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08/18/2021 // NYC

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Street Watch

In a world before lockdown, we hit the streets of London to find out what the good people around town were wearing on their wrists. Check out the results below.

Cayleb, IWC Portofino Chronograph

We caught Cayleb - a tattoo artist visiting London on holiday from Australia – wearing this beautiful IWC Portofino Chronograph. He mentioned he picked it up on his visit to Switzerland before he had stopped off in London. I’ve always liked the IWC Portugieser, but this one is an equal stunner. The depth of blue on the dial was deep enough from afar to make you think it was black, but close up its sultry tones took you to those Italian Mediterranean waters. You might think stainless steel case and gold hands don’t really work together: you’d be wrong. IWC has managed to effortlessly blend the two together here. The watch was on the larger side at 42mm for my svelte (small) wrists and – as you may be able to tell from the photos - came with IWC’s antireflective coating, often found on their watches these days.

Stella, Bulgari Diagono Professional Chronograph

Stella was wearing this Bulgari Diagono Professional Chronograph (Reference CH 40 STA). The watch comes with a 40mm stainless steel case and comes on an equally sturdy stainless steel clasp bracelet that you can see from the top. The dark blue dial looks great against that grey tone of the case and the red accents on the hands found on the chronograph’s smaller subsidiary dials (the three smaller white dials on the watch) lets your eyes know where they should be paying attention to.

Meritan, Rolex Datejust “Wimbledon” dial

You might recognise Meritan Shabani from the football pitch (sorry, soccer, for our American friends). He used to play for Bayern Munich and now plays for the Wolverhampton Wolves. I’ll be honest. We didn’t know any of this as we approached him in the street asking if he’d be kind enough to allow us to take a street photo. He looked like an interesting photo subject and the kind of guy who might be wearing an interesting watch. And we were right.

Meritan was sporting this Rolex Datejust in a 41mm stainless steel case. The watch comes with a 18ct white-gold and stainless steel fluted bezel (what Rolex calls “Rolesor”) and features Rolex’s grey slate "Wimbledon" dial with green Roman numeral indices. The Jubilee bracelet you see the watch on is also stainless steel. The watch is gorgeous up close and personal with the royal green Roman numerals standing out well against that grey dial.

Orange, Casio G-Shock

Walking down Carnaby Street in London you can’t help but notice the brightly coloured Casio G-Shock store. We began speaking with Orange who worked at the shop and who, naturally, mentioned he had a huge passion for G-Shocks and had been collecting these watches for a while. At the time he was wearing this Casio G-SHOCK MTGB1000RB-2A “Rainbow” which was unveiled during Basel 2019.

The rainbow coloured case is a bold look for the G-Shock, who usually stick to darker colours to reflect the watch’s sturdier case and strength. The watch has a sapphire crystal and a non-reflective coating. This baby also features the G Shock’s Bluetooth technology and comes with the G-Shock’s self-adjusting Multi-Band 6 atomic timekeeping (a built in antenna on the watch receives radio waves from transmission stations across the world to ensure the watch automatically shows the correct time). Neat.

With thanks to everyone who agreed to participate in our “Street Watch” series. Stay tuned for more on our Instagram here.

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