Groomsmen gift ideas?

[Coolex]

Looking for ideas.. nothing too expensive (<$300) but would love to give something not as obvious as a whisky glass or flask lol

[themast]

Perhaps an experience? Tickets for a concert/sporting event. Or a vaucher for a fine dining experience etc.

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by themast

Perhaps an experience? Tickets for a concert/sporting event. Or a vaucher for a fine dining experience etc.

[indexmatch]

I like the experience idea, I gave my guys a nice safety razor shave kit with a monogrammed toiletry bag, inside $300 and all the guys still use them (...or so they say)

Here’s an example, but maybe this falls into cliche groomsmen gifts

https://www.royalshave.com/royalshav...hd-shaving-set

[Sjmoore11]

Sports tickets is a cool idea. Or since this is a watch forum how about Seiko SKX007s?

[indexmatch]

Originally Posted by Sjmoore11

Sports tickets is a cool idea. Or since this is a watch forum how about Seiko SKX007s?

Good point! Watch forum deserves a watch related idea, I always wanted one of these Nomos sundials, worth a look and very unique.

https://nomos-glashuette.com/en/sund...tainless-steel

[mfer]

If you don’t have many just buy something they each like.

One guy liked fashion watches
One guy loves whiskey
One guy was a crazy movie buff

Spent about $250 on each of them 11 years ago.

[Fat_ninja]

Hermes pocket squares

[AzPaul]

How's about a $100 gift card to a couple of restaurants you know they'd enjoy.

[Fat_ninja]

$300 worth of dances? Lol

[roaddog359]

Originally Posted by Fat_ninja

$300 worth of dances? Lol

Now your talking! All singles too.

[SunTzu]

Originally Posted by didyunt

Get him a nice Hand Bangle.

Does a gift certificate for a mani pedi come with it?

Originally Posted by roaddog359

Now your talking! All singles too.

Singles? Oy! That'll be some dive bar!

[Fat_ninja]

Originally Posted by SunTzu

Singles? Oy! That'll be some dive bar!

Columbia ;)

Or so ive heard

[Lawman77]

Definitely a Faure Le Page wallet and a bottle of Creed for each.

[dkg1616]

I think the experience/ gift card idea is about as lame as it gets. Gets something tangible, something real and personalized. At the end of the day it’s not the artifact that matters, it’s the men that stand with you on your big day.

I know I am personally getting customized case pocket (sharp objects) for my groomsman outfitted with custom watch / bed rest boxes. All in under 200 a guy. Watch box is about 100 and (sharp object) is about 75

[irv2]

Court side basketball tickets.

[GB-man]

Originally Posted by irv2

Court side basketball tickets.

Not for 300 dollars haha but year that’d be awesome.

I did montblanc pens and some other stuff and nobody wanted them lol plus they honestly weren’t as nice as I’d expected.

I’d get each a nice pair of Allen Edmonds park avenues.

[SearChart]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Not for 300 dollars haha but year that’d be awesome.

I did montblanc pens and some other stuff and nobody wanted them lol plus they honestly weren’t as nice as I’d expected.

I’d get each a nice pair of Allen Edmonds park avenues.

This has been my Montblanc experience as well. Bit of an overrated brand and not as nice as they should be considering the price.

[Burlington]

Originally Posted by SearChart

This has been my Montblanc experience as well. Bit of an overrated brand and not as nice as they should be considering the price.

Agree - whenever I’ve tried one out I’ve never felt any desire to buy. Aside from the hand feel, they are also a bit too ubiquitous for my taste.

A decent pen, money clip, wallet etc. are all cool gifts and more importantly can be used by the recipient on a daily basis.

If you go for personalisation find something between you and them. Not the date of the wedding for example.

[Star Ferry]

Originally Posted by Burlington

Agree - whenever I’ve tried one out I’ve never felt any desire to buy. Aside from the hand feel, they are also a bit too ubiquitous for my taste.

A decent pen, money clip, wallet etc. are all cool gifts and more importantly can be used by the recipient on a daily basis.

If you go for personalisation find something between you and them. Not the date of the wedding for example.

I'd never buy the pens but they do a decent job with things like sunglasses, cufflinks, and small leather goods

[pickettt]

Originally Posted by SearChart

This has been my Montblanc experience as well. Bit of an overrated brand and not as nice as they should be considering the price.

Well.....isn't marketing everything.

[1st amg]

I would give something that has the potential to last a lifetime. The dinner and sports things are great for the memory banks, but its done. In the past I have received, a tuxedo, which I still own....a coach belt, which I still have....a Gucci credit card holder, which I still own, etc. Everytime I reach to put this on, I remember the wedding of said friend which is pretty cool.

[Kneecough]

Originally Posted by 1st amg

I would give something that has the potential to last a lifetime. The dinner and sports things are great for the memory banks, but its done. In the past I have received, a tuxedo, which I still own....a coach belt, which I still have....a Gucci credit card holder, which I still own, etc. Everytime I reach to put this on, I remember the wedding of said friend which is pretty cool.

I like the idea of the designer credit card holder/wallet... they come in handy even for those who typically carry a larger wallet normally.

[apkane7]

in keeping with the watch theme, what about a personalised single watch roll?

[SunTzu]

My buddy got us all silver monogrammed Tiffany money clips. This was back in 2000. I never used it keeping it in the little Tiffany cloth pouch. It's taken on beautiful toning turning purple and turquoise.

Oh, he's now paroled

[rolexinfl]

I took old cigar boxes and filled them with a Timex watch, mini whiskey bottles, whiskey stones, and also included a monogrammed duffel bag for them to put their things in during the ceremony day - and also paid for their bow ties and socks

[wantonebad]

I got my groomsmen Vintage Porsche Carrera sunglasses. My best-man (brother) lost his in the Bahamas but the other 4 still have and wear theirs. Wish I bought a pair for myself. Now their over $300 a pair but you can get great glasses for 300 or less.

[superdog]

You can but really nice money clips for that kind of loot.

And everyone loves a quality money clip.

[~JJ]

I bought the guys matching g-shocks.

[Pw92676]

Here’s what I did:

For the groomsmen (6) I gave decanters engraved with their initials and bought their ties, shoes and socks for the wedding.

For the brothers involved (my 2 plus the 2 soon to be brothers in law), I gave them each a bulova watch from Macy’s ($200-250 Range, nothing fancy nor impressive to WIS) hoping to inspire some appreciation for watches vs bare writers/apple watches.

Everyone loved the gifts but I have found that in the 3.5 year since, nobody uses any of it. In retrospect I would have done gift cards.

Everytime I have been a groomsman I get lousy flasks that are low quality and say “so and so wedding on so and so date at so and so location.” Would nor recommend going this route either lol.