Gold accents and dive watches can go wrong quickly, but the two-tone Mido Ocean Star Tribute shows how to do it tastefully. A gold-toned bezel and gold PVD hands warm up a matte black dial, while the rest of the watch stays in polished steel.

The bezel is the focal point: a 120-click unidirectional ring in gold tone with a black aluminum insert, gold-colored dive scale and luminous pearl at 12 o’clock. Gold PVD diamond-cut hands and printed indexes with white Super-LumiNova sit on the matte black dial, with day and date at 3 o’clock. Like every Tribute, it borrows from Mido’s 1960s divers, with a domed box sapphire crystal that has anti-reflective coating on both sides. Inside, the Caliber 80 automatic, a modified 25-jewel ETA C07.621, provides up to 80 hours of power reserve, and the case is sealed to 200 meters by a screw-down crown and screw-in back.

The 40.5mm case is highly polished, around 51mm lug to lug, and the steel bracelet has a folding clasp, so the watch slips easily between casual and smart wear.

Mido Ocean Star Tribute Two-Tone, Ref. M026.830.21.051.00

• Polished steel case, 40.5mm, about 13.4mm high
• Gold-tone bezel with black insert and gold dive scale
• Matte black dial with gold PVD hands, day-date
• Automatic Mido Caliber 80, ETA C07.621 base
• Power reserve up to 80 hours
• Domed box sapphire, anti-reflective inside and out
• 200m water resistance
• Stainless steel bracelet, 21mm lug width

Just enough gold to feel special, and never so much that it stops being a diver.