Last year was the year of the GMT. What will 2023 be like?
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I’d kind of like a new direction. I just got my first watch with a power reserve indicator. The complication was never of particular interest to me, and it just happened to be on my latest watch. I’ve come to absolutely love it! I have heard that some watches, with a display case back, have a PR on the movement rather than on the face. If I could choose a new feature to suddenly become a rage it would be PR on the movement, only visible from the case back.
I'd say a Dress watch with a textured dial would be a cool addition (but I totally don't know your preferences and what do you already own)
World-timers!
Rolex hath ordained that the small shall become large again in 2023.
Rolex hath ordained that the small shall become large again in 2023.
Which is why they released a 39mm dress watch, a steel Daytona with thicker lugs and the biggest Explorer in to date 😀?
Which is why they released a 39mm dress watch, a steel Daytona with thicker lugs and the biggest Explorer in to date 😀?
The crown hath spoken. The earth shall move.
It's going to be the year of the watch I'm not going to buy. We are already into Q2/2023 and I still haven't seen anything new worthy of my interest.
Unfortunately looks like smaller watches are being pushed. Not a fan , wouldn't go below 38mm . Not a taste or fashion thing, but practical - I'm over 50 & eyes rapidly deteriorating so favour big legible pieces
Which is why they released a 39mm dress watch, a steel Daytona with thicker lugs and the biggest Explorer in to date 😀?
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Unfortunately looks like smaller watches are being pushed. Not a fan , wouldn't go below 38mm . Not a taste or fashion thing, but practical - I'm over 50 & eyes rapidly deteriorating so favour big legible pieces
Agree 100%. My preference is 44-40, with 42 being optimal generally.
Unfortunately looks like smaller watches are being pushed. Not a fan , wouldn't go below 38mm . Not a taste or fashion thing, but practical - I'm over 50 & eyes rapidly deteriorating so favour big legible pieces
I don't think you have to worry. Smaller men are just screaming louder than the rest. I try not be "that guy" but to some degree I get it, I get bullied a lot for not being able to squeeze back on a handshake "like a real man" (because I have insanely small hands, thin fingers, skinny-fat wrists and as a result very weak grip) and naturally one feels threatened by physically more imposing men and (as a watch-person), by extension, their watches. So you wish everybody had tiny hands and since that isn't going to happen you wish everybody was forced to wear a tiny watch. It isn't nice of course and I know we shouldn't think like that but many guys do. Watch any video with a small wristed YouTuber and you notice how vocal they are about their wrist size, much more so than average sized men. They complain every chance they get and promote smaller watches disproportionately and so the illusion of smaller sizes being pushed is born 😉
But In the grand scheme of things, watches are still growing in size. Sure, the massive 48+mm stuff is going away but that's about it. Mass market offerings from Seiko are mostly large (with one recent exception) and smaller watches are usually released with a feminine vibe. Move up a bit and Longines has one small watch, the spirit 37. Tudor has a few but they only stock the larger 1926, in fact there is not a single plain dial 36mm in stock in the Watches of Switzerland network in the UK. Richemont's Baume & Mercier made a 39mm riviera, that's the unisex/midsize option (with a 50+mm end link to end link span)! Luxury watches are dominated by Rolex and they are getting bigger and bigger, they even went back on the explorer. Even in the high end segment AP makes massive watches and PP as well as VC don't even make a plain 36mm dress watch anymore...
nah man, worry not, there is no trend because there is no demand. 40mm is a size for men and women, for men only there will always be bigger 😬
I don't think you have to worry. Smaller men are just screaming louder than the rest. I try not be "that guy" but to some degree I get it, I get bullied a lot for not being able to squeeze back on a handshake "like a real man" (because I have insanely small hands, thin fingers, skinny-fat wrists and as a result very weak grip) and naturally one feels threatened by physically more imposing men and (as a watch-person), by extension, their watches. So you wish everybody had tiny hands and since that isn't going to happen you wish everybody was forced to wear a tiny watch. It isn't nice of course and I know we shouldn't think like that but many guys do. Watch any video with a small wristed YouTuber and you notice how vocal they are about their wrist size, much more so than average sized men. They complain every chance they get and promote smaller watches disproportionately and so the illusion of smaller sizes being pushed is born 😉
But In the grand scheme of things, watches are still growing in size. Sure, the massive 48+mm stuff is going away but that's about it. Mass market offerings from Seiko are mostly large (with one recent exception) and smaller watches are usually released with a feminine vibe. Move up a bit and Longines has one small watch, the spirit 37. Tudor has a few but they only stock the larger 1926, in fact there is not a single plain dial 36mm in stock in the Watches of Switzerland network in the UK. Richemont's Baume & Mercier made a 39mm riviera, that's the unisex/midsize option (with a 50+mm end link to end link span)! Luxury watches are dominated by Rolex and they are getting bigger and bigger, they even went back on the explorer. Even in the high end segment AP makes massive watches and PP as well as VC don't even make a plain 36mm dress watch anymore...
nah man, worry not, there is no trend because there is no demand. 40mm is a size for men and women, for men only there will always be bigger 😬
Excellent reply, thank you 👍