Weighty Matters

I wore a Victorinox INOX as my daily beater for 7 years and that's like having a house brick on your wrist, reassuringly heavy, but I switched to a 5610 and haven't looked back, just feels more comfortable and fits under sleeves way easier.

I at one time enjoyed "feeling" the watch, but now I'm more interested in light and comfortable.

The exception being my GSAR, I enjoy how robust it feels.

I at one time enjoyed "feeling" the watch, but now I'm more interested in light and comfortable.

The exception being my GSAR, I enjoy how robust it feels.

I like to put on Casio's for the light feel on the wrist at times. Especially the Casio A700, like a feather on the wrist (reminded by the occasional hair pulling 😂). Sometimes swap out the bracelet for a strap.

I must be able to eventually forget it is there, and it shouldn’t get in the way. Saying that, I am quite happy wearing chonky watches, and eventually… forget they are there until I need their function.

If I'm wearing long sleeves, I prefer a lighter watch; however, with short sleeves I don't mind a heavier watch.

This said, it's more about comfort and watch's dimensions along with bracelet/strap choice play a more.significant role in my opinion compared with weight.

I've been wearing watches for so long my brain just assumes there's a watch on my wrist, so I don't tend to notice the weight.

A few months ago I got the chance to try on an Omega Worldtimer in gold. Now that's a chonk of watch! I guess if you've just spaffed $30,000 on a watch you want a constant reminder of the fact!

I’ve been wearing my BBPro for the past few days. You can certainly feel it but I’m enjoying that.

Saying that, when I take it off at the end of the day, it must be like how women feel when they finally take their bra off! The relief 😅😅

My collection is pretty diver heavy, so I'm used to a little weight. And like @English_archer said, I've also been wearing watches my whole life, so I don't even think about it. That being said, it's nice to slip on a Casio every now and then, especially if there's a nap in my future. 😁 It's like kicking off my steel-toes and putting my slippers on.

This is such a great topic! My Ulysse Nardin is a heavy watch, but I'm used it and when I purchased my Rolex GMT Master 2, I was thinking "It's like it's not even there". Neither bothers me. What's really fun is putting on the Omega SMP300 vs. the Rolex...interesting.

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Dude! I tried the speedy it’s pretty light just an fyi 😜😂

Small and lite so i can forget the thing until i need it.

I don't feel, even my heavier watches, once on my wrist. I like heavier watches but it's not a necessity. Now bulkier watches(size not weight) can become uncomfortable. Even then, it depends on the watch.

I prefer some weight. A stainless steel 38mm Seiko 5 on a leather strap is enough. I did have a first generation Tissot T-Touch titanium on my wrist before, and it also has just enough weight. My reason for this is that my lightest watch (Casio Outgear Fishing Gear watch) got so beat up in my first few weeks of wearing (granted, that was before I was into watches) because I forgot that it was even on wrist. My Casio Edifice chronograph feels like half a cement mixer on the wrist, in a good way. Not clumsy, just... chunky. I either remember my piece is on my wrist because it's vintage and I'm worried about every little scrape, or because I can feel something swinging with my arm.

true dat

It's a bit of B and C for me. I guess it really depends on the watch, I wouldn't expect any heft on the wrist if it was a dress watch or a titanium one or even a resin/plastic banger. I guess to each his own.

Personally the weight of a watch has never really been something that I think about either way. I have heavy watches and I have light watches too. Be it on straps or titanium bracelets.

I’m with you mate. I like to feel a bit of weight on the wrist. Whilst I did join the ‘titanium club’ last year (there should be a badge for that by the way) there’s still enough weight to know your wearing a watch.

I’ve never really thought of it before but it might explain why I also like larger watches as I’m often running a NATO, leather or silicon strap.

Yup, this is with bracelets. I should have mentioned that.

Isn't that a platinum dial? So you have the weight of gold and platinum in there, which makes sense why it would weigh so much more than the stainless steel variation.

Probably. It weighed about15kg

I like the weight. It doesn't feel obtrusive to me at all. I do tend to wear NATOs because they're comfortable, especially in the summer.

I don’t know. On the one hand, I feel like a bad ass when I wear my 198 gram Islander Sea Snail Monster…

…and a magical forest sprite when I wear my 43 gram Treehut Koa Wood watch.

I suppose it depends on my mood — “like cattle and love play”. - Gurney Halleck (Dune) -

Great question!

I’m a light is lovely and heavy be hell sort of chap… but my Seiko turtle and my Oris 43mm Aquis are both beasts I love despite their portly asses:

Loving chunky divers and lightness is one of those paradoxes of collecting. I love the ocean and swimming (divers) and also love riding bikes and running all over the place (lightness is critical).

I think It’s partially due to my bird like 6” wrists. Basically from the midpoint of my formarm down it’s just skin on bone. So a heavy watch that bounces a bit is painful and injurious.

I try to not wear the heavy ones if bouncy wrists are likely to happen.

The 100g club:

My Steeldive sd1975 weighs 210gms, I don't consider it a weight training device. Suggest some of you join a gym. 😂😂😂😂💪😋

Honestly my Nomos Club 36 can at times just give me that love hate vibe. I hate that I don't feel it on my wrist. I seriously want a bit of weight at times. But the Nomos would be the one I wear if I'm going to type on my keyboard for a lengthy time because it just don't bother me at all.

Well after showing here that i have 2 Invicta's Hydromax a 350 grams each........i can't say that i don't want to feel them...If i buy another one and put al on one wrist, it's more than a kilo hahahahahahaha

Weighty indeed. 🍻

Hiya Todd.

I picked B. I think I’m fairly agnostic on this. Upon say that though, most of the watches I like do have some weight. I’m quite a fan of G-shock Frogmans and one wouldn’t say they are lightweight.

The heaviest watch I have is the behemoth in the attached pic. It’s a G-shock GPR-B1000.

The lightest one I have is probably (ohhh another G-shock! There’s a … errr… shock) the GW-S5600U.

Maybe it’s obvious but for anything active - hiking, biking, running, long walks, etc. I prefer ultra light weight. Other times it’s nice to feel the heavy stainless. Yet other times it’s fun to see how light titanium or even wood can be. Variety is key and wearing the same thing day after day would be dull