How to Wear (Well) a Watch?

If diamonds are women's best friends, clocks are man's (with car's permission). Fountain of pride and other pleasures for its owner, the problem - ethical, but above all aesthetic - arises at the time of twinning it with the rest of the attire and with the situation.

A laps with the style and its combinatorial rules come to mind icons, archetypes, people who have known and can handle them at will. Andy Warhol was wearing his Tank de Cartier with a blister and some Levi's 501 . Tycoon Gianni Agnelli fastened his Patek Philippe World Time over the cuff of his custom-made shirts. But even they, before breaking the rules knew how to dominate them. Let's see: a leather bracelet should be combined with the belt and with the shoes (purism, yes, at all costs); If you have a gala dinner, leave the complicated models on one side and dress a classic, elegant and slender piece with white dial and black strap. For example, GUANQIN GQ80069 may be the best option for you at that time.

Your mind and your style may move in the geek orbit, or something like that, but do not let the machine that gives you the time send you more than you: if you wear a full beard and skinny jeans, a mechanical watch is, let's say, the icing on the cliché. Ah, his passion is the watches, those that stand two quarters above the border of the fist of his suit. All right. But balance the size and choose something simple, a two needles, no more. Leave the racing, military, diving or to fly a plane for a casual Friday or a night of drinks, or to practice any of the activities that are presupposed to the clock, never to prove their status. A simple GUANQIN GS19073 is available for you. The question goes beyond the forms.

Remember the maxim that Cecil B. Hartley wrote in his book The Gentleman's Guide to Etiquette : "It's impolite to yawn during someone else's long speech and rude to watch the clock." Here we would add another: forget everything we have said and do whatever you want. Ethics and aesthetics In the second there are no rules and, if there are any, they are to break them.