{"id":7346,"date":"2019-10-03T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=7346"},"modified":"2023-07-01T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T17:33:24","slug":"the-best-gents-watch-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/the-best-gents-watch-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEST GENT&#8217;S WATCH TO BUY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Best-Gents-Watch.gif\" alt=\"What's the Best Gents Watch to Buy?\" title=\"What's the Best Gents Watch to Buy?\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7347\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Customers always want to know one thing when shopping for a man&#8217;s watch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;What&#8217;s the best watch to buy?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nThere are so many different types of watches out there, but the main advice I give people is not exactly what <strong>brand name<\/strong> to choose, or what style to choose (<strong>that&#8217;s all preference<\/strong>), rather, I tell them the best place to begin&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What metal to choose.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Choosing the right metal:<\/h2>\n<p>Choosing what type of metal you want in a watch can be pretty easy. At least it was for me.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe first obvious choice you have to make is <strong>what color do you want; yellow<\/strong> or <strong>white<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Your best bet is to get a watch that is the same color as the rest of your jewelry so they look good together. But, I&#8217;m telling you, most guys now-a-days (no matter the color of their wedding ring) lean towards the <strong>white metal<\/strong> look (probably 85-90% of them).<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>White dominates in men&#8217;s watches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s the color of metal this post is about.<\/p>\n<p><h2>White metals:<\/h2>\n<p>\nThere are a couple of different white metals available for men&#8217;s wrist watches.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe main ones are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Base Metal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Stainless Steel<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Titanium<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>White Gold<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nLet&#8217;s take a closer look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>Base metal:<\/h2>\n<p>\nBase metals are used in about <strong>90%<\/strong> of all men&#8217;s (and ladies) watches on the market.<\/p>\n<p>Base metal is a term used to describe various <strong>semi-precious metals<\/strong> like: iron, nickel, lead, zinc, copper and chrome.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Precious metals<\/strong> would be metals like: gold, silver and platinum).<\/p>\n<p>Base metals are inexpensive, which is great, but&#8230; semi-precious metals tend to <strong>erode<\/strong>, corrode, oxidate, <strong>tarnish<\/strong> and leave stains upon your wrist and clothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Not good!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Base metals can cause crazy skin reactions with different people. Many are allergic to the nickels and develop red rashes and symptoms that can affect them their whole life. If you are one of those people that can&#8217;t wear base metal watches, I highly recommend looking into a <strong>hypoallergenic metal<\/strong> like stainless steel or titanium.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Stainless steel:<\/h2>\n<p>I love stainless steel&#8230; Which is usually stamped S.ST or S. steel or stainless steel.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn fact, I love stainless steel so much that it&#8217;s<strong> the only type of watch that I&#8217;ve worn<\/strong> for the last 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Stainless steel is <strong>very heavy<\/strong>, <strong>very durable<\/strong> and will never erode, tarnish or turn your skin black. <strong>It lasts you a lifetime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My watch is over 20 years old and still looks new. Every couple of years I have the jeweler remove the band and polish out the scratches (you can do that with a stainless steel watch versus a base metal watch) so it looks brand new again.<\/p>\n<p>\nI would never buy another type of metal. I love the heaviness of steel. I like the weight of it on my arm. It feels like a real watch. <strong>A man&#8217;s watch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stainless steel rocks.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Titanium:<\/h2>\n<p>Another great metal that&#8217;s becoming more and more popular for watches is titanium.<\/p>\n<p>Titanium is also an extremely durable metal. But, unlike stainless steel, <strong>titanium is very light-weight<\/strong> (it feels <strong>hollow<\/strong>). You can wear a titanium watch and not even know you have it on. It&#8217;s that light.<\/p>\n<p>The coolest thing about titanium is the <strong>color<\/strong>. It&#8217;s a dark, gun-metal gray color that&#8217;s very attractive, stylish and masculine.<\/p>\n<p>Another great selling point about titanium&#8230; <strong>The price.<\/strong> Titanium is cheap.<\/p>\n<p>So for the looks, durability and price&#8230; <strong>Titanium can&#8217;t be beat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>White gold:<\/h2>\n<p>\nIf you have the money, you may want to invest in a <strong>solid gold watch<\/strong> (10kt or 14kt gold).<\/p>\n<p>Granted, there isn&#8217;t a huge selection of solid gold men&#8217;s watches to choose from (the ladies get way more choice), but you can still find some great looking watches and styles. Just be prepared to shell out some major bucks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solid gold will last you a lifetime<\/strong>. It can be polished up. It can be fixed if it gets broken. And solid gold tends to carry more <strong>sentimental value<\/strong> and can be handed down from generation to generation.<\/p>\n<p>The bad point about solid gold is the fact that it&#8217;s the <strong>most expensive type of watch<\/strong> to buy, and some people are allergic to the <strong>nickel alloys<\/strong> used in gold. Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/have-a-gold-allergy-allergic-to-gold\/\">gold allergies.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I always advise buying stainless steel or titanium.<\/p>\n<p><h2>The bottom line:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>You will pay more for a stainless steel watch<\/strong> than a titanium or base metal watch (still not anywhere near the price of gold though), but you&#8217;ll love the weight of steel and love how long it lasts you.<\/p>\n<p>Base metal watches generally have a life span of about 2-7 years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Stainless steel will last you <strong>forever<\/strong>. When you divide that money up into forever&#8230; <strong>It&#8217;s a pretty cheap way to go.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2o9brvr\">Buy your stainless steel watches here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Customers always want to know one thing when shopping for a man&#8217;s watch&#8230; &#8220;What&#8217;s the best watch to buy?&#8221; There are so many different types of watches out there, but the main advice I give <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/the-best-gents-watch-to-buy\/\" title=\"THE BEST GENT&#8217;S WATCH TO BUY\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-watches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}