Summer luxuries for him
Elegant watches perfect for summers outside

From left to right
Gatsby Panama, £54.50, Pachacuti (01335 300003; www.panamas.co.uk); Sunglasses, £109, Hackett (0800 783 1372; www.hackett.com); Tradition extra-thin rose-gold watch with square face and brown crocodile-leather strap, £24,000, Audemars Piguet (020-7659 7300; www.audemarspiguet.com); Vintage tennis racket, from £40, and ball, £5, Henry Gregory (020-7792 9221; www.henrygregoryantiques.com); Quai de l'Ile day-date and power-reserve watch, £36,400, Vacheron Constantin (020-7312 6830; www.vacheron-constantin.com); Linear purple-silk knitted tie, £59, Augustus Hare (07786 266685; www.augustushare.com); 1930s trophy, £195, Henry Gregory (as above); Villeret watch, £30,860, Blancpain (0845 273 2500; www.blancpain.com); Silver tennis-ball cufflinks, £259, Deakin & Francis (www.deakinandfrancis.co.uk; 01212 367751); Jules Audemars self-winding 39mm watch in rose gold with brown crocodile-leather strap, £15,690, Audemars Piguet (as above)
Photographed by John Lawrence Jones. Styled by Hetty Chidwick
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