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Old 1 March 2019, 02:22 AM   #1
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How to wear watch with long sleeves?

I always wear watch which fits under the cuff and pretty much hides it unless I move my arm to see the time. But more and more I've been seeing everyone pretty much wears watch at the bottom of the wrist and even rolling up the sleeve a bit so that watch is visible all the time. I'm sure that's the point - to show your watch always but it never occurred to me.

So, how are we supposed to wear the watch? So if someone clicks a pic when you are standing still, is the watch needs to show or not?

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Old 1 March 2019, 02:27 AM   #2
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There is no "supposed to". Wear a watch how you want.

If it's important to you to have it slide under your shirt, wear small watches.
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I always wear watch which fits under the cuff and pretty much hides it unless I move my arm to see the time. But more and more I've been seeing everyone pretty much wears watch at the bottom of the wrist and even rolling up the sleeve a bit so that watch is visible all the time. I'm sure that's the point - to show your watch always but it never occurred to me.

So, how are we supposed to wear the watch? So if someone clicks a pic when you are standing still, is the watch needs to show or not?

I hide my watch under my sleeve. I don’t like it noticed. I’m damn sure not rolling my sleeve up for everyone to see it.
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Old 1 March 2019, 02:29 AM   #4
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There is no "supposed to". Wear a watch how you want.

If it's important to you to have it slide under your shirt, wear small watches.
^This.
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Old 1 March 2019, 02:29 AM   #5
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i don't have mine under the cuff, don't like it sticking out through my sweaters and whatnot
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Old 1 March 2019, 02:38 AM   #6
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When Sean Connery wore a sport watch in the 1962 James Bond movie Dr No, it gave men the go ahead to wear any watch they wanted with a Tux and a suit.

Much like Clark Gable didn't wear an undershirt in 1934, It Happened One Night and the undershirt business tanked. Men still beat their wives but they didn't necessarily wear a wife beater.
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Old 1 March 2019, 02:54 AM   #7
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if you can't see it at all from your under your shirt cuff when you bring up your arm, your shirt is too long. Really

I see so many people with sleeves way too long. Its even worse when someone is wearing a sports jacket and a t shirt and i can't see the watch poking out. way way too long.
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Old 1 March 2019, 03:11 AM   #8
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My BBR is thick as hell - and doesn't fit under my french cuffs. Thought about getting larger cuffs - but decided that my next watch will be thinner
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Old 1 March 2019, 03:18 AM   #9
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I wear my watches above the wrist bone and snug enough so that they don't slip down on my wrist. They are under the cuff on any long sleeve shirt I wear. The watch may become visible when I'm doing a presentation or public speaking but not by design.
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Old 1 March 2019, 03:29 AM   #10
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Some people wear it like this:

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How to wear watch with long sleeves?
I put my shirt on then I put my watch on.

Simple.
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Old 1 March 2019, 03:34 AM   #12
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Right watch with the right outfit. Under sleeve when I’m walking and the watch will show if I’m sitting down.
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Old 1 March 2019, 03:44 AM   #13
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OP I suspect that the wearer of the watch in your photo was sponsoring the watch, hence the cuffs were arranged that way to maximize visibility of the time piece during the event, as in fact that photo demonstrates
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I put my shirt on then I put my watch on.

Simple.
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Old 1 March 2019, 03:46 AM   #15
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OP I suspect that the wearer of the watch in your photo was sponsoring the watch, hence the cuffs were arranged that way to maximize visibility of the time piece during the event, as in fact that photo demonstrates
I just googled that image to project my point. Like around work or lunches I see that people wear watches at the bottom of sleeves so they show it off. I see lot of people doing that and hence the post.
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if you can't see it at all from your under your shirt cuff when you bring up your arm, your shirt is too long. Really

I see so many people with sleeves way too long. Its even worse when someone is wearing a sports jacket and a t shirt and i can't see the watch poking out. way way too long.
yup sleeves and pants are the two things most people seem to misunderstand when it comes to length
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Old 1 March 2019, 04:23 AM   #17
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As one who started high school at 5'9" and ended high school at 6'4" I've always erred on the too long side. Can't stand exposed ankles and wrists.
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Old 1 March 2019, 04:39 AM   #18
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As one who started high school at 5'9" and ended high school at 6'4" I've always erred on the too long side. Can't stand exposed ankles and wrists.
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at 6'5 i am sensitive to that too. it took me years to overcome idea that everything was too small. Pant legs was a big one. Im still 6'5 but wear 2 inches shorter of an inseam now. Could probably go another 1/2 inch too

I use to wear my jeans so that sitting down the pant legs still made contact with my shoes. It looked sloppy in retrospect.
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As one who started high school at 5'9" and ended high school at 6'4" I've always erred on the too long side. Can't stand exposed ankles and wrists.
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I was 4’11” until I was a junior in high school, now I’m just under 6’.....with long limbs.
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at 6'5 i am sensitive to that too. it took me years to overcome idea that everything was too small. Pant legs was a big one. Im still 6'5 but wear 2 inches shorter of an inseam now. Could probably go another 1/2 inch too

I use to wear my jeans so that sitting down the pant legs still made contact with my shoes. It looked sloppy in retrospect.
Yeah, pants that are too long can get a bit overwhelming around the ankles. But at least with pants you can adjust somewhat depending how you wear them, on or below the waist.

Dress shirts, on the other hand, have always been an issue with me. I prefer cuffs to meet my wrist with elbows bent. I've gone the custom route before but seems like they always shrink eventually.
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I put my shirt on then I put my watch on.

Simple.
Nope! Completely wrong! You should put on the watch before your shirt
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Nope! Completely wrong! You should put on the watch before your shirt
How does that work if your watch doesn't fit under the cuff.

That's like putting on your shoes before your pants which is quite common when fleeing a married woman's boudoir when her husband comes home.
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How to wear watch with long sleeves?



^^^ this

But if you must wear one on your wrist with long sleeves for business, make it a slim 34-36mm model and keep it above ulna-wrist joint.

For casual/working/etc., it doesn’t really matter.


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Old 1 March 2019, 10:10 AM   #24
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Old 1 March 2019, 10:52 AM   #25
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THIS is how you wear a watch. Karl Lagerfeld with his black AP RO. Not sure I could pull it off...

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Old 1 March 2019, 10:57 AM   #26
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Not sure he did either.
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Old 1 March 2019, 11:27 AM   #27
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Not sure he did either.
Haha. Probably right :)

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Reminded me of this.
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Forget his name now, but the boss of Fiat Italy used to wear his Rolex Day Date over his shirt cuffs!


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