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Versatile Watches for Work & Play

Sep 17, 2014,06:16 AM
 

This is in partial response to MTF in an earlier post…


"perhaps the solution is not to match colours but allow all schema to shine through the watch."

This is a very interesting point but I've found myself questioning this wisdom lately.

Allow me to use a car analogy here:

You wouldn't put all-season tires on a sports car, right?
No, what you need to do a true sports car justice are a set of fat, super sticky performance tires that grab at the asphalt like a rabid dog. But these same tires would be downright dangerous in the winter.




And in the theme of my last post - fashion: you wouldn't wear the same set of shoes for sports, in the rain, snow, for a party, a wedding etc. right?

Getting back to watches, a number of my pieces may be suitable for work or for play:

AP Royal Oak (41mm)



  


Rolex GMT Master II



  


PP Nautilus Moonphase



  
PP Aquanaut (ok, this one's pushing it with a suit...)



  


but here's the question:

Are versatile watches inferior (stylistically or functional) to watches that are specifically bred for a single purpose?

I admit that my watch collection isn't complete enough to properly answer this question. So I throw out this question to my fellow PuristS.

What are your thoughts?




This message has been edited by psychotic on 2014-09-17 06:17:27


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Versatility requires moderation, and moderation helps avoid design mistakes.

 
 By: mkvc : September 18th, 2014-00:57
I think a versatile watch will tend to be stylistically superior to specialized ones. Part of the reason for that is that you can get away with an outlandish-looking watch in a specialized situation: if you're diving 3,000 meters under water, a gigantic a... 

I think the question of function answers itself

 
 By: secretlife : September 19th, 2014-21:23
Functionally, a watch that is designed for a particular purpose is bound to out-shine the "versatile" watch in situations that call for that particular purpose. Using your car analogy, it is even clearer: a car that is bred for the race-track or for conqu...