Camel Trophy Off Road

I’ve been bad. I’ve done the worst thing in the world. I’ve been on eBay.

The Camel Trophy was an international driving competition sponsored by Camel Cigarettes between 1980 and 2000. And every time they did one, they released a watch to commemorate it. This one is from the 1990s, apparently – not the original strap, sadly, but I’m not really concerned about that. The case is basically a chunk of bronze. It’s not a huge watch, but it has that field-watch easy legibility and it’s a proper weight on the wrist.

The brown strap, of course, means I have to match it with something, because I don’t wear brown/sand/camel/beige clothes, so I wear a brown leather bracelet and a couple of brown wooden bracelets on the other wrist, a pendant on a brown leather thong, and a brown 1990s Sergio Cerruti Roma leather belt I may have just bought myself on eBay ahem. Never forget Gene Wilder’s rule from his notes on the first draft of the Willy Wonka costume:

Also a light blue felt hat-band to match with the same light blue fluffy bow tie shows a man who knows how to compliment his blue eyes.

To match the shoes with the jacket is fey. To match the shoes with the hat is taste.

While we wouldn’t necessarily use the word “fey” today, his general point stands. And we try to cultivate taste.