Matching A Watch To Your Personality

Your watch says a lot about you. It speaks leagues about your personality, style, values and spending habits before you’ve even opened your mouth, and sends a message to people you’ve never met merely by sitting on your wrist in plain sight. In fact, you can tailor that message depending on the watch you buy. And what watch is that? Well, it largely depends on your personality. Different characters opt for different timepieces. Some crave small faces and slim bands, svelte numbers that radiant quiet elegance. Others prefer sporty watches that broadcast their need for physicality. Then there are those who opt for heft, displaying ostentatiously chunky watches that showcase their taste for the finer, more expensive things in life. Whatever your personality, you can be sure that there’s a watch out there to suit it. With that in mind, we’ve put together a guide for determining the correct watch brand for your personality.

Sophistication and Style – Gucci

If you’re the type of person who goes to bed in silk pyjamas, gets their suits or coats tailored, never has a hair out of place and only dines at the finest establishments, then do we have the watch brand for you. While you’re certain to own a piece of this brand already, Gucci’s got your name all over it. The Italian brand is a beacon in the fashion world for decadence and wealth, and therefore it’s no wonder that they’ve dipped their toes in the luxury watch market. Their models are made from only the finest materials, meticulously crafted and stylishly designed for those with an eye for fashion and sophistication.

The Workaholic – Rolex

Well-known the world over for being one of the most expensive watches that money can buy, a Rolex is a no-nonsense timepiece that is a symbol of both prestige and business acumen for the dedicated man or woman. Not limited purely to telling the time, both the price tag and the brand of a Rolex watch means it’s a significant status symbol, as such it’s one of the first choices for serious businesspeople who want to project how serious they are about business and success.

The Splurger – Cartier

For those with a penchant for gold and silver, an appetite for wealth and the eye of a Magpie, then Cartier is the go-to brand. Cartier sums its watches up with the words, “luxury, expertise and experience”, and this is absolutely reflected in all of its pieces. The watches themselves are usually decked out in gold, silver, diamonds and other precious metals, and no doubt appeal to those who like to drop stacks of cash whenever possible. They’re beacons of opulence and excess, and cater to those who enjoy and indulgence in both on a regular basis.

Refined – International Watch Company

For the refined man or woman who is more concerned with finest details than garish overindulgence, then watches from the International Watch Company are bound to be more up your alley. While the company was founded in 1868 long before the invention of air travel, IWC would go on to and become famous for making watches primarily marketed to pilots. In this spirit, they’re exquisitely tailored to high fliers in all walks of life, especially those with classic taste. And while IWC timepieces generally cost a fair amount of money, it’s possible to find older models in good condition online on dedicated marketplace platforms.

The Thinker – Maurice Lacroix Gravity

This is less a joining of brand and personality and more about matching a specific watch to a specific type of person. The watch in question is the Maurice Lacroix Gravity. Produced by the famed house of the watchmaker, the Gravity is suited perfectly to a person of consideration, a thinker, and an intellectual. If you’re someone who prefers savouring long novels and having long philosophical conversations as opposed to pulp magazines and reality TV shows, then this is the watch to project that sentiment. The watch is a marvel in engineering and with a layered dial reminiscent of the Audemars Piguet Millenary, the Gravity is one of the most impressive and interesting watches produced by Maurice Lacroix ever.

The Organizer – Omega

For those who are absolutely obsessed with micromanaging every detail of their lives, watches from Omega are definitely the ideal choice. The watch of James Bond, Omega watches provide a sense of reassurance and order, especially due to the fact that the watches have a proven track record of longevity. The Omega Speedmaster is particular, is the ultimate symbol of organization and order. Worn by Buzz Aldrin during the moon landing in 1969, the watch has proven itself to have out-of-this world reliability regardless of the situation it is being used in.