Opinions; First Dress Watch

[JBG89]

Would this pass the forum acid test for a first dress watch? Am looking to get some confidence before pulling the trig.

Thanks

http://www.stowa.de/cosmoshop/pix/a/z/marineautdatum/g/MA-A10-poliert-mass-Boden-3.jpg

 

[anginaprinzmetal]

the arabic numbers make it a little less formal than say roman numerals. having said that i think it's ok.
stowa it's a solid quality watch that you'll have for years and i think that model is versatile enough to wear at the office with a suit or out and about with jeans/khakis etc. on the other hand would not wear that to a black tie event. just my $ 0.02

 

[Sander]

Dial-wise it certainly isn't a bad pick, but the size might be a problem. How big are your wrists? The Stowa Marine is not that small with 42mm if I recall correctly.

 

[I am DIL]

the arabic numbers make it a little less formal than say roman numerals. having said that i think it's ok.
stowa it's a solid quality watch that you'll have for years and i think that model is versatile enough to wear at the office with a suit or out and about with jeans/khakis etc. on the other hand would not wear that to a black tie event. just my $ 0.02

I agree.

 

[mayborne]

i know it is stowa and all watch forum approved and **** but doesn't anyone get wallclock from this one?

i think there is a black one with roman numerals that i thought was awesome but i dunno how much more it went for.

 

[JayJay]



i know it is stowa and all watch forum approved and **** but doesn't anyone get wallclock from this one? 

My reaction as well. It's just meh.

 

[Sander]

In that price range as a first dress watch I, personally would go with an Antea Kleine Sekunde:

 

[romafan]

I recently bought one of these after looking at the same watch for 30 years! It is the smaller one (Antea 365?), w/ a dark brown croc band....

 

[Fred G. Unn]



In that price range as a first dress watch I, personally would go with an Antea Kleine Sekunde:

+1, I definitely prefer this one.

 

[Omar1223]

any recs on where to buy to the Antea Kleine Sekunde on the internet?

 

[cioni2k]



Dial-wise it certainly isn't a bad pick, but the size might be a problem. How big are your wrists? The Stowa Marine is not that small with 42mm if I recall correctly.

Stowa Marine Automatic = 40mm

Stowa Marine Original (Mechanical/Handwound) = 41mm

 

[Sander]



any recs on where to buy to the Antea Kleine Sekunde on the internet?

How about the official webshop?

 

[mayborne]

certina ds 1 white face on leather and frederique constant art deco are okay with me.

 

[akatsuki]

I don't get a dress watch vibe from Stowas at all - I think casual with jeans...

But I suppose it depends on what you mean by dressed up.

 

[cioni2k]

Wearing my Marine Automatic today. The thing I like about it is that it crosses the line between casual and dress very easily. It's very versatile