Fashion Today: How to express your style despite a conservative dress code

Watches

A watch is an excellent way to express your taste and style — particularly if you look outside of the same one or two basic styles that most guys wear today. 

As with cufflinks, we’d highly recommend shopping vintage, which has a vast selection of choices at any budget. Search watch forums, a good jeweler in town, or even eBay to figure out the look you’re going for. 

Jesse at Put This One notes that you can find well-made, vintage mechanical watches from lesser-known brands at very low prices, or a watch from a brand like Hamilton or Longines for $100 or $200. If you want to spend $500, you can find a beautiful Omega, and an even higher budget puts more excellent options within reach.

The watch you should look for is highly dependent on your lifestyle and your taste. Watches range in formality, with the most formal watches tending to have simple faces (often white), metal bodies, and leather bands. 

The complications, or additional mechanisms or functions, on the face of a formal watch aren’t related to sport. On the other hand, less formal watches like this iconic chronograph come from a sportier heritage, which they show off with features like oversized cases, metal bands, and black faces.