A watch is the most important and wearable fashion accessory a gentleman can own. Although useful for telling the time, your choice of timepiece also tells the outside world a great deal about you.

I am especially drawn to watches as an accessory — mostly because their fit is unaffected by a fluctuating waistline. And yes, I know you could put shoes into this category. One can drop thousands on multiple pairs of footwear. But there’s one major problem: they soon wear out. A decent watch should last a lifetime, be a good investment and a subtle indicator of both class and wealth.

Yet there’s a very fine line between being classy and vulgar — and a distinct danger that one can fall into a fashion trap. Personal taste in timepieces has been further complicated by the wearable tech dilemma. I’m calling time on this trend — wearable tech is the new naff. No one likes a Fitbit bore.