style combines fashion and function quite like the wrist watches. Nor does any other male accessory inspire such devotion and interest.
Below are 3 Ways to Match your Wrist watches to Your Outfits:
Leather Complements Leather
The material and colour of your shoes is a suitable reference for the choice of watchband. You should start by matching tour bets and shoes. A black watchband should be worn with black shoes and belt; a brown band with brown belt and shoes. A silver or gold band suits either colour. Option for men who own shoes in different colours. The watchbands don’t have to be the exact same colour as your shoes, but a similar tone.
Rough, worn-in leather strap work better with jeans. Such a watch would not be appropriate at a fine-dining event.
A good leather strap is the classic choice, but gold or silver bands are appropriate when they complement the rest of your outfit.
Don’t wear a black band watch with a brown tone shoe. Or a brown band with black shoes.
Match the Formality of Your Wrist watches with the Formality of your Outfits
Analog Watches have a face with hour and minutes hands and either markers or numbers that display a 12-hour day. These watches are considered classic and more formal, making them suitable for business, formal events or a date.
Digital Watches a LCD display or LED face that shows time in numeric form. These watches are considered casual.
The recent developments in wearable technology has allowed watchmakers to make nifty gadgets that are far advanced than simple timepiece. You can make calls, track your GPS co-ordinates and check your calendar through gadget watches. Leaving exclusive gadget watches out of the equation, there are three categories of watches that most men own.
Dress Watches – These are watches with plain white face and no complications and a black leather band is a formal as it gets. The most formal dress watch are the ones that only show hours, minutes, seconds and maybe the date. Complications in dress watches are simpler and not related to sport.
Pilot or Flyers Wrist Watches – Featuring simple dial design and a leather large diameter, these watches were made to be accurate and easy to read to be accurate and easy to read. Originally worn over the pilot’s jacket – they were made with a large crown that could be operated while wearing gloves.
Field Wrist Watches – Field watches are versatile timepieces that are tough enough for active duty. The simple design improves legibility of the numerals. Typically, these watches are moderately sized, with a white or green numerals against a black dial and work on hand winding mechanism.
Level of Formality on Your Wrist Watches
Wrist watches are made for a specific purpose. Avoid common fashion blunders by matching your watch style with the formality to the occasion.
