Have been thinking about categories of watches based on when / where they are used recently - e.g. dress, everyday, casual, beater.

To my mind dress would be Calatrava or cellini type watches, everyday would be something versatile like a SS DJ or AT, casual would be something like a Sub or Speedy, and beater a G-SHOCK.

This clearly leaves a big gap between the casual and beater categories, and I thought 'sports' would be a good term - e.g. for a 'nice' watch that you might conceivably wear for sports, like a quartz SMP or Tag.

To Americans 'sports' watch seems to equate to a G-SHOCK, while to traditionalisits it would be a DateJust / AquaTerra type watch. Would be interested in the consensus.