The dress watch as a watchmaker would draw it. Slim rose gold case, domed dial, two hands and a pearl minute track, from the oldest name in continuous production. Forty millimetres, brown alligator. Excellent condition, 2022, box and papers. Disappears under a cuff.

The calendar Patek invented for people who wear a watch to work. Day, date, month and a moonphase, corrected once a year. Rose gold, 38mm, silver dial, diamonds set so quietly they read as light. Excellent condition, 2017, box and papers.

The default, for seventy years. Rolesor 41mm, fluted gold bezel, Jubilee bracelet with gold centre links, and a slate dial that works with every suit you own. Excellent condition, 2025, box and papers. The one still on your wrist in ten years.

Vacheron's 1977 integrated bracelet watch, back in steel since last year. Thin case, fluted bezel, Maltese cross at five, a blue dial closer to slate than to sky. 37mm, the size the original was drawn at. Brand new, 2026, box and papers. Nearly impossible at retail.

The first wristwatch, drawn in 1904 for a pilot who could not let go of the controls. Yellow gold, blue sunray dial, 7.3mm thick on navy alligator. Six-year quartz movement, chosen on purpose. Brand new, 2024, box and papers. The most elegant thing here under a million.