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A taste written down as a filter and run over 1,269 watches.
A way of wearing it
- The vintage look Leather, nothing over 38mm. 50
- The one-watch collection Steel, a date, a size that works with a shirt or a coat. 40
- Under the cuff Small and plain. Made to disappear. 233
- Something with presence Not trying to be quiet. 300
- Thin enough for a cuff Under 9mm front to back. 44
- Built for travel A second time zone on something you can wear every day. 49
- The weekend watch Rubber or textile, nothing precious. 179
- Quiet and dressy Time only, on leather. 10
By the dial
- Black dials The one that goes with everything. 261
- Blue dials Dark to bright. 211
- White and silver Lighter faces read smaller on the wrist. 194
- Champagne and gold Warm, and usually on a gold case. 82
- Green dials Less common, harder to get right. 73
- Grey and slate Quieter than black. 51
- Brown dials Warmer than black, and rarer. 47
- Turquoise dials The loudest colour anyone sells seriously. 26
- Pink and salmon Salmon on a chronograph, pink on a smaller case. 46
- Plain faces Markers and hands. Nothing else. 573
- Roman numerals Dressier by default. 133
- Arabic numerals Easier to read, and it looks it. 138
- Openworked The movement on show through the front. 156
- Stone and gem-set Mother of pearl, turquoise, and dials set with stones. 158
- Meteorite No two are the same, because no two pieces of it are. 9
By what it does
- Chronographs Watches that can time something. 307
- GMT and world time Two time zones at a glance, or all of them. 114
- Day and date The day spelled out, not a number. 385
- Annual and perpetual calendars One needs setting once a year. The other does not. 138
- Moonphase The least useful complication, and one of the nicest. 83
- Tourbillon The one you can watch turning. 55
- Time only Hours, minutes, nothing else. 67
- Wound by hand No rotor. You wind it yourself. 73
By what it is made of
- Steel only The default, and usually the right answer. 272
- Light on the wrist Titanium, ceramic and carbon instead of steel or gold. 165
- Gold and two-tone Warmer, dressier, harder to wear casually. 734
- Platinum Heavier than gold, and quieter about it. 90
- On leather Calf and alligator. Easy to change. 182
- On rubber Including Oysterflex. 241
- On textile Lighter than leather, and it does not mind water. 50
- On an Oyster bracelet Three flat links. The one everyone pictures. 166
- On a Jubilee bracelet Five links, softer on the wrist. 38
- On a President bracelet Semi-circular links, and only ever precious metal. 301
By the maker
- Rolex The largest part of the catalogue, by some way. 588
- Audemars Piguet Mostly Royal Oak, in every material they make it in. 226
- Patek Philippe Nautilus, Aquanaut, and the complicated ones. 148
- Richard Mille Carbon, sapphire and skeleton dials. 116
- Tudor Rolex tooling, without the Rolex queue. 70
- Cartier Shaped cases, Roman numerals. 28
- Omega Seamaster and Speedmaster. 26
- Franck Muller Curved cases and numerals that lean. 20
- Vacheron Constantin The quietest of the three. 18
- IWC Pilot dials and big numerals. 13
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- Fewer than eight of these so far Hublot (7), Blancpain (5), Artisans De Geneve (3), Bvlgari (1)
- Not enough in the catalogue yet to be worth a page Worn on the right (2)
- Budget lives in the app, not here We use it to bracket a search. We do not put prices on a page.
When you want one chosen for you.
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