It is true that you should not lean on a crutch such as a nice watch - you should "let your personality shine" - but every little bit of help counts, which is why we comb our hair, press our clothes, and yes, choose a good watch to wear?
My Sinn 903 as it's a "Navitimer" and the watch is iconic with years of marketing.
While I don't own one. Any oyster case with a cyclops is going to stand out to anyone as a Rolex and that's basically the only thing that impresses non watch people. My GF before she got into watches tried on a Patek Grand Complication and had no idea it was a 500k watch. In its defense part of the charm is that it looks so simple.
99.9% of the people in a social situation don't have a clue about watches and could not pick out a automatic vs. quartz. As far as names, aside from Rolex, they would not be able to tell you if a Vacheron Constantin is better than a Seiko. Forget vintage, 99.999999% have absolutely no clue there. Moral of the story, wear what you enjoy and what matches your tie or socks!
If I hadn't of already sold it to my best friend, my old Air King. People always commented on it, and most were shocked to learn it was a Rolex.
They just liked the simple and clean lines.
I stopped caring many moons ago, but I do stress over which watch will make me happiest in which occasion.
The most compliments I ever got was for an Invicta. As a result, I just wear what I like.
