Boys Watches
Ever since the first wrist watch came out, watches have been something like a toy made exclusively for the boys. Of course, as the years went by women’s watches also became quite notable as well. Designs began from contemporary and quite conservative designs. Today we have quite a variety of design trends suited as watches for boys.
There is also reason to expect that boy’s watches will yet achieve new trends in the coming years.
Trends from Past to Present
As the story goes, the original design of the watches for boys began in the First World War. They were initially conservatively sized and came in quite a formal fashion not to mention its colors as well. The general design and look, as you might have guessed, is very masculine. Some trends may change from time to time yet it is also understandable for some of the trends to remain as they were. Here are some notable characteristics of boy’s watches.
The Big Rage
The original idea for a “normal” sized watch had a diameter from 32 to 35 mm. However, as time has proven, there is a clamor for bigger sized watches. The demand has even set the trend to make boy’s watches a lot bigger. Although ‘bigger is better’ seems to be the trend at the moment, it is quite reasonable to guess that that trend will somehow change given time. A lot of the watches for the boys have the basic size of at least 40 mm or even more.
Manly Mayhem
If you are looking for a design or characteristic of boy’s watches that hasn’t changed, it will have to be its masculine design. The design or at least the overall theme for the design still goes along the lines of rugged, chunky, and very manly. There is still that image to be portrayed, as it were, using a piece of steel wrapped around a man’s wrist.
Boy’s watches are worn almost everywhere. A few will be worn exclusively for certain occasions. However, the general trend is for the same chunk of a watch you wear at work can become the very watch you will wear to the gym. The manly look is designed to suit any occasion.
Sporty Trend
An interesting trend will have to be the man’s sports watch. As you might expect, sports watches are also larger sized nowadays and they appear to be designed for rough play. These timepieces may be outfitted with some useful feature for the sport that a man engages, but the general look is that of being rough and indomitable.
Men buy sports watches for different reasons. Some buy them just for the macho look and feel you get. Others almost literally take them out of the stores for their functional features. However, it is quite fascinating that the masculine divers’ watches get quite a following in spite of the fact that most of the men who wear them rarely get their feet wet in open water.
The few who buy sports watches for their features love them both for their appeal and their functionality. Some of the well-loved features and functions of these boy’s watches include temperature indication, a working compass, and the capability of diving down to depths of 300 meters.
Mechanical Madness
Men’s watches have taken on a new turn with mechanical watches. The idea, though not obvious, is to have a watch that looks good beside a heavy steel toolbox. Anything that is mechanically inclined is hot in men’s eyes as it seems. The hand-made mechanical watch is quite popular among Europeans.
At times these mechanical watches will be built with features like dual time zones, chronographs, and perpetual calendars, which makes them very functional time pieces. These watches can either be manual-wind timepieces or automatics. Either way, as long as it stands out and uncommon it becomes quite trendy.
A Diamond’s New Pal
Diamonds are no longer that much of a woman’s best friend. At the very least, diamonds are now the new men’s drinking buddies. Luxury watches may also generally fall into this category. These crafted stones have now found their way onto men’s wrists, though not all men will be that interested in them. It is interesting that business type stainless steel men’s watches really look good with a few studs on them.
Design Outlook
Whether men wear watches the size of bucklers or small shields, in strange colors, or as ostentatious bling bling, if it looks good and portrays the right image, then why not wear them? The truth is that men’s watches are ways to express who they are. They generally reflect the tastes and personalities of today’s men. Guess what, these time pieces still keep the time in spite of the fashionable changes that the years rolled along.