Building the Perfect Collection: Dress Watches
Dress watches—designed to dazzle beneath the cuff of a stylish suit, or be the perfect accompaniment to that little black dress—tell the world what your personal style is. Timeless elegance, sophistication, elite craftsmanship, historical significance, exclusivity, and prestige are all hallmarks of the world’s best dress watches. And while dress watches sometimes get a reputation for being on the more expensive side, this does not necessarily need to be the case if you know what you’re looking for.
If you are you considering starting a dress watch collection, these models are a great place to start:
Breguet Tradition Quantiéme Rétrograde 7597
By any measure this is an astonishing timepiece, a triumph of the horological arts. A stunning 18K rose gold case, with sapphire case back and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, encircles a magical dial. Traditional Breguet hands adorn an off-centered silvered gold dial that indicates the hours and minutes. Another hand is a marvel of watchmaking architecture—curved on the vertical plane, it has multiple levels, enabling it to fly over the components of the movement, eventually reaching the date section between 3 and 9 o’clock. Its retrograde function enables it to return to 1 at the end of the month. A.L. Breguet was one of the first to perfect the retrograde date complication, and it is used to great effect here. A brown alligator leather strap completes the look.
Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar
The self-winding perpetual calendar features a polished and satin-finished stainless steel 42mm case with sapphire crystal case back and sapphire crystal. A slim bezel gives this timepiece a classically elegant look, with Glashütte’s traditional Double G logo highlighting the delicately fluted crown. The galvanized grey dial is textured with finely grained embossing, with appliqués crafted of blue coated solid gold, Roman numerals, and steel blued hands. Complications include a perpetual calendar with week day, month, and annual cycle, panorama date, and moonphase. The Glashütte Original manufactory automatic movement has a hundred hour power reserve. Comes with a blue synthetic strap.
Tudor 1926
The 1926 line, named after the year that Tudor was created, pays tribute to the brand’s early history with a range of mechanical watches that are timeless, elegant, and the very definition of classic. Like every Tudor timepiece, this model reflects a world of fine Swiss watchmaking, where mechanical excellence goes hand-in-hand with enduring sophistication. The 41mm stainless steel case has a screw-down crown and sapphire crystal. The domed, textured opaline dial features a date indicator and blue hands and hour markers. The stylish stainless steel bracelet has a folding clasp.
Raymond Weil Millesime Salmon Sector Dial
Raymond Weil has a rich, justly celebrated history steeped in the finest traditions of watchmaking, and the Millesime Salmon Sector Dial is a grand vintage interpretation of the brand. A 39.5 stainless steel case features a bezel decorated with a vertical satin-brush that contrasts with the highly polished bevel nearby. The sapphire case back allows a view of the self-winding mechanical movement within, along with Raymond Weil’s signature “W-shaped” oscillating weight. The salmon dial, set beneath a vintage-inspired sapphire crystal glass-box, has been elegantly refined, with delicate, contrasting finishes. The sector dial presents the hours, minutes, and seconds periods on discrete tracks for superior readability. The hours and minutes are conveyed with black hands that have been lined with Super-LimiNova®. Paired with a grey genuine calf leather strap with a unique W-stitched detail.
Trilobe Nuit Fantastique Grained Silver
With the Nuit Fantastique collection, Trilobe has tasked itself with nothing less than a new interpretation of time. The design of this singular creation favors minimalism while it plays with perceptions. The 38.5mm titanium case features a push button crown and anti-reflective sapphire crystal. The elegant silver dial is a true technical challenge, underlying the elegance of the watch. It defies symmetrical shapes, and is made up of four parts, three of which are in permanent rotation—the largest ring for the hours, the minute wheel that appears within an aperture, and the seconds wheel. The intertwining of the minutes and seconds gives a glimpse of the infinite within a satin-finished and polished in-dial bezel. Complemented by a brown natural Barenia calfskin strap.
Chopard Happy Sport
Perhaps Chopard Happy Sport designer Caroline Scheufele said it best when she described this timepiece as, “A watch that I can wear 24 hours a day.” Happy Sport is a feminine masterpiece of curves and soft lines, the ultimate sporty-chic diamond watch. The 36mm 18K rose gold case offers an opulent stage for the gray guilloche dial with its seven dancing diamonds that float freely across the face of the watch. Precious yet casual, the Happy Sport can be worn just as well on a tennis court as at a dinner date—its unique design makes it an icon that resides at the crossroads between a watch and a piece of jewelry. The silver brushed fabric strap only adds to the mystique.
Frederique Constant Classics Ladies Elegance Luna
The name says it all—this is elegance personified. This subtle, precious timepiece for both men and women starts with a 36mm stainless steel case with a transparent case back and anti-reflective sapphire crystal. The white and mother of pearl dial is enhanced by a new hour ring on which traditional Arabic numerals have been replaced by slender, gracious Roman counterparts done in the same turquoise color as the topstitched leather deployment-clasp strap, forming a style signature that’s exclusive to this collection, and a rarity in watchmaking in general. The watch’s moon phase—designed by the daughter of the Manufacture’s head of R&D—evokes romance and intimacy with two half-moons locked in a loving embrace.
Arnold & Son Perpetual Moon 41.5 Platinum
Arnold & Son is offering you the opportunity to own something exceedingly rare—the Perpetual Moon 41.5 Platinum is available in a limited edition of just 28 pieces. That’s 28 timepieces that evoke the radiance of the night, from the dial stamped with Arnold & Son’s textured gold tone “Stellar Rays” decor to the grained celestial blue moon-phase complication presented to striking effect. The dial is accented by silver tone hands and hour markers. All of this is set within a 41.5mm platinum case with sapphire crystal case back and a domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating. The 27 jewel manual movement has a power reserve of 90 hours. Finished with a hand-stitched blue alligator leather strap.
Tissot Classic Le Locle Powermatic 80
Le Locle is the name of Tissot’s home and heritage, the birthplace of Swiss watchmaking nestled in the Jura Mountains, and it serves as inspiration for Tissot’s Classic Le Locle family of automatic watches. Both exquisitely elegant and classically chic, this Powermatic 80 model—with a power reserve of 80 hours—has a 316L stainless steel case with a see-through case back and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. A patterned silver dial features fine details such as Roman numerals and a traditional Le Locle signature. The grey stainless steel bracelet is the perfect accompaniment.
Nomos Tangente 2date
With this watch, it’s love at first sight, and second sight as well. The 37.5mm stainless steel case has a sapphire crystal glass with anti-reflective coating and bipartite sapphire crystal glass back. Two date displays in red complement each other in perfect harmony. The exclusive Nomos ring date—in a hand-wound watch for the very first time here—shows the entire month, while the large date window at 6 o’clock focuses on the current date. At midnight, or when the quickset function is activated, the two displays set the galvanized white silver-plated dial with rhodium-plated hands in motion in a way that is doubly beautiful. This date caliber effectively showcases the Nomos swing system, their proprietary escapement. A Horween genuine shell cordovan black strap, one of the finest leathers in the world, suits every wearer.
Discover these and other dress watches at Feldmar. Browse our online store or stop into our flagship location.
