A few months ago I tried on the last one I purchased ( as a gift ) to see how it would look with my new work gear .
this year I changed from carhart fr jeans and solid color fr shirts to ariat fr jeans and plaid fr shirts , and it’s a more “western” look and I’ve started tucking my shirt in
I think it looked ok , but there’s no way she would let me wear it at work for even a day , so I’ve no idea how it would perform .
The latest work development is that we now have to wear our radios in a holster attached to a belt (as some idiot dropped one 80 feet ) so it’s going to add more wear as the belt is undone to remove the holster every break , lunch , and quitting time .
Allthough your advice is sound , I fear a plated buckle will be ruined in a VERY short time and that will make it an 800 dollar “work only” belt that will just look worse and worse as the years go on .
No matter how carefull I am , things get ruined .
A pair of jeans or a shirt might get a hole the first time they’re worn . It’s ok , it’s work wear and only costs 100 dollars to replace ....
But if I’m going to spend 800-1800 on a belt I want it to last ...
( I won’t retire for another 10 years at least , and in that decade I’ll prolly work 20 years worth of hours )
I own watches that I cannot wear for work at all . One polished and brushed stainless watch picked up scratches the one and only time I wore it at work , and another black coated one suffered the same fate .
I now only wear brushed stainless or titanium that’s allready a little beat up .
It’s such a pity Hermès don’t make buckles in these materials that don’t show scratches and “self-heal” ...
An option I’ve been thinking about today is to buy a used tourareg for work and a new brushed for out-of-work .
I could do this for the same price as buying a new tourareg .
