Excellanc gold-tone watch for women 33 mm bangle

You glance at your wrist halfway through a meeting, or while holding a coffee on the way to the station, and the time is simply there. This Excellanc women's watch has a gold-tone dial with Arabic numerals, so the hour reads in a second without any squinting. The dial stays legible whatever the light, and its warm tone sits well against the silver-tone case and bracelet.

The round case measures 33 mm across and 8 mm thick, a classic size for a women's watch that slips under a cuff without catching. It is mounted on a rigid bangle in silver-tone metal, so it sits on the wrist like a bracelet rather than hanging loose. The bracelet is 15 mm wide and the whole piece measures 15.5 cm. Because the metals are plain and the shape is simple, it goes as easily with a shirt as with a knit jumper. If you like the bangle idea, you will find similar pieces among our women's jewellery watches.

Inside, a PC21 quartz movement keeps the time and asks nothing of you beyond an occasional battery change. The display is analogue, with a mineral glass over the dial. The case and the bangle are both metal. In short, a compact, easy-to-read watch that works as much as a piece of jewellery as it does as a timekeeper.