In your entire lifetime, have you gone out into public without any underpants on?

Have you ever worn a jacket or a coat without a shirt underneath?

Or have you ever tried to conceal the fact that you were drunk when out in public?

Well unbeknown to a good portion of the population, wristwatches also conceal a bit of a daring side to it as well. Think about this, have you ever looked at a watch and wondered about what it may look like in the back?

Well if you have not than I don’t really blame you. After all, most watches you buy today have just a solid plate of metal in the back that occasionally gets popped off with a screwdriver whenever you need a battery change. Timex and Casio don’t put a whole lot of attention to the back of the watch, or case back as we like to call it, and for good reason. What does it matter after all when no one will ever see it?

This is one of those categories where “luxury” watches differs from the pack. Similar to how the inner workings of fine automobile are finely done even if the end result is rarely seen, the inner workings of a fine watch are often put on display even if eyes rarely glance at it and few would appreciate.

Take for example my most recent and current favorite watch, the Hamilton Khaki King Automatic.

On the surface it looks just like this:

Hamilton H64455533 Men’s Khaki King Automatic Black Dial Strap, Free Shipping

But on the back it looks like this:

Hamilton H64455533 Men’s Khaki King Automatic Black Dial Strap, Free Shipping

Like many luxury watches, this features an exhibition back.  Sometimes called a display back, see-through back, or whatever you want to call it, the ultimate goal is obvious.  In in a practical sense it doesn’t offer the kind of bulletproofing you’d find in a tough divers’ watch, but you just get too astounded by the beauty to really care, and as a conversation piece, having one of these make you stand out as fillet mignon in a world of ground chuck.