2019-11-13 The Hollywood Reporter

Style

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 56 NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Fashion

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ven in this age of cellphones and smart

watches, don’t underestimate the

value of wearing a wristwatch. “The

two items men and women notice on a man

are shoes and watches,” says executive style

consultant Andrew Weitz, who dresses many

of the industry’s top male execs, agents and

producers. “But if you don’t already own a few

nice timepieces, men’s style experts say there

really are just two indispensable watches you

need to make your way around Holly wood:

an all-around steel sports watch

that can go with almost any-

thing (from the office to casual

Fridays and even weekends at

the beach) and a dress watch for

black-tie events.

Of course, today, both men’s fashion and

watch choices are expanding greatly, avail-

able in more hues and styles than ever with

more possibilities for very stylish wardrobe

pairings. “When you have a few watches,” says

Weitz, “you get to play around with it and fig-

ure out how to complement your jacket, your

shoes or your eyeglasses with your watch.”

Once you get the hang of it, adds Clemency star

Aldis Hodge, who is developing his own forth-

coming watch line, “you can dress to impress

and dress to express.”

Black Tie

For red carpet events, Weitz’s favorite look

with a black or dark navy tuxedo is a rose-gold

or yellow-gold watch on a black leather band

— with “a thin profile that can slide under the

cuff,” he says. While Weitz prefers dark dials

for his clients, a dress watch with a white face

can be equally elegant, especially if it has a

beautifully enameled dial like the ones crafted

by Swiss maker Breguet. Adds Hodge (whose

watch of choice on the red carpet is a sleek

black ceramic Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde),

“For a classic tux, you are usually going to

want a watch with clean lines, but it doesn’t

have to be boring.” Case in point: Just look to

add something that really pops, from bold color

to intriguing design. “If you have on a black or

gray suit, step outside the box with your watch.

I’m personally in favor of a watch that will draw

a lot of attention,” says Hodge, who recently

paired an Arnold & Son Golden Wheel watch

that has an eye-catching red-gold carousel with

a dark green suit. Watchmakers that he recom-

mends who offer options in standout colors

include MB&F, H. Moser and Kari Voutilainen.

Light Suit

Weitz and Hodge are more in accord in their

choices for what to wear with a lighter-toned

suit at, say, a daytime photocall at a summer-

time film festival like Venice. Both of them

say it’s more important that a watch closely

complement the suit. “You probably want to

coordinate,” says Hodge. Adds Weitz, “I might

recommend a white face on stainless steel, or

wearing a band in rubber or nylon that makes

the look more casual.” At the recent New York

the spectacularly intricate Piaget Altiplano

Automatic with see-through, skeletonized

rose-gold movement that This Is Us actor Niles

Fitch wore to this year’s Emmys. If you opt to

wear a very of-the-moment maroon or choco-

late brown tux, there are timepiece options

available to go with those colors as well, like

Czapek & Cie’s Quai des Bergues Guilloché

Rhubarb Red or Zenith’s Elite Chronograph

Classic with a polished brown dial.

Dark Suit

Weitz and Hodge tack differently when it

comes to what to wear with a dark-colored

suit. Weitz’s go-to is a stainless-steel watch

with a dark face that doesn’t contrast with

the color of the suit, classic pieces that have a

luxury-meets-sporty feel like a Rolex Datejust

II, an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, a Vacheron

Constantin Overseas or a Patek Philippe

Nautilus. Hodge, on the other hand, sees a dark

suit as a conservative foundation on which to

Watc h e s

‘to Impress and

Express’

Deciding which timepiece to wear in a

town where casual Fridays roll into red carpet

nights requires top horological advice

By Degen Pener

GO-TO GUIDE

Left: Breguet’s Classique

Extra-Thin Tourbillon,

$161,800; Breguet, Beverly

Hills. Right: Niles Fitch’s Emmy

choice, the Piaget Altiplano

Skeleton, $55,500; Piaget,

Beverly Hills.

Left: Cartier’s Santos in

steel with blue dial, $6,850;

Cartier boutiques. Right:

One of Aldis Hodges’

favorites, the Arnold & Son

Golden Wheel, $47,500;

Provident Jewelry, Florida.

Black Tie Dark Suit

Aldis

Hodge

Niles

Fitch

Weitz