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Dress Watch Selection Criteria

82-Greg

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What criteria do you use to select a dress watch? This is neither the sporting watch worn in a softball game, nor the watch used at a formal event; but the watch you would wear day-in and day-out at an office environment dominated by business suits.

I will assume everyone buys a watch that tells the time in hours and minutes.

Please vote for no more than five (5).
 

Metlin

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Originally Posted by 82-Greg
What did I forget?

The "This poll is stupid" one.
 

psangha

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Originally Posted by 82-Greg
What did I forget?

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must have minute repeating function
 

Twotone

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One picture is better than 1,000 poll criteria.

Twotone

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arvidg

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You forgot «absence of nickel». Criterion number one for me, and the reason I exclusively wear titanium watches. (I'm allergic to nickel. I've worn plastic in the past and will perhaps wear gold some day. Stainless steel is right out.)
 

micbain

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Originally Posted by Twotone
One picture is better than 1,000 poll criteria.

Twotone

PSSimplicity.jpg


I suppose you could argue about the seconds subdial, but overall this is pretty much a perfect dress watch.
 

Douglas

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Having this be a poll is pretty silly, and you've managed to miss the forest for the trees.

The most important aspect to a real dress watch is simplicity. It should have a minimum of dial clutter, and preferably no other functions, IMO. Some of the other things (dial color, material, country of origin) are relatively irrelevant and will vary depending on your circumstances. EG I'd love a nice gold watch, but right now I can only afford gold fill.
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