Wrist Size: We've been doing this wrong?

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Just did a quick experiment as people always go on and on about wrist size, yet sometimes we see people with smaller or larger wrists pulling off a watch worse or better than their wrist size.

As I suspected, wrist circumference is the wrong measurement. I have a 6.5 inch wrist but my wrist real estate (diameter across the top of my wrist where a watch would actually sit without extending off my wrist) is 53mm. I knew I had a flat wrist but I guess this pretty much cements that.

Just measure yourself and then compare the lug-to-lug length of the watch to see if the watch would extend off your wrist. Also, you can measure solid end link to solid end link for a more accurate measure as well as the modern Rolex models wear bigger due to the SELs.

Hope that helps. It's not an exact science as your overall body is going to play a big part in how a watch looks on you but in general I think this works better than just stating your wrist size and arbitrarily determining whether you have a flat or rounded wrist. Generally, the lower body fat %=flatter wrists.