Watch size and perspective
For anyone shopping for a watch and wondering if it will fit their wrist, the photos online don't always give a good indication of fit.
I have a small 16.5cm wrist and all my watches have been 41cm or less. You can see in my photos that sometimes the watch look big when the shot is taken up close but looks OK when taken a little further.
I had my reservation with this watch but trying it on in person helped ease my mind.
For some background, I bought this watch during my recent trip to Japan. I ventured to Nakano Broadway looking for the seaweed SMP on a bracelet without luck, until I walked into the last store where a sales staff helped me find it around the area using Rakuten which she did. She found one in Shibuya so I quickly went there and bought it. She didn't have to help me and wasn't going to get a sale but she helped anyway. I just love Japanese kindness.
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What is usually missing are pictures showing the whole person with the watch, not only the wirst. In my opinion this is where we can really see if the watch fits. Few youtubers also do this: shots of themselves in "real life" situation with the watch on, which could give a much better idea than those close pictures of the wirst. A "unzoomed" perspective in a way.
Your watch is wonderful, congratulations to you. I like how this particular model can be of so many colours depending the ambient light.
Wrist shots esp up close and from above are utterly useless for sizing esp with camera phones. I’ve seen so many people online turn away from watches that would have definitely fit them bc of some distorted (quite literally) view. The best judge is a photo of yourself from a full length mirror (or better yet have someone take a full body photo).
Agree with the opinions so far - been saying for the longest time. Full length shots with body are what's required to make a judgement on sizing. Failing this, crossing your arm across your chest will give you the same effect.
That’s due to perspective distortion from lens compression - basically the closer the shot or wider the lens, the more bulbous/prominent things directly in front of it will be - we use this all the time in photography. This gif is my favorite example of this - the guy’s sunglasses look wider than his face at ultra wide angles shot in close proximity. Step back and shoot at 50mm+ and it starts to normalize.
I understand the angle of your shots may have played a part on how it looks on your wrist, but I think it looks great on your wrist.
In fact, we have the same wrist size - I was close to getting it last year as I got the call from the Omega AD offering me this piece (was harder to get then). I felt there was some overhang after trying it on, and I took the "courage" to respectfully declined the offer to buy it.
I blame you and your pictures for my second thoughts now.
Congrats on the purchase. Handsome watch.