No need to beat around the bush: Initially, familiarizing with the watches' world may be daunting. What are the numerous processes, characteristics and watch styles? How about the brands most popular, what do they stand for, and their price tag? If you know zero about watches and have been asking yourself questions like that before, this short guide is pretty much good read. It can help you get to know some of the most relevant words in the shortest possible period.

These days, for as low as £ 100 or less, elegant, well-designed watches are affordable. However, if you are trying to treat yourself like in all items to a luxurious watch, determine first what you will pay and then stick to that amount. It would also help narrow down right from the outset the dizzying number of choices out there.

Generally, mechanical (hand-wound and automatic) and battery-driven, so-called quartz watches may be differentiated. Although quartz watches are extremely precise, functional and comparatively inexpensive, the purist-prefer mechanical watches: though their time variance can be greater, no battery is used. Instead, everything is electronic, either wound by hand (hand-wound) or by regular wear (automatic) through the hand's motion. Either Automatic or Quartz will be shown on most watches, whereas those watches whose dial shows neither Automatic nor Quartz are hand-wind.

Many watch manufacturers than ever are now selling adjustable watch bands for full flexibility, which can be quickly changed by the owner, rather than needing to head to the shop to get it fixed by a specialist.

Even the size of your wrist is significant. Even though it is the same size as a leather harness, a tiny forearm can be weighted down by a metal belt.

Even if we are self-titled mechanical revolutionists, we do not accept that watches are just about technological things—just the reverse. Watches are mostly for aesthetic expression, rather than only quantitative scales. Questions such as how a watch looks and sounds on someone's wrist or how a watch embodies someone's design and attitude are essential and determines whether or not we want a watch. Sportier timepieces like divers or pilot watches and more formal versions are often generally called dress watches. The second, appears to appear more elegant and is typically visibly smaller. Their cases are mostly made of durable or plated gold and generally placed over a small cloth bracelet.

A watch 's name and design have a lot to do with what it is made of. Luxury watches may be produced from precious high-end metals (iron, white gold, rose gold) into silver-plated alloys. Other metals like stainless steel, tungsten, and titanium watches make their way through the luxury wristwatch scene as well.

Aviator watches and sports watches tend to be immune to rust, so they're mostly constructed of stainless steel or titanium.

It is down to the consumer to pick a watch that matches your preferences and desires. Every single person is different. Some of you only want something to keep track of your hiking time at the gym, or guide you in the direction of home. Some would prefer the artisanal experience of a traditional automatic watch. And others want a trendy accessory to carry to the next black-tie event (maybe with a touch of bling).

For those enigmatic additional dials and hands seen on several mechanical watches, complexity is a catch-all word. These feats of technological virtuosity are what excite the real watch nerd, and their intricate innovation inevitably has an impact on price, not purely required in an era of smartphones.

A well-crafted watch will quickly become something without which you don't want to leave home. And even the most current mobile won't match when it comes to saying the time.