Ernest Watch Navy Blue Silicone with Rhinestones

A silicone strap moulded to look like a metal bracelet

Run a finger along the strap and the shape is familiar: segmented links moulded straight into the silicone, ridge after ridge, exactly as they would be on a metal bracelet. It behaves nothing like one. It bends without argument, sits lightly on the wrist and stays quiet against a desk. It fastens with a silver-toned pin buckle, and the strap is punched with a row of holes, so you can move the fit a notch either way as the day goes on.

A navy women’s watch with a rhinestone-set bezel

Navy runs right through this Ernest watch, from the strap to the dial ground, so the watch reads as one object rather than two parts stuck together. Against that dark ground the round silver-toned case stands out sharply, and the bezel carries rhinestones set all the way round, catching whatever light is going.

Three sub-dials and applied numerals

Three sub-dials sit in a triangle on the face, breaking up the flat navy and lending the watch a chronograph look. Only 12, 8 and 4 appear as numerals, applied in relief and generously sized; the remaining hours are marked with small rhinestone indices.

Wearing navy from desk to weekend

Navy behaves like a neutral. Raw denim, off-white, camel, grey: none of them fight it. On its own, the sparkle on the bezel is usually enough to lift a plain work outfit. If you want the same strap in a louder shade, it’s worth seeing what else comes on silicone.

Case width, how busy the dial is and the type of fastening change the way a watch sits far more than its colour does. That is where the cases and fastenings across the range repay a slow look before you settle on a shade.

The details, in full

Looking after silicone and rhinestones

Warm water and a little mild soap will clean the strap; keep the case out of the water, then let the strap dry flat. Do that regularly and sun cream and perfume never get the chance to build up. Wipe a dry cloth over the bezel now and then and dust won’t settle around the stones. No water-resistance rating is given for this model, so take it off before a shower or a swim.