
What kind of manly watch blasphemy have I been committing lately? For the past few months, I have found myself trending toward mid-sized watches, 46-47mm across the bezel. Back in 2006 I was a self-proclaimed pioneer of the oversized, in your face watches (fond of them for 2 years before they took off around 2008).

I wrote about this trend shift a few days ago, prompting Tom Wc to write about the difference between crass and classy masculinity.
So today my friend Mike, an expert in Brazilian jiu-jitsu who owns more Man Points than I ever will, took a gaze at my 40-plus watch collection and he immediately preferred the mid-size watches, picking up my black Invicta Ocean Speedway, my gunmetal Invicta Ocean Reef, and my gray Invicta Capsule. "Now these are real classy," he said. "I could wear these every day," upon which I said, "A more stealthy watch is like a jiu-jitsu fighter who never tells anyone he knows jiu-jitsu."
"Exactly," Mike said.

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