One colour, top to bottom. The case, the bracelet, the dial and the hands are all rose gold-tone, and the only break in it is three small clear crystals set into the dial. A watch built this way lives or dies on its proportions, and at 24mm across the case it stays deliberately small. Case and Wrist Presence The case is a tall rectangle with the four corners cut away, so it reads as an eight-sided block rather than a plain box. The bezel is stepped and polished, and the flanks are faceted, which throws a line of light down each side of the watch. Twenty-four millimetres is narrow by any measure. This is a watch that sits on the wrist like a bracelet with a face on it, not one that announces itself. Dial and Legibility Rose gold-tone with a sunray brush that radiates from the centre, so the dial shifts from pale to deep as your wrist turns. The crystals mark three, six and nine; twelve is left to the eagle logo. Rose gold hands on a rose gold dial is a low-contrast choice, and it is worth being honest about it: this is a quick-glance watch in good light and a slow one in a dim restaurant. Movement and Functions Quartz, hours and minutes. The crown is a small faceted cabochon at three, sized to be turned with two fingertips. Nothing else to set. Bracelet and Fit Milanese mesh, woven rather than linked, in the same rose gold tone. Mesh has no rigid segments, so it drapes over the wrist bone instead of bridging it and lies flat under a sleeve. It adjusts by sliding the clasp along the weave, which gives you fine control over the fit rather than the all-or-nothing jump of pulling a link. Leave it a shade loose or it will pull the odd arm hair. Who This Watch Suits Someone who wants the watch to work as part of a stack of bracelets rather than stand apart from them. It suits a slim wrist and it suits being worn with other rose gold pieces, because there is no second metal to fight with. Care and Maintenance Rose gold plating is a surface, and mesh wears where the clasp slides. Rinse salt or perspiration off with fresh water, dry it properly, and keep it away from perfume and hairspray, which dull the finish faster than anything else. Do not scrub the weave. Technical Specifications Attribute Specification Brand Emporio Armani Reference AR11347 Case width 24mm Case Rose gold-tone, cut-corner rectangle Dial Rose gold-tone sunray Markers Three crystal dots Movement Quartz Bracelet Rose gold-tone stainless steel mesh Gender Women’s Warranty 24 months Buying With Confidence Movement cover runs for 24 months under the international manufacturer warranty, with the battery and ordinary wear excluded. Every watch leaves us new and unworn, boxed with the manufacturer’s paperwork, and goes out by tracked courier anywhere in the country. An unworn watch in its original packaging can be returned under the Consumer Protection Act.