Michael Kors Men's Watch: Two-Tone Steel With a Fluted Gold Bezel

Most watches in this size pick a lane: all steel and sporty, or all gold and flashy. The Lexington splits the difference. Polished steel carries the case and bracelet, and gold shows up in just the places your eye goes first: the ridged bezel, the crown and pushers, and a stripe down the middle of the bracelet. The clip below turns it slowly on a black stand so you can see it from every side.

First look

The video opens head-on with the hang tag still dangling in front of the bracelet, then the stand begins to rotate. From the side you see how deep the case is and how the bracelet drops away in a tight curve. Further round, the clasp and the engraved Michael Kors name come into view, and then the dial swings back to face you. A cream box sits in the background the whole time.

The dial

The dial is bright white with a fine sunray brushing, and it is busy in a tidy way. A single Roman XII sits at the top, with slim gold-edged bar markers for the other hours and the brand name just below the XII. Three small sub-dials form a triangle across the middle, and a date window sits low on the right between the four and five o'clock markers.

The two upper sub-dials and the lower one have their own gold-tone hands, and the central hands are gold with a pale fill, so the time stays easy to read against the white. A thin seconds hand sweeps over everything. A printed minute track runs around the outer edge of the dial, inside the bezel.

Case and bracelet

The bezel is the signature feature: deeply fluted, gold-tone, and clearly visible from across a room. The listing gives the case as 44mm wide, and the video backs that up, because it fills the stand and looks chunky from the side. The listing also names a 22mm bracelet width and mineral crystal over the dial.

The crown and the two chronograph pushers match the bezel. The bracelet is made of five rows of links, with the gold-tone links forming the two centre rows against polished steel on the outside, which gives it a jewellery-like look. It is a heavier, more formal bracelet than most fashion chronographs carry.

What comes in the box

The box shown in the video may differ from the one in the listing, so check the listing for the exact contents before ordering.

Who it suits

This is a good match for someone who likes a big watch that still looks dressy. Because the metal is two colours, it sits well beside both silver and gold jewellery, and the white dial keeps it from feeling heavy next to a shirt and jacket. It also works fine with casual clothes.

Some things to weigh. At 44mm it is a large watch, so it suits larger wrists and may look oversized on slim ones. The polished steel shows fingerprints and fine scratches. And the dial carries a lot of detail, so it is more an object to enjoy than a minimalist time-teller.

What owners notice

With roughly 1,500 ratings behind a 4.6 average, the picture is positive, but it is worth reading the shape of it. Most of the scores are five stars, and a small share are one star. The written feedback is mostly short, and the most repeated point by far is how the watch looks, with owners saying it looks good in person and makes a nice gift.

Opinions on value for money are mixed: some feel it is worth what they paid, others do not. A handful of buyers report that the watch stopped working or did not work properly, and a few left a low score without saying why. Those are a small minority, but they are a reminder to test the date, the chronograph and the timekeeping when it arrives, and to keep your receipt and the warranty paperwork.

Key details

• Brand: Michael Kors
• Model: MK8344 (Lexington)
• Case: 44mm, polished stainless steel with a fluted gold-tone bezel
• Dial: white sunray with Roman XII, bar markers and three sub-dials
• Movement: quartz chronograph with a date window (the hang tag in the video reads "Japan Movement")
• Crystal: mineral glass
• Bracelet: 22mm two-tone stainless steel, five-row links