How do guys choose the best first watch for them? Mechanical, quartz, actinic or smartwatch? What’s the difference between different movements? What brand should I choose for a specific budget?
Here are a few of our suggestions to help you.
1. Face value justice
Watch is an important accessory that represents identity, and face value is certainly the first criterion for selection, that is to say, speaking of eye appeal. A good watch should make people want to see, enduring, and at the same time appropriately meet the personal temperament, age group and wear occasions (calm or lively, business or sports), and can even play a positive role in guiding the personal temperament.
It is also important to choose the right dial color according to the skin tone of your wrist. I personally feel that black is deep, blue is lively, white is literary, and silver is deep.
2、Wearing comfort
As a piece of jewelry that needs to be worn for a long time, the comfort of the watch can not be ignored, need to consider the individual wrist width and wrist circumference. Generally speaking, pay attention to the thickness of the watch within 12mm, the size of the dial within 42mm, the weight of the body within 80g. For thin wrists with a wrist circumference of 16mm, it is best to wear the watch on the spot to try to see if it fits. You can see
[The wrist watch for men Selection Guide] to learn how to select the size.
3. Types of watches
Watches are categorized into mechanical watches, quartz watches, optical kinetic watches and smart watches, they have their own advantages and disadvantages, just choose according to your personal preferences~
Mechanical watches are retro, exquisite craftsmanship, long life and good interactive experience, but they need regular maintenance and have errors in timekeeping.
Quartz watches and electronic watches are lightweight, highly accurate and affordable, but have poor value retention and require regular battery replacement.
Eco-kinetic watches are accurate and don’t need to change batteries, but their stability and waterproof performance are relatively poor.
Smart watches are more in line with the technological development of the times, and can be associated with cell phones to improve the convenience of life and enhance the sense of technological experience.
4, for the movement
A good movement can consistently and steadily output accurate time, while not constantly thundering in need of maintenance and rework. Attention needs to be paid to the material of the escapement and hairspring, as well as the duration of the mechanical or quartz watch.
A smart movement offers far more functionality than a traditional watch. Not only can it perform health monitoring, such as heart rate and blood pressure monitoring, but it can also track exercise data, such as steps and calories burned. In addition, smartwatches can display phone notifications, have built-in GPS, support app installation, allow users to customize dials, and even remotely control other smart devices. These features make smartwatches not just a tool to show time, but also a practical assistant in daily life.
5、Brand and Budget
Watches are high-precision instruments and brands are a guarantee of quality. The price point division of the watch market is very strict, just choose the brand according to the budget. For example, if the budget is within 1 hundred dollars , choose Casio, novamos within 5 hundred dollars, Tissot within 1k dollars, Medo within 3K dollars, and then Longines, Universal, Omega, Rolex and so on …..
