What are luxury watches and how to identify them

Luxury watches are defined as being handmade by expert watchmakers using the top quality materials that match their incomparable quality. These types of watches also generally have complex internal movements and many unique features, such as tourbillons, chronographs, and moon phase indicators.

Timepiece mechanism: Manual, automatic or quartz?

Before you decide the right watch for you, it's important to understand the basic difference between watches in terms of their movements. Knowing the different types of motions can help you make an informed decision in terms of defining what kind of watch will be most useful to you. 
 

Mechanical watches rely on a series of wheels, gears, springs, and other mechanisms to function in order to keep time. In manual watches, the user needs to manually wind up the spring for the movement to occur. These watches are the traditional, classic choice but they work mostly manually.

In an automatic watch mechanism, in contrast, the watch winds the rotor automatically using the energy it accumulated from the user's wrist movements. This process makes automatic watches work even if you take them off at night. Basically, you don’t need to worry about making them work.

Quartz watches, on the other hand, substitute intricate cogs and gears for small quartz crystals in which the battery provides an integrated energy circuit. The way quartz watches work is with crystal vibrations that accompany wrist movements, making it a very sustainable way of timekeeping.

Choose the model: strap or bracelet watches

Your watch can feature straps or bracelets. Straps watches are especially useful if you like leather and other materials such as nylon that are more comfortable to the touch. One of the advantages of a strap watch is that it is able to match several outfits and add a lot of versatility to your look.

Conversely, bracelet watches are known for their luxury, mainly made of metals such as titanium and stainless steel. They can be made of precious metals and come in various different colors perfectly matched with amazing, different hues that all share one thing in common; the amazing ability to upgrade any man’s look.

Defining the case metal and color

If your dad fancies precious metals, timepieces are available in white gold, yellow gold, and rose gold. You can never go wrong with these as they are classic and literally timeless and come in endless designs, featuring different details and materials as well. Our selection of precious metal bracelet watches is available upon request.

Now, it might be the case that your dad loves the properties of other kinds of metals that may not be considered as precious as those above, but that offer many beneficial properties, even healthwise. This is the case with classy and extra resistant bracelets made of titanium, a well as the extremely popular stainless steel bracelet watches. 

So, whether you want to opt for straps or bracelets, any of these two will convey so much style and personality to your dad in the blink of an eye that we guarantee you, the hard part will be to choose just one! If that’s the case, come speak to one of our experts. They’ll be happy to guide you through the process.

In the following paragraphs, we’ve listed some new ideas for you to be inspired on your path to getting the perfect gift not only for your dad, but also an uncle, a loved one who is a parent, or even any father figure in your life. So, get ready and dive in!

A Tissot Chrono XL

Perfect for traditional, down to earth dads, this old-school leather strap style Tissot is a perfect fit in a classic style. It serves as a basic, everyday wear accessory, but is nonetheless chic. It’s ideal for those who want to dare to stand out from the crowd without trying too hard and keep elegant while also being extremely stylish for urban style, due to its chronograph function.

A Tissot Stainless Steel Seastar Watch

This black stainless steel strap watch is a perfect fit for sporty, athletic dads. It features an aluminum bezel ring and scratch-resistant sapphire crystals, with double-sided anti-reflective coating and a black dial and black rubber strap. There are many sporty-style timepieces in the market, but this piece in black is truly a rare find that your dad is guaranteed to love.

A Tissot Seastar 1000 Quartz Chronograph

This stainless steel bracelet watch is perfect for practical dads who love resistant, everyday wear accessories. It can feature an extremely harmonious hue of ;green matched with black details. So, if your dad loves green, there’s no gift choice as perfect as this one.

A Tissot PRS 516 Powermatic 80

If he joins the blue team, you can opt for a durable stainless steel watch with a blue background. It’ll match most of his clothes on a day to day basis, so there’s no way to go wrong with a gift like this! Most men just happen to fancy blue, so when in doubt, play safe and go with a piece like this one.