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What are the standards for a dress watch?

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This is a good season to wear a dress watch with an elegant charm. Simply put, a dress watch is a watch that goes well with formal attire, such as a long-sleeved jacket or shirt. Common features of dress watches are as follows.

1. Thin case: fits naturally under a long-sleeved shirt
2. Dial with simple design
3. Leather strap
4. Small or average-sized cases: Typically, a size of 36 to 39 mm is often adopted.

Because the case is thin, the manual winding method is sometimes adopted, so there are no restrictions on the movement method. Because it aims for a luxurious look, gold material is often used.

Lange and Soehne Saxonia / © alange-soehne

Representative dress watch models include Patek Philippe's Calatrava, Lange & Sohne's Saxonia and Lange 1, and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Reverso.

Nov 06. 2023