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Wrist Size

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Aurelian ·

In Praise of Small Watches

We have been conditioned to believe that a watch surface should completely obscure the surface of our wrist. It was not always so. In the past case an...
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TwiceTollingClock ·

Wrist Size

My wrist is EXACTLY 8 inches around. (Which is wierd, because I also wear EXACTLY a size 8 hat, haha 🤣 ) ... From what I gather, that is slightly larg...
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SurferJohn ·

Optimal watch size is wrist circumference (in cm) x 2.3?

So according to this article my optimal watch size is 46.7mm (20.32cm x 2.3 = 46.736) I find 44mm to 45mm to be optimal. But this is a good guide for...
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grantk ·

Omega Speedie 38 vs Reduced

I've been really wanting to purchase the omega speedie reduced mainly because I imagine I would prefer it to the original 42mm case size - although st...
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Adam6498 ·

Wrist growth

I’m currently unemployed and my wrist is getting thicker by the minute. Has anyone grown into a new watch collection? I’m lucky to have friends that g...
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OmegaSimp ·

Help me: a stienhart dilema

I have a 7.5 inch wrist and need to know what is going to fit it does anyone with a similar sized wrist own a 42mm stienhart, and if so do you think i...
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Konsalik ·

The ideal watch size survey 2022-2023

A few years ago, Mark Cho, avid watch collector and owner of Hong Kong and New York-based menswear emporium The Armoury, noticed that the majority of...
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Nobody.Tokyo ·

Proposal: WRUW to include wrist size?

I was wondering whether we could do a slight change in the WRUW thread? I love that thread to see watches in the wild but it would be even more useful...
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AndreSVP ·

My First Watch

Hi again everyone. In my last post I talked about getting a Tag Heur watch for my father and mentioned buying this Seiko Presage GMT for me. I would l...
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jose67 ·

Brands with bracelets for big hand + normal wrist

My father has really big hands, but a rather regular wrist size. He is not a big watch aficionado, but we started talking about the one I was wearing...
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