Women’s watches
I find it somewhat difficult to find many choices when I look to get my wife a watch. I was wondering if others find this challenging, especially the enlightened women amongst us here on Watch Crunch.
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Todd
I’m interested in vintage watches right now and trying to learn basic watch servicing. Need more time.
Phoenix
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Hi there! I am a woman with a 5.5 in wrist. I feel like I see a lot of designs I love, but sizes can be tough. For your wife, take a look at @Beaucroft_Watches new Seeker! I preordered one for myself in mint and they have other colors.
https://abingdonco.com/
Id check this brand out. Owner specifically wanted a watch that fit her lifestyle and was designed for women.
For my wife, I just asked her to get screenshots of watches she liked. Didn't matter if it was a fashion cheapest, or luxury. Once she found her styles, then I nerded out finding similar designs from Seiko, Tissot, etc.
I would wholeheartedly recommend the Tissot Seastar, Seiko Series 5, Timex, and Elliot Brown for womens watches.
In fact, the Bloxworth Hali from EB is my wife's next choice.
Her current most worn is the Tissot Seastar, followed by the her Seiko SRPD.
One is the things to remember us lug-to-lug and weight both matter for a smaller wrist, as does case shape. I have borrowed my friends 42mm Pelagos FXD and it's all day, easy, comfortable wear. That's one thing that just never comes across when you're looking at online specs
Some recommendations from my own trying on and purchasing...
Seiko5 has nice 36-38mm options that wear very well. Oris does the lugs right for a small wrist and they wear exceptionally. Tudor BB58 (and BB54) are beloved by women and the Pelagos 39 is also a sweet spot.
Cartier and Rolex do an amazing job.
The Seiko5 sports watches are very nice. I have the navy dial and it's awesome, wears well, great buy for the money. If you are into more extreme budget options, I have found some amazing Casio watches for women on Amazon and they wear/look much more expensive than they are. I wear them all the time, more frequently than my more expensive watches. Here is just one example:
https://tinyurl.com/5d96e5av