Your watch is sending signals to your co-workers – The Wall Street Journal

The rules and customs in the business world of 'dressing to impress' have clearly changed and the suit and tie that used to be the go-to for anybody in the business world no longer applies, unless you are a lawyer or in a corporate role. Although even in the City of London, the world that used to belong to pinstripe suits, white shirts and old boy ties; things are changing fast and I have seen lawyers in the background of a Skype call in shorts and golf shirts in the summer. The tech entrepreneurs kicked the world of suits for touch and introduced a new dress code: t-shirts, jeans and sneakers or tekkies as we call them. Steve Jobs was the man with the black mock turtleneck, blue jeans and New Balance sneakers which he wore every single day. The only time that you see tech giants in suits, is when they appear before a congressional committee or in court. It is clear that the dress code for businessmen changed, but has the code for wearing watches to work changed with the rise of the technology? Jacob Gallagher from the Wall Street Journal says you reveal more about your status at work than you think by the watch you wear. A watch that measures your biorhythms like a Fitbit, Apple Watch or Garmin may indicate that you cycled to work this morning, while a flashy Rolex hints at power. There is a new generation of watches that could confuse the signals businessmen give out; time pieces as the more classic expensive branded watches are called that look like a classic Swiss watch, but that are able to track your steps and help to manage your health. There are already a few on the market, Mont Blanc and Tag Heuer are examples of this and it is a field that is rapidly expanding. – Linda van Tilburg

Your watch says more about your status than you think

By Jacob Gallagher

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