Which Dress Watch?

[AeroMan]

I have been looking at buying a new dress watch and after a fair bit of research looked at some watches in Selfridges and have this short-list. I would appreciate any advice from the forum and also any contacts for buying at a competitive price in the UK.

http://www.luxist.com/2009/12/08/jaeger-lecoultre-...

http://www.blancpain.com/e/content/view/full/8125/...

http://www.vacheron-constantin.com/en/our-watches/...

The salesman was quite keen on this Piaget, being the thinnest dress-watch, but I'm not that keen on this watchmaker and find the branding far too obvious, so have ruled it out.

http://www.piaget.com/watches-jewelry/altiplano/in...

So it seems my choice will come from the first three, though for now I'm favouring the Blancpain.

[toohuge]

All three are beautiful watches. The JLC and the Blancpain do it for me. Both top notch watches from great brands.

[erasuretim]

Vacheron for me, but have you checked out the classic....



regards

tim

[Animal]

What's your budget?

As a dress watch, generally speaking you want something simple and thin (i.e. that discreetly shouts 'expensive'). Patek, Vacheron, Breguet, Audemars or Blancpain will all have a multitude of models to fit your requirements - dependent on budget.

[AeroMan]

No specific budget Alex, but as I like the Blancpain there would have to be a pretty logical reason to spend much more; if you follow the convoluted reasoning.

Regarding the Calatrava Erasure, I had pretty much ruled that out as maybe a bit too obvious a choice! Also, I quite like the larger size of the Blancpain.

[tertius]

I love the JLC but its not really a dress watch is it - why would you have an alarm on a dress watch?

Of the others I'd probably take the Blancpain.

However, have you looked at the JLC Ultra Thin?

[Animal]

If you like the Blancpain style (and you can find a watch you like at a price you like) then buy it. Blancpain make fantastic watches apparently, Obviously I can't afford one, otherwise I'd be staring at the lovely Air Command Flyback chrono that would be gracing my wrist at this very moment!

[Nickellarse]

I prefer a classic IWC or an early gold Omega. You get more for your money and I find them visually more pleasing.