Dress Watch Options Forum

[Anonymous User]

Hi all,

I have an interview coming up and just bought a nice suit (~$1000) and was wondering what brand of watches to look at.

Thank you.

[Splurgles23]

Hi all,

I have an interview coming up and just bought a nice suit (~$1000) and was wondering what brand of watches to look at.

Thank you.

I think you need to go with a Patek Phillipe, preferably one with a grand complication. I myself would prefer a Hublot in a Big Law setting, but you don't want to go overboard...

[lawhopeful100]

Hi all,

I have an interview coming up and just bought a nice suit (~$1000) and was wondering what brand of watches to look at.

Thank you.

I think you need to go with a Patek Phillipe, preferably one with a grand complication. I myself would prefer a Hublot in a Big Law setting, but you don't want to go overboard...

This ^.

[Anonymous User]

Hi all,

I have an interview coming up and just bought a nice suit (~$1000) and was wondering what brand of watches to look at.

Thank you.

I think you need to go with a Patek Phillipe, preferably one with a grand complication. I myself would prefer a Hublot in a Big Law setting, but you don't want to go overboard...

I'll provide a real response. The short answer is that really it does not matter what watch you wear, or if you even wear a watch. I'm a biglaw litigator and the partners I work with wear watches the run the gamut from apple watches to jaeger, rolex, and yes, for the above posted, patek.

The only advice I'd give is to not wear anything gawdy, i.e., flashy or otherwise draws attention. Your watch, as with everything else in interviews, should not stand out as something the interviewer remembers you by.

But if you are planning anyway to invest in a watch, get a mechanical or automatic, none of that quartz shit or (god forbid) s smart watch. Good entry levels are Hamilton, Tag Heuer, Nomos Glashutte, etc. If you're not looking to spend much, I think Hamilton is your best bet for a quality watch.

[Anonymous User]

Hi all,

I have an interview coming up and just bought a nice suit (~$1000) and was wondering what brand of watches to look at.

Thank you.

I think you need to go with a Patek Phillipe, preferably one with a grand complication. I myself would prefer a Hublot in a Big Law setting, but you don't want to go overboard...

I'll provide a real response. The short answer is that really it does not matter what watch you wear, or if you even wear a watch. I'm a biglaw litigator and the partners I work with wear watches the run the gamut from apple watches to jaeger, rolex, and yes, for the above posted, patek.

The only advice I'd give is to not wear anything gawdy, i.e., flashy or otherwise draws attention. Your watch, as with everything else in interviews, should not stand out as something the interviewer remembers you by.

But if you are planning anyway to invest in a watch, get a mechanical or automatic, none of that quartz shit or (god forbid) s smart watch. Good entry levels are Hamilton, Tag Heuer, Nomos Glashutte, etc. If you're not looking to spend much, I think Hamilton is your best bet for a quality watch.

I'm about 99% sure that OP is joking, but if he's not, I'd throw in that smart watches are definitely ok. In my CA biglaw office, there's way more fitbits, Garmins, and Apple watches than traditional watches.

[Anonymous User]

Hi all,

I have an interview coming up and just bought a nice suit (~$1000) and was wondering what brand of watches to look at.

Thank you.

I think you need to go with a Patek Phillipe, preferably one with a grand complication. I myself would prefer a Hublot in a Big Law setting, but you don't want to go overboard...

I'll provide a real response. The short answer is that really it does not matter what watch you wear, or if you even wear a watch. I'm a biglaw litigator and the partners I work with wear watches the run the gamut from apple watches to jaeger, rolex, and yes, for the above posted, patek.

The only advice I'd give is to not wear anything gawdy, i.e., flashy or otherwise draws attention. Your watch, as with everything else in interviews, should not stand out as something the interviewer remembers you by.

But if you are planning anyway to invest in a watch, get a mechanical or automatic, none of that quartz shit or (god forbid) s smart watch. Good entry levels are Hamilton, Tag Heuer, Nomos Glashutte, etc. If you're not looking to spend much, I think Hamilton is your best bet for a quality watch.

I'm about 99% sure that OP is joking, but if he's not, I'd throw in that smart watches are definitely ok. In my CA biglaw office, there's way more fitbits, Garmins, and Apple watches than traditional watches.

Oh I agree that smart watches are perfectly acceptable to wear. I was just expressing my personal feelings toward them.

[hagoomata]

People make way too big of a deal about automatic vs quartz and the sophistication and accuracy of movements. If you're genuinely into admiring and collecting fine works of horology, that's great, but there is no real reason why that should translate to advice for the vast majority of people if it were not for the lie that somehow wasting money on needlessly sophisticated timepieces is a good investment. It's just another thinly veiled justification for status-purchases.

There are lots of brands that look very good in a suit and cost under $200. Brathwait, Armani, DW, Boss are a few. People sometimes criticize these brands because you can technically find some watch on Amazon or ebay with an inarguably higher quality movement for cheaper, but IMO the brands I listed look much better.

[redsox550]

I recommend a simple black leather band Movado that you can get for a couple hundred

[undo_o]

I'll provide a real response. The short answer is that really it does not matter what watch you wear, or if you even wear a watch.

Basically this.

[drwatson2573]

I have a Citizen Eco Drive that works well as a dressier watch (since it has a black band). I got mine for about $120 at a Christmas sale.

[M458]

OP, what's your budget?

[icansortofmath]

As someone with a rather large collection of Omega watches, I think the cheapest option is a fitbit.

I am dead serious. It tells people you care about health, can spark a conversation, bypass all the watch snubs (scoffing at Tag is a popular past time in that crowd) and will never give off the impression you’re vain.

But if you’re genuinely interested in getting a nice watch that gives off a sense that you made it, Rolex submariner is still a standard issue (Omega Speedmaster along the same veins) , Hublot for the slightly more fashion forward, and the clean dial leather bands look is pretty standard and more versatile. (Raymond Weil Maestro, IWC Portofino)

[LBJ's Hair]

If the only thing you care about is look--like this isn't about the movement, the status, etc--honestly I'd get a Daniel Wellington.