This. A "dress" watch is the true GADA for a modern adult, assuming they aren't a smart watch person. People that forget to take their watches off before their bath have really made watches worse for all.
Is there a category for a watch that isn't really anything or a cross between things? I feel like once you leave the above categories you just have watches that might have decent WR and can be dressy but not too dressy . . . that can be outdoorsy without being too outdoorsy. What do you call that? Gene?
Diver. I often miss having a timing bezel and change to a diver during the day just to be able to use the bezel. I've never had the need to switch to any other kind of watch (except maybe a G-Shock if an unexpected rough activity comes up).
The domed crystal dress watch. Back in the 80s when I was growing up it was pretty much the only type of wrist watch that anyone was wearing around. It is THE Watch, the type of watch I would take a photo to send on a space mission in search for extra terrestrial intelligent lifeforms.
My mother gave me a Tissot Seastar Chronograph (Lemania 870) for a high school graduation present. It set my watch preferences for life. Somehow I managed to keep it all these decades. I had it refurbished and now my wife wears it.
I tend to go more for bezel-less GADA or dressy style watches (think Aqua Terra or GS Snowflake). I have three watches in my collection over $1,000 retail and none of them are a chronograph or a diver.
Tied between Chrono and Dress, voted Chrono. It's such a useful complication, whenever I'm not wearing a Chrono I miss having the functionality on my wrist.
Perhaps it's not a coincidence that roughly half my collection is chronographs...
Dress watches are perfect for me. I don't need to climb Everest or swim to the bottom of the ocean. I just need to tell the time and look good while doing it.
For those who've said dive watches, I'm assuming many of you aren't divers, so what is it about the aesthetic that you particularly like? My first mechanical was a Seiko 5KX and I found after a year that I just didn't like the diver look. The chunky bezel with the 10 minute intervals was a distraction. They're by no means ugly but I've realized it's just not my taste at all, so I'm curious what it is that makes them so enduring and universally popular.
I have spent a totality of zero minutes submerged under leagues of water, I do not race cars, and the only field I am affiliated with is the one I walk my dog in. I like dress watches.
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Dress.
Dress.
This. A "dress" watch is the true GADA for a modern adult, assuming they aren't a smart watch person. People that forget to take their watches off before their bath have really made watches worse for all.
D. Other.
Whatever suits me on that day. Love 'em all.
...all?
Dressy Diver... Tough but pretty.
And of course I wouldn't dream of using it for actual diving !!! 🤣
Dress or Chrono.
Is there a category for a watch that isn't really anything or a cross between things? I feel like once you leave the above categories you just have watches that might have decent WR and can be dressy but not too dressy . . . that can be outdoorsy without being too outdoorsy. What do you call that? Gene?
Diver. I often miss having a timing bezel and change to a diver during the day just to be able to use the bezel. I've never had the need to switch to any other kind of watch (except maybe a G-Shock if an unexpected rough activity comes up).
Dive/sea and chronographs are my top picks.
I also love everyday dress/sport pieces such as the Nomos Club
The domed crystal dress watch. Back in the 80s when I was growing up it was pretty much the only type of wrist watch that anyone was wearing around. It is THE Watch, the type of watch I would take a photo to send on a space mission in search for extra terrestrial intelligent lifeforms.
My mother gave me a Tissot Seastar Chronograph (Lemania 870) for a high school graduation present. It set my watch preferences for life. Somehow I managed to keep it all these decades. I had it refurbished and now my wife wears it.
G-Shock/Casio. Kind of a category of their own.
I tend to go more for bezel-less GADA or dressy style watches (think Aqua Terra or GS Snowflake). I have three watches in my collection over $1,000 retail and none of them are a chronograph or a diver.
Anything dressy! I usually wear a pure dress watch, especially to work. When it’s not a pure dress watch it’s usually a classy looking chrono.
Tied between Chrono and Dress, voted Chrono. It's such a useful complication, whenever I'm not wearing a Chrono I miss having the functionality on my wrist.
Perhaps it's not a coincidence that roughly half my collection is chronographs...
I think a true GMT is probably the most useful complication if you travel frequently between time zones.
D sport/dress
Chrono&diver 😌
Dive watches at the moment.
CChronically the way
I would say GMT but my collection says diver. Oddly enough no chronos.
I love them all. Looking through my collection though I have a quite a few chronographs. I guess an automatic chronograph is my most favorite.
Dress watches are perfect for me. I don't need to climb Everest or swim to the bottom of the ocean. I just need to tell the time and look good while doing it.
For those who've said dive watches, I'm assuming many of you aren't divers, so what is it about the aesthetic that you particularly like? My first mechanical was a Seiko 5KX and I found after a year that I just didn't like the diver look. The chunky bezel with the 10 minute intervals was a distraction. They're by no means ugly but I've realized it's just not my taste at all, so I'm curious what it is that makes them so enduring and universally popular.
Dress-sport. Is that a category?
Would say one each 🤣
I have spent a totality of zero minutes submerged under leagues of water, I do not race cars, and the only field I am affiliated with is the one I walk my dog in. I like dress watches.
GMT watches with a turning bezel.
I really like a simple 3 hand dress watch.
Dress watch for every occasion