They'll just think you are a former naval aviator. Surface guys wear the black shoes.
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Ultra with suit
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The strap from Bandwerk arrived today. This is the Zurich style in cordovan leather.
First impressions are pretty good, it seems well made. At the moment the leather is quite stiff but feels like after a few wears it will fit nice and comfortably.
I am showing it against a ruler to give some idea of size, for info I use a large Alpine band and Medium/Large sports loop, and it fits leaving holes either side of the one I used.
It is not one I plan for every day use, but when I need to look a bit smarter it will give me another option.
Bandwerk Zurich Strap
My take - FWIW:
The Apple Watch Ultra looks fine with a suit. These days very few people wear mechanical watches. Those that wear them with suits rarely wear dress watches - a Rolex Datejust or Oyster Perpetual is not a dress watch.
Rolex Submariners are commonly worn with suits - the Sub, even today, is a tool watch. Just like the AWU.
Other mechanicals commonly worn with suits include Panerai, Speedmasters, Planet Oceans and Breitling pilots watches. All large tool watches.
You also often see Garmin and other fitness watches worn with suits. Anything goes these days.
Oh, and IMO, if you attempt to "dress up" an AWU by putting it on a leather strap then you just make the contrast between your overall formal attire and your watch even greater. It doesn't even make the watch look good - it looks silly. Again IMO. Let the AWU be true to itself. Wear it on one the Apple Ultra bands.
If you really care about formality then wear a proper dress watch - three hands, thin and small case on matching leather.
Below is a dress watch next to an AWU. If you care about formality then you're wearing something like the watch on the left. Otherwise whatevs.
The Apple Watch Ultra looks fine with a suit. These days very few people wear mechanical watches. Those that wear them with suits rarely wear dress watches - a Rolex Datejust or Oyster Perpetual is not a dress watch.
Rolex Submariners are commonly worn with suits - the Sub, even today, is a tool watch. Just like the AWU.
Other mechanicals commonly worn with suits include Panerai, Speedmasters, Planet Oceans and Breitling pilots watches. All large tool watches.
You also often see Garmin and other fitness watches worn with suits. Anything goes these days.
Oh, and IMO, if you attempt to "dress up" an AWU by putting it on a leather strap then you just make the contrast between your overall formal attire and your watch even greater. It doesn't even make the watch look good - it looks silly. Again IMO. Let the AWU be true to itself. Wear it on one the Apple Ultra bands.
If you really care about formality then wear a proper dress watch - three hands, thin and small case on matching leather.
Below is a dress watch next to an AWU. If you care about formality then you're wearing something like the watch on the left. Otherwise whatevs.
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This was the exact reason I polished mine. I didn't think the matte color with the orange looked well when dressing nice. Doesn't mean you can't wear it as is, I just wanted it to look a little more refined.
Ha! There’s NO WAY I’m ever wearing an orange ocean band with a suit. Buy hey, you do you😃
The polish looks nice.
I wear my (unpolished) Ultra 2 with my link bracelet all the time.
I would, lol. And I would accent with a matching orange tie or pocket square.
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Haha. Maybe not orange - but I’ve seen plenty of folks rocking rubber-banded dive watches with suits.
I've reached the point where I have far more of an issue with the idea of wearing a suit than the choice of watch/strap.
But we each live in our own circumstances and with different people round us. No-one I regularly see would expect me to wear a suit - not even at a wedding or a funeral. And very unlikely they would be wearing one.
But we each live in our own circumstances and with different people round us. No-one I regularly see would expect me to wear a suit - not even at a wedding or a funeral. And very unlikely they would be wearing one.
My favourite was the AOD argument - that it was required because otherwise you could get fired for checking the time in a meeting.
Someone said that? I wouldn't fire someone for checking the time in a meeting. Hell, I run my meetings and manage the people in them and even I check the time on myself!
And I would never think wearing an aluminum watch model, an Ultra or even something like a FitBit with a suit or other formal office wear to be inappropriate. That I know people have also said.
Maybe if I were wearing a tuxedo and attending a State dinner with the president of France or something, I might think twice about wearing a FitBit with a rubber watchband or an Apple Watch with a Nike band, but I'd still wear my Apple Watch Ultra with a link bracelet or something similar (plus a simple, classy watchface).
Seems like a very nice place to work, if you get fired by checking the time 🤣 I check the time myself a lot - especially now with many days having back-to-back meetings way too often (should not be allowed!)
Depends on the kind of suit. What are we talking here; morning, penguin, track, shell, jump, gimp?
For the latter, I'd go with the lower profile standard Apple watch, as it'll be a bugger to stretch the rubber over the Ultra.
For the latter, I'd go with the lower profile standard Apple watch, as it'll be a bugger to stretch the rubber over the Ultra.
