Which buckle finish would you choose …

For the following two watches? Your buckle choices are either:

Stainless steel


OR

Yellow gold plated


Watch 1: Black dialed Constellation 14381 with black strap, steel case and yellow gold hands and hour markers. Which buckle material for the best overall look?


Watch 2: Silver dialed Seamaster 2576 with a tan strap and steel hands and hour markers. Which buckle material for the best overall look?


I’ll be interested to see if there is a general agreement or more of a split of opinion.

Stain!ess steel and stainless steel for those two watches.

Case material rather than dial's enhancements guides me.

That makes sense, but I have to admit that the yellow gold buckle really looks nice with the tan strap. I’m so confused … 😁

IMO, the buckle should match the case finish.

Another vote for buckle finish matching case material. Gold would be fine on a two tone case though.

A bunch of conservatives so far! Where are the mix and match supporters!?!

Ha! 😁 I like stainless steel on both.

Gold on the connie, stainless on the seamaster. What can I say, I'm a rebel.

Yeah. I stay confused about some of my straps on some of my watches.

And then there's the one watch I have here that makes an occasional appearance on WRUW which possesses a stainless steel case yet is wearing a strap with a gold buckle. What a faux pas that is!

Installed the strap in a hurry and intended to change out the gold buckle for stainless steel, but can't be bothered with it so far ... over several years time.

But, y'all will never know which one because I only turn the watch's face to the camera!

I would go stainless buckle on both watches.

Another vote for stainless steel on both.

Damn! Looks like I need to stock up on steel buckles and sell some gold ones - or buy a bunch of gold cased watches. 🙁

Well, I have gold buckles on my two gold capped Connies, but I also have them on four other steel cased watches including the three shown above because the dials have gold hands/markers and I also just like the warm look that a gold buckle lends to a tan or brown strap. Hmmm. Maybe I’ll just go rogue, leave the watches as they are, and start drinking white wine with my steaks. 😲😲😲