Large case size watches

HDMI

Any other forum members got large watches and how are you getting on with the size?

I know the size is more dictated by the size of your wrist, so what's your maximum or comfort zone?


I have been wearing my latest arrival now for a couple of days and I am trying to decide have I exceeded my limits with it's size, 45mm width 52mm lug to lug and 17mm thickness.

When I ordered it I had no real understanding of what these numbers were going to feel like on the wrist and comparing it to my Seiko Sumo 44x50x13 The Deux Mille feels like a giant especially in the weight department, 250g vs the Sumo's 180g but it feels so much more.

The lugs are 22mm but I have put it on a 24mm rubber/silicone strap for now and it supports the watch much better but I still not sure if this is a keeper. Very very possible this one maybe be just too much and could turn out to be one my quickest flips.

Wibbs

My biggest are a 40(1930's Zenith) and a 42/3(60's Heuer), but they're not particularly bulky so "wear smaller". I've tried on a few different big watches in my time and I found the lug design and angles and or the depth made a big difference in how they wore and how "big" they felt. EG my 60"s Lip divers watch wear bigger than the above mentioned and its 35mm IIRC. I've a scrawny wrist mind you so others mileage may vary.

Homer

It would be more a combination of the width AND the depth of that particular watch that might be offputting for some? It's very subjective I guess and the fashion is towards larger face watches so it wouldn't bother me personally. That's the second one of those that have popped up in the last few days on here iirc!

peasant

There are sveral factors in play here.

For looking big, the overall diameter is one thing, but more important is the ratio of dial diameter to total diameter.

Both of the following watches are the same diameter ...one looks like a dinner plate, the other doesn't






For feeling big, the height and weight come into play.

The "dinner plate" above is comparatively thin and light and because of that feels smaller than it looks. At the opposite end I have a watch which is 3mm smaller in diameter, 3 or 4 mm higher and probably twice the weight. This wears so heavy/big that I can't wear it more than 2 or three days in a row before it gets on my nerves



(I bought the heavy bracelet for this because on the original strap it was so top heavy it was almost unwearable)


And then there is just plain ridiculous ...when people wear watches where the lugs extend over their wrists (example from the internetz)




All in all it really very much depends on the size and shape of your wrist which size/style/shape watch you can wear comfortably.

For me and my 19/20 cm wrist, the max is about 45 mm dia, the sweet spot is around 40-43 and I'm avoiding very high or very heavy watches for the future. (Some chronos can be incredibly thick and heavy, even with modest diameters)

Eoin

I've got the Seiko solar diver that I bought off you. As you know, it's about 43mm, but I think it wears bigger as it's a chunky watch.

I've this 45mm Sottomarino diver


I've got a 45mm Torgeon (very light)


45mm Casio Edifice:


And then there's my hand-wound Moscow Classic - need to double check, but I think it's 47mm.


43-45mm is my comfort zone. I've had a couple of 40mm watches that I really liked, but they were just a little bit too small for me. My Steinhart OVM is 42mm - personally I'd prefer it in a 44mm.

Deep Thought

well...

I have this 45mm Torgoen



and this, 45mm Omega PO XL



both are great

HDMI

Thanks for the replies, some very valid points made but I am still unsure if I am keeping this one.

A few days in and I was finally convinced that it was the weight that was bothering me so I decided to put it on the scales and compare it to some of my others. I wasn't expecting the results that I got but with it on the rubber strap it weighs only 170g which is less than my Sumo at 180g and my Spork which is 225g. Both are fitted with bracelets and I have never had any issues with the weight, so that blows my weight theory out the window. If I try use size as an excuse then my Citizen Orca competes at just over 46mm but only 125g fitted on it's titanium bracelet. I think it is possible that the watch as a whole just does not sit correct on my wrist, wouldn't be the first time it has happened.

Eoin I agree at 44mm the OVM would be near perfect, but it still feels such a nice watch that I am tempted even at 42mm.

Homer

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Eoin

HDMI wrote: »

A few days in and I was finally convinced that it was the weight that was bothering me so I decided to put it on the scales and compare it to some of my others. I wasn't expecting the results that I got but with it on the rubber strap it weighs only 170g which is less than my Sumo at 180g and my Spork which is 225g. Both are fitted with bracelets and I have never had any issues with the weight, so that blows my weight theory out the window. If I try use size as an excuse then my Citizen Orca competes at just over 46mm but only 125g fitted on it's titanium bracelet. I think it is possible that the watch as a whole just does not sit correct on my wrist, wouldn't be the first time it has happened.

You might be over-thinking it! Sometimes a watch just isn't a good match, even if it seems like it should be on paper. I was the same with the Seiko Monster - right size & style, but just not for me.

tac foley

Marathon J-SAR. Big enough for most.

tac