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Where to wear?

First, decide where and under what circumstances you are going to wear the watch:

  • at work (in the office, during negotiations)
  • out of work (during leisure time spent outside your home: on walks, at meetings with friends, when attending any events or cultural events)
  • while doing sport in the gym or workouts
  • during extremely difficult activities (diving, rock climbing, mountain tourism)

Characteristics and functions

In everyday life, many people only need their watches to display time and display the current day of the week (day of the month).

If you are active in sports, a stopwatch and chronograph will come in handy.

If you live in a busy work schedule, a watch with an annual/perpetual calendar (including moon phase indicator) will come in handy - and more than once.

If your lifestyle is connected with constant moving, a watch with a second-time zone or a world-timer will bring an unambiguous profit.

If you are a fan of "imperishable" mechanical classics, the tourbillon will delight the eye, and the repeater will delight the ear.

If you don't want to take your watch off your wrist during water procedures or if you are actively visiting the pool / are fond of diving - choose models with a water resistance of at least 20 bar (two hundred meters).

Keep in mind that readability in the darkness is also an important factor. Marks and arrows must be coated with good quality luminescent.