Emporio Armani Men’s 43mm Chronograph Watch (AR5855)

This is the sports watch in the range, and it does not hide it. A coin-edge rotating bezel with a black and red insert, numerals every ten minutes around the outside, luminous dots at the hours and a red chronograph seconds hand sweeping over a black dial. Everything about the AR5855 is borrowed from dive-watch design language. \n Case and Wrist Presence \n Stainless steel, 43mm, round, with a knurled bezel that turns and two pushers flanking a screw-down-style crown at three. The bezel edge adds width in the hand and the whole watch feels solid. This is a large watch on the wrist, and with a steel bracelet attached it is a heavy one, so it suits a wrist of about 18cm and up. \n Dial and Legibility \n Black, with three sub-dials clearly labelled for their functions: elapsed minutes at nine, a seconds register at twelve and another at six. The date sits at three in a white window. Hour markers are round luminous plots with applied surrounds, and the hands are broad and filled, which is what makes this the most legible watch in the range by some distance. The red seconds hand and the red section of the bezel are the only colour. \n Movement and Functions \n Quartz chronograph. The top pusher starts and stops the timer, the lower one resets it. The bezel turns independently of the movement and can be used to mark an elapsed period by lining its zero up with the minute hand. There is a date at three that needs manual correction after a short month. \n Bracelet and Fit \n A stainless steel bracelet with polished outer links and textured, mesh-patterned centre links, which is an unusual detail and the thing most people notice second after the bezel. Sized by removing links. A watch this heavy needs a properly fitted bracelet, otherwise it swings on the wrist and the case takes knocks it would not otherwise take. \n Who This Watch Suits \n Someone who wants a chronograph they can read across a room and does not mind a watch with presence. It is the least formal piece in this group and works best with casual clothes. \n Care and Maintenance \n Rinse nothing; wipe everything with a dry cloth, including under the bezel edge where grit collects and can make the bezel gritty to turn. Zero the chronograph when not timing. Keep it out of chlorinated water and have the caseback gasket checked at each battery change. \n Technical Specifications \n Reference AR5855 Brand Emporio Armani Case diameter 43mm Case material Stainless steel Case shape Round Bezel Rotating, black and red Dial colour Black Markers Luminous dots Movement Quartz Functions Chronograph, date Bracelet Stainless steel Gender Men’s EAN 723763146241 \n Buying With Confidence \n A 24-month international manufacturer warranty covers the movement, excluding the battery and normal wear. Ships new and unworn in its original box with the manufacturer’s paperwork, delivered nationwide with tracking, and the Consumer Protection Act gives a right of return on an unworn watch in its original packaging. The red on the bezel covers only the first fifteen minutes, which is the traditional marking for the part of a timed interval you most often care about.