Butch, before I start, I gotta tell you what a great job you've done with the remodel of the website. The place looks awesome!
I agree, a Sea Wolf IS a nice watch BUT...
I think there are a few classic dress watches from Zodaic that are a bit more 'tux' than a SW...
Like the Glorious you have, Butch - that's a fine example of a Zodiac dress watch. Man, that is THE bracelet for that watch!
Enclosed are photos of a couple of mine...
The first pic is a nameless(?) number 343 379, Zodiac Auto with a gigantic, odd shaped plated case and interesting little 34 movement. It has a 24mm curved-end leather strap, not an original unfortunately. (A while back, I found the original NOS on the bay, contacted the seller 2 or 3 times to confirm the color of the buckle, never heard back from the guy... it exists out there, somewhere.) Maybe one day...
The next is my first Zodiac watch. (This is the one that started the addiction.) It's a plated Olympos mystery dial, complete with original signed and plated bracelet. Last year, Roberto, my service guy in town, slipped off his rolex to try it on - joking about how he wasn't going to give it back after its cleaning - I take that as a compliment. LOL I like it a lot, so I've considered sending it off to have the case and band re-plated, as it has a few scratches and a little bit of brassing at the lug tips and edges of the bracelet - it was proudly worn often over it's years... 'til I got it. I don't own too many dress clothes, so it goes out only once in a while now.
What's the collectors' rule about re-plating? Do it for the sake of a beautiful vintage watch? Or, don't for the sake of originality? I'm about 50/50 on this.
Sitting in the box with it, is a matching ladies, little-tiny, plated Olympos cocktail wind-up I discovered in a lot-buy. Got a hunch it's even the original bracelet. Keeps great time, but winding and setting is like twisting a pinhead. LOL
Personally, I think the Hermetic Senator Auto would be a nice tux-watch, too. The stainless oval case with silver-dial and chromey raised markers. Shiny, exotic black strap... That watch is tux all the way. Guess I'll have to get one.