Watchlords

I'm familiar with the perception that leather bands are more appropriate for more formal appearances and occasions than metal bracelets. But what about milanese/mesh straps? They are as thin and subdued as leather bands but do have the metallic shiny factor as bracelets. What's its status in the different levels of attire formality?

Whatever works for you.

For me it's contingent upon finish (dull/rounded = sporty), end-link execution (exposed loops = sporty), and mesh frequency (higher/finer = dressy).

My dress mesh would be Staib.

Mesh can be sexy as hell. Especially on a guy using a good amount of moustache wax

bedlam wrote:Mesh can be sexy as hell. Especially on a guy using a good amount of moustache wax

Is the moustache wax part sarcasm? Never used it so not sure if it's good or not haha

Btw is this a pre or post Fossil Zodiac? It does look stunning to me

You bastards. I own no mesh. These look great. Now I have something else to focus on.

You bastards.

PiningforElgin wrote:Is the moustache wax part sarcasm? Never used it so not sure if it's good or not haha

Btw is this a pre or post Fossil Zodiac? It does look stunning to me

I was being sarcastic.

The Oceanaire is pre-Fossil.

Mesh bracelets look much netter in pictures to me.
I have 4 watches on mesh and seldom wear them. They make me feel like a Nancy boy. (I hang with a blue collar crowd)

Hnghhh....that white Oceanaire... I like Staib as well.

bedlam wrote:

PiningforElgin wrote:Is the moustache wax part sarcasm? Never used it so not sure if it's good or not haha

Btw is this a pre or post Fossil Zodiac? It does look stunning to me

I was being sarcastic.

The Oceanaire is pre-Fossil.

Got it, I have no mustache and don't care what men with them do with them so didn't get the reference

I generally avoid bracelets (spare for one Atlantic that I have, where the bracelet is vital to the design of the watch), be it mesh or anything else. Some designs get along well with a mesh, some don't... I wouldn't call it a Jessie boy bracelet as such. Again, it's all about the design. There are ghey watches on ghey mesh bracelets, and non-ghey watches on a non-ghey mesh.

Regarding the use of a mesh in a dress watch, a lot of 1960s and 1970s dress watches, by almost unknown brands and the famous high-end makers like Patek and VC alike, were sold on a mesh bracelet, sometimes an integrated one. If I could get my hands one one of these, I certainly would, without hesitation. But generally, a leather strap goes slightly better with a formal attire. Not that a bracelet (any bracelet) can't, a dress watch with a leather strap does not really spark any debate in terms of whether it's OK for formal wear or not. That said, while I won't be making a judgement about whether a mesh is dressy or not, I'll say that a leather strap isn't as much a better option, as it is the safer one, should one really care so much about "what will the people say." Personally, I'd wear a vintage dress watch with an integrated mesh (or if the bracelet is detachable, but original to the watch) to a formal attire.

You blokes are all a bunch of Nancys. Only a plank cock would weer a mesh straps you fucks. All the boys in my regiment weer Gee-shocks and theyre all dead butch the pillocks.

Kind Regards, Dirtbox.

bedlam wrote:Mesh can be sexy as hell. Especially on a guy using a good amount of moustache wax

That Zodies the ducks guts you fucking cock.

I did an informal survey at work regarding a mesh bracelet on my 009. All 10 ladies I asked said the mesh was way too feminine. I returned it.

MKTheVintageBloke wrote:I generally avoid bracelets

You and biglove should have a steel cage death match.

conjurer wrote:

bedlam wrote:Mesh can be sexy as hell. Especially on a guy using a good amount of moustache wax

That Zodies the ducks guts you fucking cock.

Damn straight. I think that one went back to Alain who sold it after offering it here for a bit.

AJC wrote:

MKTheVintageBloke wrote:I generally avoid bracelets

You and biglove should have a steel cage death match.

I am a lover, not a fighter. We could; however, burn the heretic at the stake?

Have 2 mesh bands, one a real cheapie, but I like wearing both.
My better mesh