Hermes Mini Clic Chaine d’Ancre Bracelet Plain Enamel Rose Gold Ultramarine H209000FO87PM

Enamel bangles tend to be either delicate to the point of fragility or heavy enough to clank; the Mini Clic finds the line between. A narrow band in glossy ultramarine with a rose-gold plated frame, closed by a toggle clasp that exposes the anchor-link motif on top.

At 0.31 inches wide and sized for a 6.3-inch wrist, it sits close and flat, which is why it survives being worn with a watch. The blue is deep and saturated, the kind that reads almost navy indoors and brightens to a proper marine in sunlight, and the lacquer has a glassy finish rather than a matte one. It feels cool and smooth against the wrist, which sounds like a small thing until you wear a rough bracelet all day.

I wear mine on the hand that already has a watch, stacked just above the band, and it has become my most-used bracelet for the office: quiet enough not to catch on a keyboard, colourful enough that I notice it. It also looks right on its own with rolled-up shirt sleeves and no other jewellery at all.

What to know: the toggle clasp is secure but takes two hands the first few times, and enamel, for all its gloss, chips if it meets a stone floor. Mine lives in a small dish rather than a pocket full of keys, and after a year it still looks new.

Made in France. If you are choosing your first enamel bracelet, deep blue is the easiest colour to live with, because it reads as a neutral on the wrist.