to feel that men 's jewellery - gold chain, rings etc is just tacky

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Mother taught me this...

AIBU?

DP wears a good watch and stylish cufflinks (over 100 pairs).

I think the yellow gold thing depends on your colouring. My dad is olive skinned and wears a very thin gold chain (he doesn't wear a wedding ring because he works manually and nearly lost his hand getting it caught in a circular saw) which mum bought him. That and a nice watch (he has a lovely understated gold deco dunhill one for posh).

The other thing about yellow gold is i think it went out of fashion because the designs were quite old fashioned or 'elizabeth duke'. It seems to be having a resurgence and i have now seen some beautiful yellow gold designs at new designers shows.

At the moment i am coveting this bee www.thepodcompany.co.uk/women/gifts_for_women/alex_monroe_baby_bee_necklace_gold.htm

oh and the best advice is a 'real timex is better than a fake rolex'

Any gold chain on a man would be a massive turn-off for me - no matter how thin.

I have no problem with jewellery on men or women, but I can't bear tacky jewellery.
Of course, what I consider to be vulgar and hideous is often someone's prized possession.

If only there was a definitive arbiter for this kind of thing...

I personally like 'less is more' but really couldn't care less what somebody else wears or thinks.

I watched Charles Dance on 'who do you think you are' a few weeks ago. He was wearing an individual, very masculine silver bracelet.
I thought it looked really good, not at all tacky, the complete opposite...
A lot of young and older men are wearing bracelets again. Prince Harry being one among millions.
We have just bought a silver bracelet for our son to celebrate his forthcoming 30 birthday.
There is a vast difference between Mr T bling, and something more understated...to each his own.

Another one here who thinks jewellery on men is super tacky bar wedding ring( wierdly attractive) and nice watch ...

A lot of yellow gold hate on here. I don't like white gold / platinum etc because it's just so ubiquitous, it's become a bit boring. I didn't want my engagement ring to look like everyone else's (platinum square cut diamond, yawn).

Mine is rose gold. Bit annoying that rose gold got massively popular not long after I got it but I'll still have it when rose gold is out again, haha! Plus it looks gorgeous with the stone (a peachy coloured sapphire).

I agree that it depends on your colouring. I'm very pale and silvery colours just get lost on me.

DH has a very simple rose gold band - chunky and with a square edge. It's gorgeous. I love seeing him in it.

I had 12mm tunnels in my ears for ten years and loved them. They have shrunk down to almost a normal size and I can wear earrings. I am very heavily tattooed though, with a septum piercing in the middle of my face so the tunnels were very much part of an overall "look".

Jewellery on men however makes me cringe. I agree about a watch and a wedding ring, that's all. Chains, bracelets, sovereign rings... awful. And signet rings are the height of naff.

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But it was very odd seeing my own post come up on page 1

I love men's jewellery. Personally I like understated thin pieces, and absolutely love nice cufflinks.

Yep. Hate it. Looks nasty.

DH just wears a rather nice Tag Heure watch. Job done.

Men wearing jewelry is far less tacky than judging men who wear jewelry for it.

I love yellow (proper!) gold, in general. I have a gold wedding band and solitaire engagement ring. That's all, but they look beautiful together. Definitely not old-fashioned.

I didn't choose white gold or platinum as I think it just looks like silver - cheap! I like my gold to look like gold.

Also, every white gold ring I've seen on someone just looks dull and dirty.

I agree though that men shouldn't over-adorn themselves.

I am man. No jewellery. Don't even wear a watch. If I was married I wouldn't wear a ring. Just somehow feels constricting, like the feeling of having your blood pressure taken.

Threads like this make me laugh because they are so very middle class. Laughing at the poor working class who have no taste

Aye aye, here we go. I'm a working class man who doesn't wear jewellery, as I think it's tacky. So much for your theory, eh?

Awful. Makes them look like a darts player.

My dh is wearing a watch, not expensive, 2 rings, 3 bracelets, one he made himself , a crystal pendant necklace he made himself and an earring.
None gold and not tacky...he's wearing more than I am.

I am man.

You strong man like bear.

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Oh bollocks, bollocks, BOLLOCKS.
Can't believe I didn't look before posting.

Mind you, a 'named' watch is pretty ostentatious and tacky, anyway.

I agree completely.

Plain platinum wedding band (or silver or white gold) and a nice, non-flashy watch. Definitely no diamonds or sparkles on the watch. Nothing to chunky or obvious.

Anything else is tacky, try-hard and cheap.

Examines ( expensive and hand made ) platinum and diamond engagement cum wedding ring and declare

It looks very classy and certainly not cheap.

For me wedding ring fine. Signet ring (plain) fine. Watch fine. Nothing else. DS has several earrings though and I think always well as a sign of his "mis-spent yuf" I don't notice them anymore or the tattoos.