最后一块是正装手表。如果你一年中不止一次地佩戴黑领带，或者是日程中不断出现观看电影首映式、听歌剧或上高档餐馆之类的活动，那么你的日常手表或许就显得不合时宜。在这个三部曲的最后一部，你有两种选择，一是佩戴一款经典、简约、只看工夫的金质正装手表，再一种选择是让自己显得光彩照人，这一点可以通过手表上的钻石来完成。
Where to start? One's first watch is often a gift -- anything from a Timex on up -- received at graduation, confirmation, first job or Bar Mitzvah. It will never be exactly what you want, but you will wear and cherish it from your teens until your first pay check. Then you will be seduced by TAG Heuer, Omega or Rolex, depending on your budget. It will be your first 'real' watch.
详细怎么选呢?第一块手表往往都是别人送的，从天美时(Timex)起，不一而足。收到的场合可能是毕业，转正，找到第一份工作，也可能是成年礼。这块手表从来不会完全符合你的期望，但你会戴着它，珍惜它，从十几岁一直到拿到第一份工资。然后你会被豪雅(TAG Heuer)、欧米茄(Omega)或劳力士诱惑，选哪一款就看你的预算。这将是你第一块“真正的”手表。
Buying well is the key, and it's not as tricky as you might think. As master watchmaker Peter Roberts observed: 'There really are no bad watches out there, because they all have to perform the same basic function and perform it well: tell the time. Manufacturing standards are impossibly high. So you should buy according to your budget and your taste.'
选对手表特别重要，但可能也没有你想象的那么复杂。正如大师级手表工匠罗伯茨(Peter Roberts)所言，其实并不存在不好的手表，因为它们都要发挥同样的基本功能，并且也发挥得很好：显示工夫。制造标准高得无法想象，所以你应当根据自己的预算和喜好来买。
Established brands offer watches that will keep you reliably informed of the time for the rest of your life. Quality mechanical watches start for under 500 euros ($683) from makers such as Tissot, Seiko and Victorinox. (Quartz is simply infra dig, so keep that for your throwaway or unbreakable casual watch.)
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