Wedding gift watches?
Has anyone ever given or received a watch as a wedding gift?
I am a groomsman in my best friends wedding coming up this year and am considering gifting him a watch in addition to a generous cash gift. He has taken a bit of interest in collecting but is incredibly frugal and sticks to a very inexpensive Casio digital as his daily. I am looking at getting an automatic Tissot, Hamilton, Orient, Citizen or a nicer Seiko.
Any thoughts on this? For context, mid 20s male, engineer, works project management, likes simplicity and quality in possessions.
Novice collector. Young professional looking to build out a modest collection of affordable pieces with some entry level luxury too. Casio, Seiko, Omega are my top 3 brands at the moment.
Current shortlist:
Tissot Gentleman Powermatic 80
Hamilton Khaki Field
Seiko 5 Sports
Citizen Tsuyosa
Orient Bambino
Seiko sharpedge, hamilton murph, tissot 1938 small seconds
Hamilton Murph is a little more Wedding-y. Feels a little more special / timeless than the Khaki you have pictured.
Current shortlist:
Tissot Gentleman Powermatic 80
Hamilton Khaki Field
Seiko 5 Sports
Citizen Tsuyosa
Orient Bambino
Khaki field is the worst among your list.
I would go for tsuyosa or tissot gentleman
Hamilton Murph is a little more Wedding-y. Feels a little more special / timeless than the Khaki you have pictured.
Murph is a very good pick
I find the Tissot Gentlemen to be overlooked and under appreciated (I own and regularly wear a PRX but do love the gentleman and think the open heart version would be a perfect wedding day gift). I also agree with everyone about the Murph being better for wedding than the khaki and I would also say maybe consider the Seiko SPB155 over the 5 sports for a more wedding vibe watch. In my humble opinion while they have a devoted following and offer tremendous value for dollar, I would skip on the citizen and orient in favor of Tissot, Seiko, or Hamilton.
Khaki field is the worst among your list.
I would go for tsuyosa or tissot gentleman
Point taken, the ref pictured was the only khaki I was considering but I do agree it is not as fitting of a wedding gift watch.
I find the Tissot Gentlemen to be overlooked and under appreciated (I own and regularly wear a PRX but do love the gentleman and think the open heart version would be a perfect wedding day gift). I also agree with everyone about the Murph being better for wedding than the khaki and I would also say maybe consider the Seiko SPB155 over the 5 sports for a more wedding vibe watch. In my humble opinion while they have a devoted following and offer tremendous value for dollar, I would skip on the citizen and orient in favor of Tissot, Seiko, or Hamilton.
I do too, Gentleman would definitely make a good 1 watch collection
Casio Duro with a metal bracelet is never wrong
I find the Tissot Gentlemen to be overlooked and under appreciated (I own and regularly wear a PRX but do love the gentleman and think the open heart version would be a perfect wedding day gift). I also agree with everyone about the Murph being better for wedding than the khaki and I would also say maybe consider the Seiko SPB155 over the 5 sports for a more wedding vibe watch. In my humble opinion while they have a devoted following and offer tremendous value for dollar, I would skip on the citizen and orient in favor of Tissot, Seiko, or Hamilton.
On your other points I’ve never actually taken a look at the SPB155, very sharp piece didn’t know the Alpinist family has been branching out like that
I'd actually suggest you don't gift him a watch - hear me out. A watch is a very personal choice as to how it feels, wears, and looks, etc, so I feel the choice should be up to the wearer.
I love the sentiment though, but what I'd suggest is you either take him watch shopping to allow him to pick (add in steaks and beverages and make it a bro's experience, of course), or give him a gift card to a jeweler with the purpose of him picking a nice timepiece.
This also can avoid the awkward situation where you may guess his taste wrong and he had a watch he doesn't wear, but may feel obliged to keep...
My $0.02
I'd actually suggest you don't gift him a watch - hear me out. A watch is a very personal choice as to how it feels, wears, and looks, etc, so I feel the choice should be up to the wearer.
I love the sentiment though, but what I'd suggest is you either take him watch shopping to allow him to pick (add in steaks and beverages and make it a bro's experience, of course), or give him a gift card to a jeweler with the purpose of him picking a nice timepiece.
This also can avoid the awkward situation where you may guess his taste wrong and he had a watch he doesn't wear, but may feel obliged to keep...
My $0.02
That’s a good point. I’ll consider that
I bought a watch and my wife paid for it around the time of our wedding. I call it my "wedding watch."
Casio Duro with a metal bracelet is never wrong
I’m a big duro man myself. Rock a classic black on an aliexpress oyster bracelet and have a blue on rubber. Wearing my black one right now.