Ernest Elastic Watch Khaki and White Leaves

No buckle, no notches: the bracelet stretches over your hand

This one is built on flat jointed links that pull apart and spring back, so there is nothing to fasten and nothing to adjust. You open it with two fingers, slide your hand through, and it grips the wrist on its own. Mornings are quicker that way. If that is the part you were looking for, you will find the rest of the dials built the same way among the watches that slide on instead of buckling.

A leaf-print watch in khaki and white

The print does not stop at the bracelet. It carries on across the dial, where white leaves on khaki sketch a light spray of foliage. A round, silver-toned case frames it without competing with it. All twelve black Arabic numerals are drawn wide, so the time reads at a glance despite the busy background.

Wearing it with khaki, denim and cream

Khaki gets along with the quiet end of a wardrobe: raw denim, a cream knit, unbleached linen. The white in the foliage picks up a plain shirt and ties the watch to the rest of the outfit without effort. Over a dark winter sleeve it stands out; on a bare summer wrist it stays casual. It is an easy one to keep on at a desk, since the print reads as a texture from a distance rather than as a bold motif. For the other prints under the same label, look through the Ernest catalogue.

Wiping the print, storing it unstretched

A dry, soft cloth lifts fingerprints off the links and brings the contrast of the foliage back. Then lay the watch flat in a drawer rather than leaving it stretched around anything wider than a wrist, and the bracelet keeps its spring for longer.