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RegF
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It might be easier to go for a set of steel shirt studs and cufflinks and then open you options up to a whole host of alternatives.

Either than or if you are gowing tobe wearing it that frequently, go all-out on something really classic, Portuguese or Reverso or (dare I use the "C" word?) Calatrava

Liking the Jungians the most so far.
 
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Or if you can stretch your budget a bit...

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kkt
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Foo2rama Foo2rama
Actually Rolex never paid for placement, nor supplied the watches. The books clearly stated Bond wore a Rolex.

Okay, I'm prepared to accept that the movie producers didn't pay Rolex for product placement. Product placement fees were not common back in the Connery era.

meganfox17 meganfox17
I do take Daniel Craig seriously @kkt 1c58d259f010b7212856184792630c05.jpg Remember the Casino Royale scene on the train....
Vesper Lynd : Rolex ?
Bond : Oh- Mee- Ga
Vesper Lynd : Beautiful

As @Superdoc can testify , Omega DIDN'T KNOW ,had NOTHING to do with that movie dialogue and DID NOT pay anyone for that line to be included in Casino Royale. Those words were chosen by the Screenwriter himself if memory serves me correctly & @Superdoc actually has a photo taken with the gentleman !

But a prominent placement of a watch that was not canonical according to the books, and was not only worn visibly but also had dialogue about it, and no money changed hands? Maybe not directly for the movie, but license to produce 007 limited editions and Omega pays a royalty for each 007 edition sold?
 
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flw flw
Rolex Submariner or Omega Seamaster 300 ... perhaps even on a NATO strap. My logic is, if it's good enough for Sean Connery or Daniel Craig, it's good enough for me.
What, you mean this? I even wear it when I want. f1e8f0a6ac31edbe53f80f5318e4efc4.jpg
 
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shaun hk shaun hk
Surprised no one has suggested a grand seiko, though I believe they all have a date complication
Of course. Wear this. 71b5a30aa2d12ee6204f5cc28ad0cc7c.jpg
GS SBGF021 almost vintage...
Or maybe more manly still like this... 8bd831564051a210e64dbae0515e0d23.jpg
 
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meganfox17 meganfox17
I do take Daniel Craig seriously @kkt 1c58d259f010b7212856184792630c05.jpg Remember the Casino Royale scene on the train....
Vesper Lynd : Rolex ?
Bond : Oh- Mee- Ga
Vesper Lynd : Beautiful

As @Superdoc can testify , Omega DIDN'T KNOW ,had NOTHING to do with that movie dialogue and DID NOT pay anyone for that line to be included in Casino Royale. Those words were chosen by the Screenwriter himself if memory serves me correctly & @Superdoc actually has a photo taken with the gentleman !

I wish I can like this more than once.
 
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Anything vintage slim and fancy and tho i know my "In the book" picture bears no correspondence to the watch in question before this is pointed out It's a 1940s and a knotted lug.. seems to be a very "In Vogue" thing of the era With LeCoultre and i think even Vacheron Jumping on the bandwagon still looks equally "fancy" unusual and dressy even for 2016 tuxedos are very "vintage" take a vintage watch to the party
 
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I know that you said you want 37mm or above but when it comes to a watch with a tux/dinner jacket, I really believe less is more. Well within your budget (might take a bit of clever shopping) are a whole range of VCs from the 50s and 60s ... and this is mine on my 8 inch wrist:

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jimmyd13 jimmyd13
I know that you said you want 37mm or above but when it comes to a watch with a tux/dinner jacket, I really believe less is more... whole range of VCs from the 50s and 60s...mine on my 8 inch wrist
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Black tie event last year. Not a tux, however I am wearing a 3 piece formal cut suit and I rocked my SMPO 45.5mm. This suit is cut slim but I ditched the french cuffs because they didn't jive with the slim fit sleeves on the jacket.

I say wear what you want.

BTW thats me with Trent Green (Former Staring QB with the Kansas City Chiefs and St Louis Rams)
 
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ctpete ctpete
I have several occasions every year to attend a black tie event and I am looking for a suitable watch. The watch I want would have these characteristics:

Larger than 37mm case
Black dial with gold hands and markers
14k or18k yellow or rose gold, solid or plated
Manual wind, automatic or quartz
Black leather strap
$2000 +/- budget
No complications beyond second hand (no date or chronos)

Here are a couple pictures of watches that come close, so that you get the idea. The biggest challenge seems to be finding one that is larger than 37mm. Both examples below are 34-35mm - just too small for my wrist. I have been all over Ebay, WUS and the other watch sites and I keep looking. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks, Pete
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Gruen 510 precision and is also the first James Bond watch
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LouS
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The AP and the Vacheron that FullyWound posted are the only things that come close.
 
ConElPueblo
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KstateSkier KstateSkier
Black tie event last year. Not a tux, however I am wearing a 3 piece formal cut suit and I rocked my SMPO 45.5mm. This suit is cut slim but I ditched the french cuffs because they didn't jive with the slim fit sleeves on the jacket.

I say wear what you want.

Well, if you are wearing a red tie to a black tie event and drink beer out of the bottle to said event, I guess that your advice would be pretty irrelevant anyway... 😉
 
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kkt kkt
With a tuxedo, wouldn't a pocket watch be the thing?

If it's about not being seen

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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
Well, if you are wearing a red tie to a black tie event and drink beer out of the bottle to said event, I guess that your advice would be pretty irrelevant anyway... 😉
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
Well, if you are wearing a red tie to a black tie event and drink beer out of the bottle to said event, I guess that your advice would be pretty irrelevant anyway... 😉
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