Over the past 20 years or so, there has been a charming upheaval in the bracelet watch-wearing etiquette for the man and woman about town. Women, like Roger Federer’s better half, are down with wearing a chunky bracelet watch (like a Rolex Daytona) not just dainty leather-strapped numbers, while male pap-magnets like Michael B Jordan are just as likely to rock a small-cased Piaget or Cartier as they are more sizeable dials.

The biggest upending of the established dress codes see formal leather-strapped watches teamed with casual lux, while beefy sports watches on metal bracelets slip out from tuxedo cuffs. And we’re all for it. In fact, a good watch on a steel (or gold, yes please!) bracelet straddles the boundary between tool-tough and casual cool. One good watch on a soft-brushed bracelet makes a most versatile piece of wristwear. Choose well and it’ll look great suited up while being impervious to heat wave-clamminess as well as the occasional cliff-diving adventure.

Tissot PRX 35mm Powermatic 80

With the unstoppable rise of the PRX, Tissot keeps doling out more goodness. After the success of its smaller-sized 35mm version, they’ve struck gold. And we’re taking them literally, by embracing the charms of the PVD-gold version.