Judging a man by his accessories can be fraught with peril. Unless it’s snowboarder Scotty James. On his left wrist sits a rose-gold Patek Philippe Calatrava watch with a chocolate brown crocodile strap. For those who know what they’re looking at, it’s a manually wound, 7.68-millimetre statement in sophistication – one that blends elegance and efficiency. On his right sits another monument to hours and minutes – of the geographical variety. It’s a thick silver bracelet engraved with the exact longitude and latitude of the Swiss hillside where late last year he proposed to his fiancée, Canadian singer Chloe Stroll.
Style and substance are qualities the Melburnian athlete and Optus ambassador, who is a three-time world
