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On the hidden niceties of case design

peasant · 2011-08-18 21:49:30

Currently wearing this battered old Vostok: It comes with an octagonal case which is fairly typical 70's "diver style" standard. Looking at it from the top, you'd expect the side edges to be straigtht ...so I was quite puzzled when I saw this on the sellers pics: Curves in the profile of an angular case? :confused: I was…

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18-08-2011 10:49pm

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peasant

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Currently wearing this battered old Vostok:

It comes with an octagonal case which is fairly typical 70's "diver style" standard.
Looking at it from the top, you'd expect the side edges to be straigtht ...so I was quite puzzled when I saw this on the sellers pics:

Curves in the profile of an angular case?

I was actually hoping that they were a trick of the light/camera and wouldn't be so pronounced in real life as I was convinced it would look weird.

Well ...they are just as pronounced in real life, but you don't really notice them that much ...who looks at their watch side on while it's on the wrist?

But now that I have worn the watch for a while I know why they are there:

When you bend your wrist upwards and compress the watch between hand and arm, these "arches" in the profile allow the squished skin to slip in under the watch without getting pinched :pac:

This is one of the most comfortable watches I have ever worn ...despite the angular case design

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