Tommy Hilfiger Men’s 44mm Multifunction Watch (1791707)

Grey is an underrated dial colour. It gives you the seriousness of black without the flatness, and here it is finished with a fine grain that shifts from charcoal to slate depending on which way you turn your wrist. Two registers and a date window sit on it without crowding. Case and Wrist Presence 44mm of polished steel, round, with a narrow flat bezel. The bezel is thin on purpose: almost the whole 44mm reads as dial, which is why a watch this wide still looks like a dress piece rather than a tool. Lugs curve down sharply from the case, so the bracelet starts falling around your wrist immediately instead of standing off it. On a wrist under 17cm the case will overhang; from 17.5cm up it sits properly. Dial and Legibility Applied Arabic numerals run the full twelve, brushed silver and raised off the surface, with a printed chapter ring of minutes around the outside. The hour and minute hands are polished with blue tips, which is a small detail that does real work: the blue separates the tips from the silver numerals so your eye lands on the point of the hand rather than the middle of it. The date sits in a framed window at three o’clock, white on white and easy to read at arm’s length. Movement and Functions Quartz, with two counters. The upper register is a 24-hour display, numbered 24, 06, 12 and 18, so you can see at a glance which half of the day the hands are showing. The lower register is marked MIN and runs to 60. A central arrow-tipped hand sweeps the main dial. It is a multifunction layout rather than a stopwatch, which means everything on the dial is telling you the time in one form or another, and nothing needs starting or resetting. Bracelet and Fit A five-row stainless steel bracelet with polished centre links and brushed outers. It tapers from the lugs to the clasp, which keeps the weight forward on the wrist rather than dragging at the back of it. Steel bracelets are sized by removing links, and it is worth having a jeweller do it properly so the clasp still ends up centred underneath your wrist. Who This Watch Suits A man who wears a shirt most days and wants one watch that handles all of them. The grey dial goes with charcoal, navy and brown equally well, and the all-steel bracelet keeps it neutral. Care and Maintenance Wipe the bracelet down now and then; the gaps between links collect more than you would think. Do not press the crown or the pushers while the watch is wet. When the battery dies, replace it promptly rather than leaving a flat cell inside the case. About the Brand Tommy Hilfiger watches trade on proportion and restraint rather than complication. The flag motif appears once, small, near the centre of the dial, and the rest is left to the numerals and the finishing. Technical Specifications Attribute Specification Brand Tommy Hilfiger Case diameter 44mm Case shape Round Case material Stainless steel Dial colour Grey Hour markers Applied Arabic numerals Display 24-hour and minute registers, date Movement Quartz Bracelet Stainless steel Reference 1791707 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.