Now, the
link English style is a different animal. English makers tended to go for something more austere. Usually, an English watchmaker would take a movement and use a mercury gold-gilded, frosted finish for the plate and bridges, and often they stuck with full plate or ¾ plate construction. They also tended to prefer heavier construction overall – making
link ultra-thin watches was never really
great mens watches part of the English or for that matter, the American watchmaking tradition, either.