Thursday, May 15, 2014

Watches: Make Mine Small One

An article in the Daily Telegraph on watch sizes. 

Watches: make mine a small one

How big (business)men have small watches... they don't wear socks either. Bye-bye panerai :)

That is if you believe the sentiment expressed...

It starts like this...

Big men wearing small watches can be a truly manly style statement in business – and a quiet status symbol. This was underlined for me recently when meeting some formidable businessmen who have made a serious impact on their industries. Apart from savvy, taste and calm confidence, there’s something distinguished about their style: small, understated wristwatches.

Watch size got completely out of proportion to business attire in line with the economic boom. Post-recession, however, massive watches suddenly looked as incongruous and as brash as 4x4s trekking across the slow traffic plains of the Brompton Cross/ Sloane Square delta. I’m not suggesting we all eBay our Panerais – it’s just a question of a time and a place. And business is where it’s perhaps best to exhibit a certain mutedness.....




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