Reply With QuoteQuite a few I've seen wear some version of a smart watch.
Just a particularly daft passing thought on a hot afternoon before knocking off for the Easter break, so feel free to ignore... I was watching BBC news, and wondering what watch you’d choose as a news reader. Obviously nothing too ostentatious or identifiable, no Rolex for instance. This seemed to be the case as I couldn’t make out the news reader’s choice, but it looked a bit tatty which didn’t quite fit either, it lacked gravitas. It’s actually a strangely challenging brief. Any suggestions?
Quite a few I've seen wear some version of a smart watch.
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Only one I've ever spotted is Fiona Bruce on BBC who's rocked one of those white ceramic Cartiers for years.
Alistair Stewart on ITV wears a salmon-dialled Datejust & has done for yonks.
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Having worked with an awful lot of newsreaders, (‘presenters’), I’d say they couldn’t care less about the matter; not least because time readings are usually generated from a central source, to which all equipment in locked. They couldn’t use their watch to time live events, even if they wanted to.
I never used my watch in production work, for the same reason. You’re surrounded by synchronised clocks.
Reverso.
I'm guessing the one they were issued with.
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As I'd have a suit on I'd wear a dress watch. Maybe a 36mm GS.
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Something TV shaped with a highly visible chrono?
Although a countdown timer would be more useful.
For the BBC, female presenters would have much lower cost watches, in line with their gender pay policy.
This from D&G would be another option.
In the event of a service interruption they could just hold it up very close to the camera.
Hmm, Naga Moncheti(no idea spelling) appears to wear a pale blue Casino F91 alot of the time.
I'd wear whatever suited me, if the viewing public don't like it then change channel, what does your job have to do with the watch you wear?
If the viewing public don’t like it generally the newsreader gets changed... They’re a pretty image conscious lot as a result.
If it was me obviously I’d be naked apart from a GS Snowflake (and a bowler hat if it’s the beeb).
Most/majority of the viewing public wouldn’t have a clue as to what watch anyone on the box was wearing, I don’t think I don’t pay that much attention although I don’t often watch the news.
Was it not 'Chanel'?
I’m pretty sure if the news reader was wearing a yellow gold day-date you’d both notice and wonder why.
A watch with a weather App of course.
I think there is a BBC journalist who is quite fond of Timefactors watches (if my eyes were not playing tricks on me)
I would wear my vintage Speedmaster, it’s one of those watches any WIS would get all tied up over trying to workout what year it was..
I'd go for a vintage Omega (Deville, Seamaster, Geneve) from the 1960 or 70 :)
I think that what I was trying to work out, for the benefit of a publicly funded broadcaster that doesn’t want to endorse any particular brand, was this: what would be the most generic and unidentifiable watch in the world. And yet one that doesn’t look cheap and nasty and inappropriate for a well presented serious journalist either. Possibly on a steel bracelet as a reading the news shouldn’t feel that dressy. That, for what it’s worth, was the puzzle. The news reader I saw seemed to have nailed the generic and unidentifiable part, but maybe not the second part where it looked sufficiently smart.
A yellow gold day/date what?
A fair point, and yet I think you know perfectly well!
I'm impressed whenever I see a talking head wearing a Speedmaster.
Doubtful on either count in my case.
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Where would a talking head wear a wrist watch?
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