Wrist Check 2017
Discussion
It does sound odd to have what is fashionable in the watch world dictated by a specific stat like dial size... when it's blatantly obvious that a 45mm can look daft on a slim wrist but in proportion on a larger one.
Alternately I have my Grandad's Tudor from the 1940's, he was a slight man, I don't even know if they made bigger sizes back then, but it's 29mm dial size looks totally lost on my wrist. The addition of a newer Tudor with a 42mm feels and looks much more suitable...
Interesting little discussion though, if the larger sizes weren't out there, no-one would think twice...
Alternately I have my Grandad's Tudor from the 1940's, he was a slight man, I don't even know if they made bigger sizes back then, but it's 29mm dial size looks totally lost on my wrist. The addition of a newer Tudor with a 42mm feels and looks much more suitable...
Interesting little discussion though, if the larger sizes weren't out there, no-one would think twice...
Quickmoose said:
It does sound odd to have what is fashionable in the watch world dictated by a specific stat like dial size... when it's blatantly obvious that a 45mm can look daft on a slim wrist but in proportion on a larger one.
Alternately I have my Grandad's Tudor from the 1940's, he was a slight man, I don't even know if they made bigger sizes back then, but it's 29mm dial size looks totally lost on my wrist. The addition of a newer Tudor with a 42mm feels and looks much more suitable...
Interesting little discussion though, if the larger sizes weren't out there, no-one would think twice...
It's good to have a range of sizes available, and it's not always just the diameter that determines how the watch looks. Today I've got this one on:Alternately I have my Grandad's Tudor from the 1940's, he was a slight man, I don't even know if they made bigger sizes back then, but it's 29mm dial size looks totally lost on my wrist. The addition of a newer Tudor with a 42mm feels and looks much more suitable...
Interesting little discussion though, if the larger sizes weren't out there, no-one would think twice...
36mm case. I don't have big wrists and I think it looks fine, but I also have a Seiko monster which I think is about 43mm case and that looks ok too (it has very short lugs). I have one of my granddads watches somewhere as well, it's a 34mm case, but being a 1950s dress watch it suits the smaller size and doesn't really look like a "girls watch".
At the weekend I tried on an Oris Aquis (43mm) and a Tudor black bay blue (41mm?). Oddly the Black bay, although it looked nice, felt very "slab-like", didn't sit at all well on my wrist and looked bigger than the Oris.
Having said that, anything over 45mm would probably look fairly stupid on me. I'd look like a kid wearing his dad's watch!
Blown2CV said:
So said:
Spice_Weasel said:
This is an old picture but I dug this out of the safe earlier this week. I had to attend a funeral and thought I'd wear a dressy watch with my black suit. It's still on my wrist today and has worked well with business attire too. I haven't worn this watch in so long but I am going to try to wear it a bit more now.
Nice.
battered said:
Composer62 said:
Very nice ... I've actually just treated myself to one too !
Which one is that? I've put the numbers on the back into Google and it comes up with a different watch.I read 7s36 zero 4 N zero, which makes sense as movement then case style, but the face is different.
Hope this helps.
I have it on at the moment and very nice it looks too !
Gunk said:
Blown2CV said:
i care little for fashion.
It has been mentioned. 
Except that Rolex are very much in fashion at the moment. This hasn't always been the case. I remember in the 90s and probably the 0ies they weren't very fashionable at all in the eyes of the general public. They were just an expensive watch rather than the current general perception of being "the best".
You are right that fashion comes and goes while style remains, however some things do manage to lose style as a result of becoming too fashionable. Look at Burberry in the 90's. One minute they were the Queen's coat supplier, next everybody had to have the stuff, a year on it was in every market stall and nobody who considered themselves to have any class would be seen dead in the stuff. Where the brand is now I woulldn't know, it never appealed to me in any of its guises.
You are right that fashion comes and goes while style remains, however some things do manage to lose style as a result of becoming too fashionable. Look at Burberry in the 90's. One minute they were the Queen's coat supplier, next everybody had to have the stuff, a year on it was in every market stall and nobody who considered themselves to have any class would be seen dead in the stuff. Where the brand is now I woulldn't know, it never appealed to me in any of its guises.
battered said:
Except that Rolex are very much in fashion at the moment. This hasn't always been the case. I remember in the 90s and probably the 0ies they weren't very fashionable at all in the eyes of the general public. They were just an expensive watch rather than the current general perception of being "the best".
You are right that fashion comes and goes while style remains, however some things do manage to lose style as a result of becoming too fashionable. Look at Burberry in the 90's. One minute they were the Queen's coat supplier, next everybody had to have the stuff, a year on it was in every market stall and nobody who considered themselves to have any class would be seen dead in the stuff. Where the brand is now I woulldn't know, it never appealed to me in any of its guises.
not sure i really agree with it. Those that are swayed by fashion may not have like a rolex in the 90s, and even if they do currently, they'll be on to something else soon enough. You don't buy stuff like this for fashion reasons unless you're a bit of a bell. Nothing loses style by being too fashionable because fashion is a perception of the consumer. They lose style by diluting their brand values to capitalise on fashion i.e. changing entire product lines to capitalise on intra-decade sales trends. These are brands with hundreds of years behind them, and a responsibility for whoever curates the brand to not destroy it for the sake of pushing numbers. You are right that fashion comes and goes while style remains, however some things do manage to lose style as a result of becoming too fashionable. Look at Burberry in the 90's. One minute they were the Queen's coat supplier, next everybody had to have the stuff, a year on it was in every market stall and nobody who considered themselves to have any class would be seen dead in the stuff. Where the brand is now I woulldn't know, it never appealed to me in any of its guises.
Blown2CV said:
battered said:
Except that Rolex are very much in fashion at the moment. This hasn't always been the case. I remember in the 90s and probably the 0ies they weren't very fashionable at all in the eyes of the general public. They were just an expensive watch rather than the current general perception of being "the best".
You are right that fashion comes and goes while style remains, however some things do manage to lose style as a result of becoming too fashionable. Look at Burberry in the 90's. One minute they were the Queen's coat supplier, next everybody had to have the stuff, a year on it was in every market stall and nobody who considered themselves to have any class would be seen dead in the stuff. Where the brand is now I woulldn't know, it never appealed to me in any of its guises.
not sure i really agree with it. Those that are swayed by fashion may not have like a rolex in the 90s, and even if they do currently, they'll be on to something else soon enough. You don't buy stuff like this for fashion reasons unless you're a bit of a bell. Nothing loses style by being too fashionable because fashion is a perception of the consumer. They lose style by diluting their brand values to capitalise on fashion i.e. changing entire product lines to capitalise on intra-decade sales trends. These are brands with hundreds of years behind them, and a responsibility for whoever curates the brand to not destroy it for the sake of pushing numbers. You are right that fashion comes and goes while style remains, however some things do manage to lose style as a result of becoming too fashionable. Look at Burberry in the 90's. One minute they were the Queen's coat supplier, next everybody had to have the stuff, a year on it was in every market stall and nobody who considered themselves to have any class would be seen dead in the stuff. Where the brand is now I woulldn't know, it never appealed to me in any of its guises.
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