How to Buy a Watch (Literally)

There are various confusing milestones in a man’s life. When you realize it’s too late to become a professional athlete, for example, or when medieval history suddenly becomes quite interesting. And sure as night follows day, you will one day take an interest in watches. Like a house or a car or a sandwich, a certain watch will speak to you in a way you can’t really define—therein lies the magic—but my advice is to begin the process with logic. All watches tell the time (a minimum requirement, I’d say), but buying one is about more than vibes alone. You need to understand what the watch is about, and you need to ask yourself some serious questions. Here’s how to get started. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [How to Buy a Watch]( [How to Buy a Watch]( There are various confusing milestones in a man’s life. When you realize it’s too late to become a professional athlete, for example, or when medieval history suddenly becomes quite interesting. And sure as night follows day, you will one day take an interest in watches. Like a house or a car or a sandwich, a certain watch will speak to you in a way you can’t really define—therein lies the magic—but my advice is to begin the process with logic. All watches tell the time (a minimum requirement, I’d say), but buying one is about more than vibes alone. You need to understand what the watch is about, and you need to ask yourself some serious questions. Here’s how to get started. [Read More](     [The 30 Essential Pieces We're Wearing This Fall]( [The 30 Essential Pieces We're Wearing This Fall]( From corduroy baseball caps to leather Chelsea boots, this is how to stay fresh from head to toe. [Read More]( [Why Acquired is Your Boss’s Favorite Podcast]( [Why Acquired is Your Boss’s Favorite Podcast]( The cofounders have earned fans like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by treating business stories like epics. Their listeners (and sponsors) can’t get enough. [Read More]( [Five Fits With: Musician and Lover of Elegant Causal Clothes Del Water Gap]( [Five Fits With: Musician and Lover of Elegant Causal Clothes Del Water Gap]( On the day I meet with this week’s subject, Del Water Gap—who goes by his middle name, Holden—he’s about to play the first of two shows at Madison Square Garden on a North American tour in support of Niall Horan. Like most musicians, Holden started writing songs as a kid. “I was really, really shy and I grew up in a really small town, so there was not much in the way of anything to do but sit in the woods and stare up at the sky,” he says. He gravitated toward journaling and writing poetry. “When I was old enough to start having crushes on girls,” he says with a smirk, “I started writing songs about them and sending them to them on MySpace and hoping that they would get the message.” [Read More](   [The World’s Most Iconic Chore Coat Is Still Number One]( [The World’s Most Iconic Chore Coat Is Still Number One]( Le Mont St Michel and Huckberry are blessing the American consumer. [Read More]( [My Weekend in the Woods with 150 Trans Men]( [My Weekend in the Woods with 150 Trans Men]( I spent three days at a sleepaway camp for grown-ups just like me. I was unprepared in more ways than one. [Read More](     [Gillian Anderson Can Tell You What Turns Women On]( [Gillian Anderson Can Tell You What Turns Women On]( Gillian Anderson isn’t a sex therapist, but for four years, she played one on television. From 2019 to 2023, she starred as Sex Education’s Dr. Jean Milburn, a lusty, complicated, sometimes manipulative (see: human) woman, bumbling and grasping through midlife while single-parenting her teenage son, Otis. But even though the role was pure fiction, something about Milburn’s funny, loving energy made people want to talk to Anderson about sex. The result is Want: 350 pages of anonymous sex fantasies selected and ordered by Anderson. [Read More](   [ESQ SHR Jewelry]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( Follow Us [Visit Esquire on Facebook]( [Visit Esquire on X formerly Twitter]( [Visit Esquire on Instagram]( [Visit Esquire on YouTube]( [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779