Tom Ford’s first Swiss watch 2018

Model wearing Tom Ford and the 001 watch — Left, Tom Ford 001 quartz-driven watch with gold case and braided leather strap, £8,490; jacket, £2,460; shirt, £510; trousers, £790, all by Tom Ford. Left, Tom Ford 001 watch with with gold case and braided leather strap. Fashion: Jason Hughes (Image credit: James Robjant)

Wearing his watch over a shirt cuff was Fiat heir Gianni Agnelli’s trademark during his heady reign as the Rake of the Riviera. So personal was this alpha-male flourish that no one has displayed enough swagger to pull it off since. Enter Tom Ford, who has applied his tastemaker’s eye to his first Swiss-made watch design, a classic rectangular timepiece of such well-considered proportions as to perpetuate Agnelli’s stylistic legacy in a thoroughly modern manner. The arched-back caseback makes it simple to change the strap (there are 50 leather options to choose from, as well as two sizes and four finishes), while proving a snug fit on the wrist – or cuff. §

As originally featured in Precious Index, our Watches & Jewellery supplement (see W*230)

Tom Ford 001&nbsp;stainless steel case watch with brushed&nbsp;case and calf leather strap — Tom Ford 001 quartz-driven watch with stainless steel brushed case and calf leather strap

Pebble and Woven straps by Tom Ford — Left, medium Woven strap in orange. Right, medium Pebble strap in navy, both by Tom Ford

Calf and Alligator straps by Tom Ford — Left, medium Calf strap in light brown. Right, medium Alligator strap in black, both by Tom Ford

INFORMATION

For more information, visit the Tom Ford website

Caragh McKay is a contributing editor at Wallpaper* and was watches & jewellery director at the magazine between 2011 and 2019. Caragh’s current remit is cross-cultural and her recent stories include the curious tale of how Muhammad Ali met his poetic match in Robert Burns and how a Martin Scorsese Martin film revived a forgotten Osage art.