Should your watch match...

[the_sulks]

Hi,

I wonder what my quartz watch with the leather strap should match?

First off, the watch strap color should match the color of my leather shoes, leather waist belt, and leather bag (they are all brown of the different shades).

What else?

What about the watch face shape? How should the watch shape correlate with the type of my own face?

What about the watch face color? What about the watch face rim? What should they match?

 

[VelvetGreen]

It doesn't matter.

 

[unjung]

I like to wear brown straps with brown belts and shoes, black or burgundy with black or burgundy.

 

[JayJay]

I wear a black strap on my dress watch regardless of whether my belt and shoes are brown, burgundy, or black. I always wear my dress watch when I'm in a suit.

My sport/casual watch has a brown strap, and is worn with my causal or business causal clothing regardless of the color of belt or shoes. Though my belt and shoes are usually a shade of brown or burgundy, never black.

 

[alexanduh]

look at it this way. the world wont blow up if you **** this up.

 

[the_sulks]

Originally Posted by alexanduh

look at it this way. the world wont blow up if you **** this up.
The thing is if we all looked at clothes and style issues that way there would be no 'styleforum.net'.

 

[alexanduh]

Originally Posted by the_sulks

The thing is if we all looked at clothes and style issues that way there would be no 'styleforum.net'.

lol. what i meant was like you know your watch strap is a tiny thing. no one will go bananas if it dont match your other leather items.

your watch strap doesnt really have a relationship like shoe colour and belt colour ya know?

 

[The King of Teeth]

brown shoes, brown belt, brown watch strap.
black shoes, black belt, black watch strap.

match your leathers and match your metal.

silver buckle- silver watch
gold buckle- gold watch.

yeah the world wont blow up if they dont match but you will be one step closer to solving world peace if you do the above.

 

[VelvetGreen]

Matching your watch strap to anything is one step away from being an anal retentive. Or a laydee.

 

[landshark]

I find that a burgundy crocodile watchstrap is suitable for almost every occasion and outfit, except black tie.

 

[Cuttingboard]

Originally Posted by unjung

I like to wear brown straps with brown belts and shoes, black or burgundy with black or burgundy.

This!!

 

[joz411no]

I would agree on matching the metals. Gold-tone metal watches and gold-tone belt buckles and accessories pair well. The same goes for silver-toned items. I'm not as anal about the browns of a watch strap as I am about shoes and belt, though. If the browns of the leather in the watch strap are somewhere within the same register as my shoes and belt I go with it. Perhaps I'm just always looking for a reason to make new purchases.

 

[watchsnob]

I would be most concerned by the fact that you are wearing a 'quartz' watch.

 

[Cuttingboard]

Originally Posted by watchsnob

I would be most concerned by the fact that you are wearing a 'quartz' watch.

So true!!

 

[mrjames]

I dye my hair and tan my skin to match my watch strap...

seriously, i'm curious to know where the ideas of matching come from, belt and shoes is a given (apparently, although I am unconvinced- I wouldn't wear brown and black together, and I wouldn't wear silver and gold, but I'd happily wear a white belt with brown shoes for example), but watch and bag matching- where does it end?

personally I think if the colours go together, then wear them together. All this matching crap is just for people with no skill in colour blending, it makes it too easy