Emporio Armani Men’s 43mm Chronograph Watch (AR1634)

Warm dial, cool case. The steel is left bright and polished while the dial runs a soft champagne with brown Roman numerals printed on it, and the strap picks the brown up again. It is the same chronograph as the black version with the temperature turned up. Case and Wrist Presence The case is 43mm with heavy flared lugs that reach out from the mid-case before dropping to the strap. Polished steel on all surfaces. On the wrist the pale dial makes the watch look wider than a dark-dialled one of identical size, so it suits a wrist of 17cm and up; below that it starts to fill the available space. Dial and Legibility Brown Roman numerals sit around the outside with a fine chapter ring inside them. Three registers are marked in brown on the same champagne ground: 30 to the left for elapsed minutes, a 24-hour scale to the right, running seconds at the bottom. The date window between four and five is framed in brown. The hands are brown-toned rather than steel, which keeps everything in one family. This is a tonal dial, not a high-contrast one; it reads easily in daylight and needs a second look in a dim room. Movement and Functions Quartz. Start and stop from the upper pusher, reset from the lower, with the central sweep hand counting chronograph seconds. The 24-hour register tells you morning from afternoon and nothing more. The date changes at midnight and needs setting after short months. No depth rating is printed on the dial, so treat it as rain-resistant and no further. Strap, Clasp and Fit Brown leather with a crocodile emboss and a steel pin buckle. Brown leather with a steel case is a slightly softer look than black, and it works particularly well with a champagne dial because the two warm tones frame the bright metal in the middle. Wide at the lugs, tapered at the buckle, and it needs a couple of weeks to take the shape of your wrist. Who This Watch Suits Someone who finds black dials too severe. This is the chronograph for tan shoes, olive and camel, and it photographs warmer than it looks in the hand. Care and Maintenance Keep the leather dry and let it breathe between wears. The polished case marks easily; a soft cloth is enough day to day and a watchmaker can polish it at a service. Do not use the pushers under water, and have the caseback resealed whenever the battery is changed. About the Brand Emporio Armani uses colour sparingly across this case. Here it is a single warm dial tone carried through the numerals, the registers, the hands and the strap. Technical Specifications Attribute Specification Brand Emporio Armani Reference AR1634 Case diameter 43mm Case shape Round Case Polished stainless steel Dial Champagne Markers Brown Roman numerals Movement Quartz Functions Chronograph, date Strap Brown croc-embossed leather Warranty 24 months Buying With Confidence Twenty-four months of international manufacturer warranty cover the movement. The battery and fair wear are not included. The watch arrives new and unworn in its original box with the manufacturer’s paperwork, sent by tracked courier to any address in the country, and the Consumer Protection Act protects your right to return it unworn in that packaging.