Getting fancy - Modern dress watch recommendations?

I know that the thread is ‘modern dress watches', but as an old fashioned aficionado, I’ve always thought that with dress watches, dress cuff links and dj's and suits generally, less is more.

So, with that in mind, I’d avoid gimmicky dials with moons, sub-dials and even (though the two I posted have them) date windows. I can just about make a case (not literally) for no sweep second, and suggest that you really don’t need to know time to the second.

I once read, possibly on OF, that a ‘gentleman' shouldn’t wear a dress watch or any sort of watch when wearing a dj, in case it looks like he’s timing the evening and hoping it will end.

So, modern or classic, ditch those sub dials (particularly in odd positions), ditch moons and stick with old fashioned classic. No pun intended but, they’ve ‘stood the test of time'.

To use a sporting metaphor, 'form is transient, class is permanent'.

My modern dress watch is a vintage Rose Gold Zenith 😗

If I were looking for a modern watch I'd be sorely tempted to buy a Globemaster.

Hi all

It took me a while, but I finally made up my mind and pulled the trigger. Went with the Jaeger LeCoutre MUT Moonphase silver dial. Have my first black tie event of 2022 coming up in the first week of April, and am excited to give this beauty a go in its intended environment. A brown strap is also on its way for more casual settings.

Thanks all for the advice!

That was always the one. So easy really with a JLC for this type of watch. 👍

Congrats…