Promaster Orca: How big is too big?

I have an 18cm wrist - that’s on the larger side - and I would not wear a watch that big. It’d be like a souvenir toy hockey puck on my wrist. Honestly. 🕊️

I have a 7 1/4" wrist and I won't be buying anything over 40mm anymore. Luckily I only own one watch over that and it's only a 42mm.

Fair point 😅

I’ve got the 42.5mm Seiko SSK003 and I feel like it looks fine on my wrist, but that’s largely due to the short lug-to-lug length of 46mm. This would be…quite the step up, haha

I have a 45mm Panerai and I love the size. I have a big wrist though. I think for you it may be too large based on your wrist. You should try a watch on that size and see if you like it.

6.5" and I routinely wear large watches.

Of course I'm not trying to slip them under a cuff, YMMV.

Lug-to-lug is key, to me it’s more important than case diameter. Cool looking watch!

That's a very interesting question.

I really like the orca as a summer (pool, beach, etc) beater.

It's an interesting piece that has personality, and for that it takes its space on your wrist.

I tested it a couple of times in shops (pics of one of the times below - 17cm wrist).

I feel like it's exactly the watch it's supposed to be.

It's going to pop.

That's my thing for a summer beater.

In that sense it doesn't feel large at all.

Try it out, if you can. Let us know how you felt. 😁

Looks great on your wrist. Definitely a big watch with a big personality - although that’s the point! And why I like this model so much. I’ll look for one at my local shops and report back one I try one on 🫡

I have an old ti orca and a 6.7 inch wrist, and I adore that watch. It's BIG, no mistaking it. It's one of my only watches my wife has ever commented on, and her comment was "woah that's a big watch!" And we both had a good laugh, because it's true, and to me that's part of the look and part of the appeal. It's such a unique design that, to me, it doesn't really feel like just a normal watch that happens to be in too big a size. It feels like its own unique thing, like a little alien submarine that you can wear on your wrist, which looks huge because of course it does.

It's a summer watch for me too, which makes it wear even bigger because my bare arm and wrist aren't sheathed in the bulk of a jacket or sweatshirt. But somehow the bright colors, aquatic theme, and in-your-face bigness really work for me and how I dress in the summer.

I'll take a wrist shot in a little bit to show how it fits

Thanks much @robbery ! I definitely want to try one, my wrist is similar size. I feel like for a summer / fun watch, it’s too good to pass up for the price. Maybe I’ll encourage me to actually get into diving 😅fun having something different and crazy in the watch box

Looks like they're 137 bucks on eBay right now. Just do it.

I admired the ti orca back in 2007, but held off for over a decade because I thought it might be too big for me. When I finally decided to try it, I was kicking myself because the were like 3x expensive and almost impossible to find on the ti bracelet. I wished I'd just went for it back in the day and then sold it off it didn't work out, instead of being over cautious.

Last one is a mirror shot to minimize foreshortening