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6 January 2022, 03:16 PM | #61 |
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I always liked how this looks. Obviously a much larger wrist and a 36mm 1016, but the fit is great. |
6 January 2022, 04:02 PM | #62 |
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I wear watches on oyster bracelets or straps like in your first pic but jubilee/new speedy looser, closer to the hand.
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6 January 2022, 04:02 PM | #63 |
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6 January 2022, 07:48 PM | #64 | |
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Yeah I have tried it actually! I can’t make my mind up about it to be honest! I feel like watches look bigger in photos on me than they do in person. I’m quite slim as I am a (hobby) triathlete, so I don’t think my wrist will get any bigger! I love 39mm, I feel like it is the sweet spot, though in reality the lug to lug of the 39mm Explorer is quite big (47.5mm), which is exactly the same as my new Omega Speedmaster Professional (sapphire sandwich). Here is a shot for comparison. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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6 January 2022, 11:26 PM | #65 |
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In between the first and second pictures. I like mine loose.
The first picture looks ridiculous btw. |
7 January 2022, 12:13 AM | #66 |
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I have found that a few rules need to be applied to wear a watch comfortably all day. Even 24\7.
1)Watch size matters, Wear a watch that actually fits YOU. 2) The weight of a watch matters. All steel\PM with bracelet, bracelet and watch head should have a balanced weight. Wear a strap - The watch head should be lighter if you want it to stay in place without wearing it tight. 3) To thick of a watch will never be comfortable for "long" periods of use. Cumbersome. (wear as needed) 4) Adjust bracelet to your most active part of the day. not to snug\not to loose. it may be a bit loose at times but you will get accustom to it. That way it's never too tight. 5) Adjust the "shoe" that rest against you wrist so when the watch head is centered on top, The shoe is centered on bottom. It is not uncommon that the bracelet will be longer on one side than the other. This is how I set my watches up to wear slightly above the wrist bone. I have never had to readjust one. and is never to tight even if I wear it to sleep. And never to loose to be a bother.
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7 January 2022, 12:20 AM | #67 |
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There is too much analysis here.
I just put it on my wrist. If loose, I tighten. If tight, I loosen.
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7 January 2022, 12:37 AM | #68 | |
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Unless you like your watch to flap around, then I always find your point number 5 is really important if you want a perfect fit that you don't have to adjust every 5 minutes. Ensuring the deployant blades (or "shoe" as you call it) are centred on the underside of the wrist, while the head is centred on the top irrespective of what that does to bracelet length on either side of the head, is vital. And it's important to ensure that it's the blades themselves and not just the visible part of the clasp that's centred. For example, on my GMT that I'm wearing today, I have 8 links at 12 o'clock, and 4 links at 6 o'clock as my wrist is much thicker on the ulna (12 o'clock) side than the other. Head perfectly centred on top and clasp blades perfectly centred underneath means the watch is perfectly balanced and couldn't be more comfortable. As a result I never need to adjust it. |
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7 January 2022, 01:11 AM | #69 | |
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7 January 2022, 01:20 AM | #70 |
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I've worn my watches pretty loosely where it sort of slides up and down my arm and rotates on the wrist for the majority of my life, what a mistake.
I now wear my watch like picture #1. Snug and right under the wrist bone.
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Isn't that above the wrist bone?
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Ive tried and tried to wear my watch on my left wrist either above or on the bone, without success. Above the bone it's too tight if i want it to stay put. Any looser and it'll then slip down past the bone and the crown digs into the back of my hand. Wearing a watch becomes a PITA. Especially larger watches. The only one i can get away with on the left is my seiko sumo. The strap is so comfortable and forgiving I can wear it slightly above the bone and snug enough to pretty much stay there. Maybe i'm doing something wrong, but everything else I've given up on and i wear on my right wrist, worn on or below the bone. No issues with the crown digging into the back of my hand or any faffing with wrist size in different temperatures.
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8 January 2022, 06:20 AM | #73 |
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I think it depends on the watch, something on Oysterflex definitely feels better to me if worn as in pic #1. Something in steel/ gold bracelet #2 feels better for me.
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8 January 2022, 10:13 AM | #74 |
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With the easy lock clasp in , and right above the wrist bone but can still get a full finger between the watch and my arm.
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8 January 2022, 08:26 PM | #75 |
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Normally wear it like your second photo, however the crown is bothersome. I have now started the wear the watch upside down. I just adjust the time so 6 now represents the 12 o'clock position. It is much more comfortable and i like it this way.
I find that the first photo you have of the watch higher up is mainly worn this way by the older demographic. You may notice people who are old (over 30 years) wear it this way. |
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9 January 2022, 01:03 AM | #79 | |
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What is “right” is what is most comfortable to the wearer. I’ve seen women wear jingle jangle bracelets that flip all over their wrists … and they like that. I prefer my watch to be seated snug (but not tight) past my wrist bone. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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9 January 2022, 02:12 AM | #80 |
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9 January 2022, 04:44 PM | #82 |
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Tighter and above the wristbone. And I wish I had worn it this way sooner.
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I agree with you but these are the exceptions to the norm. I was talking about best scenario. It’s in that position that the watch looks the best, and it’s in that position that the crown does not touch the back of the palm of the hand. Bellow wrist bone is not considered a wrist anymore, it’s part of the hand “surgically speaking” Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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9 January 2022, 10:48 PM | #85 |
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Whatever feels the most comfortable. This is often determined by the watch. Above the bone is usually where I start. It might stay there of go lower. As long as it doesn't dig in.
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