Wrist Watches - So what's your power statement?

Watch out, wrist watches are not just telling time these days They are actually talking aloud about you and your status!!



The erstwhile simple and sober machine designed to keep you abreast with time has undergone a powerful transition. Coming in jazzy new avatars, with multiple features wrist watches are no longer a necessity, they are a cool fashion accessory for some and a power statement for most others.



Brand Matters



When it comes to watches, brands matter more than the design and even the time they are telling. For those at the helm of affairs brands indicate the richness and status of the wearer and that is what matters most today. Expensive and premium quality watches like Rolex or Chopard are found on the wrists of the rich and famous. Other classic brands that are in the most aspired list include Longines, Omega, Armani, Titan, Seiko and Timex.



Watches for special occasions



There was a time when people passed their entire life in one wrist watch, today a man carries a score of them and yet keep an eye on the upcoming model. Watches today have to gel with the spirit of the occasion, the mood and the dressing of the day. Stylists believe that wrist watches add to the persona and people who matter must take a lot of care while selecting one for an important occasion.



Watches for specific sports



Sport watches is the other growing segment with sportsperson becoming more affluent and also because prosperous people are taking up sports to spend their past time. Today, there are specialized watches for specific sports like tennis, gymnastics, equestrian sports, skiing, swimming, speed skating etc.



Collectible and Jewelry Watches



Ultra rich now want watches that are a masterpiece, something they can flaunt and also keep for life. Going beyond the brands, watches are tailor-made exclusively to suit the fancy of these stinking rich people. These could be made in sold solid, and have diamonds and precious stones all over. Ladies watches specially come in this genre and serve more as a precious piece of jewellery rather than a watch.



Multiple Features



Watches that just tell time and date are rather too simple for this date. For the ubersexual man of today, the watch that they sport on their wrist must be multi-functional and complicated. Two of the most popular complications in a watch are the chronograph complication, which is the ability of the watch movement to work as a stopwatch, and the moon phase complication, which is a display of the lunar phase. Chronometer watches, which are made to be more accurate than others, are also popular amongst the watch enthusiasts.



People who are frequently on move and travel in different time zones want their watch to be dual time. This feature allows them see what time it is at home when they are elsewhere.



To suit the fancy of the watch aficionado, watch makers have included features that have practically no connection with basic feature of a watch. Multi-functional watches designed by them have 3D games, calculators, video games, digital cameras, flash drives, GPS receivers and cellular phones. A watch company even attempted to include TV in a watch!!



So tell me, whats your power statement looking at your wrist, arent you??