Fitting your watch - how does it work for you?

Are you tight or loose? Perhaps your wrist swells and contracts a lot throughout the day. In this thread we discuss fitting.

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I like my watches to be quite snug against my wrist. With this in mind, I more often than not have my watches on rubber, canvas or leather, because its easier to adjust on the fly.  Unless I get the Rolex glidelock system or something similar, I don't think I'll be truly happy with a steel bracelet. 

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i usually loosen up a bit if i wear steel bracelet. just set it on micro adjusment on the clasp

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I tend to keep it quite tight no matter what so it stays in place. Drives me mental when my watch movies up and down my arm

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Scooby

I tend to keep it quite tight no matter what so it stays in place. Drives me mental when my watch movies up and down my arm

Yes, that's how I feel about it. Don't like the watch sliding around my wrist. 

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Tight - need to know it’s still there.

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I prefer snug with perhaps a bracelet just a touch looser than I would wear with a strap.

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I prefer to wear mine a little looser so that it can move around a couple of centimetres to sit further up the forearm or closer to the wrist. This maybe a more feminine way of wearing watches perhaps?

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(Sadly none of these pictures are me and none of these watches are mine)

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I prefer my watches to be tighter rather than loose.  I aim for one finger to go between me wrist and the strap.  If I easily get two fingers, then it is too loose, but if I can't get any finger between it is too tight.  

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I like bracelets loose.  This is me with one of my Tags a moment ago.  I live in England so it never ever gets hot enough for my wrist to expand.

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My tendency is for everything but bracelets to be a tad snug, above the bone. Bracelets are just loose enough for a little wiggle room.

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I like to keep my watch bands and bracelets tight, so the watches don't move around. I'm loose in other ways ...

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Bracelet loose. 

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I try to find a goldilocks zone with both straps and bracelets: snug enough not to move too much (which drives me nuts), but not so tight that you can see strap marks on my wrist when I take my watch off. Admittedly that’s not always possible, and in those cases I always opt for a little tighter. 

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That very top tight wrist looks painful!