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Submariner versatility
Went to a black tie dinner in NY this week, everyone looked sharp, the ladies were all beautifully attired.
At my table I took a quick check of wrist wear, a Cartier Tank, several nice traditional dress watches on a strap, a Reverso, gold DD, someone wore what looked like a gold Breguet moon phase on a black strap. I felt like a philistine with my SS DJ on a Jubilee. Then I spotted the fellow sitting about two seats around from me - out there to see was his SubC, a great looking watch, sharp in its black and stainless, but, and with apologies to the James Bond acolytes, it looked terribly out of place. And I have one, love it, and maybe if you're the only one wearing or looking at watches at dinner you might convince yourself it works. But under black tie conditions, when people know how to accessorize, it just does not belong.
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I agree although I may be in the minority...
Sports watches are for sport. Honestly a simple Seiko on leather is more appropriate than any sport watch regardless of cost. I used a pocket watch at my wedding which was very formal and the traditional. |
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Do you think sub with dark brown leather bracelet will work under this occasion ?
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I will never have the problem of my watch being inappropriate for a black tie dinner in NY because I am inappropriate for a black tie dinner in NY.
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I own a 14060m, but when I am wearing a suit (which is not that often), I always wear my father's 1960 Omega Seamaster SS on a black crocodile strap.
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I wore my TT Bluesy Sub C with my black suit,
shiny black leather shoes, white dress shirt and stunning solid red tie and personally didn't care what any body thought last weekend for my brother n laws wedding event !!! ![]() ![]() ![]() Oh. Btw... it was my birthday as well on the same day... ![]() |
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Real Name: Brandon
Location: OK, USA
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Location: USA
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Why anyone spends even a second concerning themselves with what watch others might consider appropriate for a social event is beyond my understanding. I wear what pleases me and do not care what others think about it. Some may find this attitude crude and that too is fine with me. I've been around long enough to know that my friends accept me for who I am and beyond that I don't really care what anybody thinks.
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I think many of our perspectives are very skewed. To many people, a Rolex is just a nice watch, and a nice watch goes perfectly well at the event you were attending.
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I agree. Personally I guess I'd wear my TT DJ 16233 with black tie or a suit rather than my Tudor BBB, but I wonder if anyone would notice or care (at least in the social circles that I frequent). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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Beside, most of the time the watch is under your shirt sleeve so not even visible. |
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Real Name: John Paul
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Has anyone not seen the mid 60's Rolex ad where a fellow is wearing a 5512/13 with a tux? Looks pretty damned good on him!
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Real Name: Tim
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Did someone say Submariner with a tux, here's mine peeking out.
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I have a hard time getting anything other than a thin watch under by tux shirt cuffs. A work associate used to wear bright red socks with his tux. Nobody looked at his watch. He could have been wearing a cookoo clock and people would be staring at his socks.
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Emily Post would have said that no watch is appropriate with a dinner suit (black tie).
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I think the Submariner was designed for underwater use.
Rolex Cellini is designed for dress up wear , including a formal dinner. |
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I'm drawn to those willing to flick the proverbial bird to the dress code. Particularly black tie. Suspect I might have quite liked the gent rockin the Sub in such conservative and conformist company. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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If I'm invited to a formal function, I ignore the host's request to adhere to the form and wear flip flops instead of dress shoes because that's what I prefer to wear in everyday, casual life and it shows how much of a rebel I am.
Plus, even though nobody forced me to accept the invitation to attend a formal function in the first place, surely the hosts can't expect me to adhere to conformal notions of dress or behaviour. Nobody tells me what to do. I'm all grown up and I'm going to prove it. If you polled 15 year-old teenagers, they will agree with me (which just goes to show how non-stuffy and young at heart I am). Everything must be at least in part be about me, and comfy flip flops anytime, anywhere are my signature. I'm pretty sure this makes me very interesting to others if they're cool and shocks the traditionalists. Either way, I get noticed. ![]() |
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Sir, You are out of order. Black Tie is the civilian equivalent of a military uniform. You wear precisely what you are expected to wear and if you cannot hack that, then stay away. Wearing what pleases you on this occasion is totally infra dig. A black Sub is way to loud and when I attend such events, it is either a watch and chain when wearing a waistcoat or a slim gold JLC on the wrist with a black strap. I may not want to wear those watches but I do so out of respect to the formality of the event. Sometimes you have to put yourself second. Regards Mick |
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unfortunately a lot of people these days think they are the only person in the world that matters and it's perfectly reasonable to "not care what anyone thinks" if i seriously didn't care what anyone thought, the watch i was wearing would be the least of my worries and i would be going around helping myself to everyone else's watches ![]()
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