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jay_kay · 25 April 2009, 06:32 PM

I don't know what it is but I find I always think that watches look better on other people. I sometimes see people wearing watches I have had and sold and think, it never looked that good on my wrist, wish I would have kept it. Surely it can't just be me. Is it because you see the watch at a different angle? Or maybe if ots from further away? Really don't know.

J

scottschoe · 25 April 2009, 06:34 PM

Bad looking wrist? Shrugs.

Chris B · 25 April 2009, 06:35 PM

I've always thought,

I suppose sometimes you can be too close to something to take it all in, like being stuck behind a lorry on a country road

jay_kay · 25 April 2009, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by scottschoe

Bad looking wrist? Shrugs.

Don't know if its something to do with my missing left wrist !?!?!?!?

082013 · 25 April 2009, 06:43 PM

I agree completely. I have had (and sold) probably half a dozen Datejusts, and always sell them because I think they look too small on me. Yet when I see them, even on big guys, they look great.....who knows!

jay_kay · 25 April 2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 082013

I agree completely. I have had (and sold) probably half a dozen Datejusts, and always sell them because I think they look too small on me. Yet when I see them, even on big guys, they look great.....who knows!

Still really want a GMT master IIc but am going to keep my Sub LV (after seeing it on the wrist of James Martin, Chef) not just its on him but seeing someone else wearing it it looks amazing!!! So won't have any money for a couple of weeks, if yours is still knocking about I will drop you a PM, will be in London soon so we may be able to do a cash deal.

J

Atomant · 25 April 2009, 06:51 PM

Happens all the time...

kzm40 · 25 April 2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Atomant

Happens all the time...

Totally agree...

kcmo · 26 April 2009, 12:03 AM

I couldn't agree more!!! I definitely feel this way! It's weird.

emagni · 26 April 2009, 12:07 AM

My wife adjust my collection and wears them and it looks great on her. I find myself feeling like I'm wearing two watches when we're out on a date or at an AD :-)

2th Dr · 26 April 2009, 12:17 AM

Perception, I guess. The grass is always greener...
Try putting yours on the other wrist. I swear it looks better, or again, at least that's MY perception.

Letsgodiving · 26 April 2009, 12:20 AM

Try looking at it in the mirror and that should help. Do this at all available opportunities and all will be well.

Subexplorer · 26 April 2009, 01:02 AM

Hi Jay Kay:
That feeling of yours sounds weird, but it is a good observation.
I have felt the same some times, and have given it a bit of thought.
I got the conclussion, that it is a matter of attitude and general view of the other people you see wearing a Rolex (or any other brand of watch).
As a matter of fact, it also happens with clothes. You see a fellow with some kind or brand of trousers, or of a polo shirt, and run to a shop and try a similar brand and color, an looks horrible on you. It happened to me many times.

When you look at your wrist, you get a very partial view of your body, and your watch occupies a very large portion of what you see, and worst of all, from a rather akward angle. You can´t get a whole view of your person, except if you look at a mirror.

Then, as I said before, I feel its a matter of personality and attitude,and how it looks a little aspect of your clothing in that general context.
When you see a picture of Steve Mc Queen wearing his Sub, or Pal Newman wearing his Daytona, you surely feel that you´ll never reach that degree of coolness, given the very same watch!

That´s my point of view only, and I never care about that, just matters if I like the watch I own.
kind regards, Abel

Jones · 26 April 2009, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jay_kay

Still really want a GMT master IIc but am going to keep my Sub LV (after seeing it on the wrist of James Martin, Chef) not just its on him but seeing someone else wearing it it looks amazing!!! So won't have any money for a couple of weeks, if yours is still knocking about I will drop you a PM, will be in London soon so we may be able to do a cash deal.

J

Thought he was wearing a green Sub,every time i caught a glimpse he moved his arm.Looked good on him though..

jameshe · 26 April 2009, 02:11 AM

Same thing when i had my SMP - the midsize even looked good on this guy i saw it on!

cstegall · 26 April 2009, 02:24 AM

Nope. Tried the mirror deal and still feel a bit clownish when I wear my YMII....albeit a financially stable clown.

mic6 · 26 April 2009, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by cstegall

Nope. Tried the mirror deal and still feel a bit clownish when I wear my YMII....albeit a financially stable clown.

look at it on my wrist then

TimeOnHand · 27 April 2009, 10:00 PM

I know what you mean... been there...!

ROLEX MAN · 27 April 2009, 10:20 PM

that's why I'm on this forum, because they allways look better and cooler on other peoples wrist!!!

anipit · 27 April 2009, 11:12 PM

It happens, also to me, i suggest changing wrist for a wile, it can helps, so you feel like something strange on your different wrist and you look at that wonderful watch you own.!!

rkot07 · 28 April 2009, 01:11 AM

Yup totally agree with you! I just bought a Yacht-Master a watch that I have been drooling over for so long. I remeber everytime I seen someone wearing it my eyes would atomatically lock in.
Now that I have it... I dont think it looks all that great on me.
Maybe you should have your spouse wear your watch for a day then see how good it really looks?

mcubed · 28 April 2009, 01:17 AM

This is funny, happens to me too. When I see someone else wearing a Sub, I think "wow that is one really fabulous looking watch", but somehow my Sub just seems like a normal watch....

Lion · 28 April 2009, 01:19 AM

I've found that watches, clothes, etc..... always look better on someone else. I think it's an optical illusion. But I have never been fashion conscious so I do not care what others think or do. As you get older these little things become less important and you do what you want!!!

arkwhaler · 28 April 2009, 02:27 AM

i agree about the datejust. i went to a party and the whole way there i was thinking "this explorer is starting to look a little small". then i saw three guys, all bigger than i am, all wearing 36mm rolex and they all looked great. i think it is a matter of perspective.

ayeya · 28 April 2009, 02:54 AM

because the grass is always greener on the other side

rkot07 · 28 April 2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ayeya

because the grass is always greener on the other side

I second that...

charliec · 28 April 2009, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Letsgodiving

Try looking at it in the mirror and that should help. Do this at all available opportunities and all will be well.

ROBERT123 · 28 April 2009, 07:12 AM

It happens to me, thats why i traded my ss datejust, it looks to small on my wrist, yet when I see it at my co workers wrist, they look great.

25 April 2009, 06:32 PM	#1
jay_kay "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Barrowford Watch: Tudor Black Bay 54 Posts: 1,699	Why do watches look so much better on other people? I don't know what it is but I find I always think that watches look better on other people. I sometimes see people wearing watches I have had and sold and think, it never looked that good on my wrist, wish I would have kept it. Surely it can't just be me. Is it because you see the watch at a different angle? Or maybe if ots from further away? Really don't know. J __________________ Rolex Explorer 214270, Omega Speedmaster '1957 Relaunch' 3594.50.00, Panerai Luminor 1950 PAM00127-E, Panerai Radiomir 1936 PAM00249-I, Panerai Mare Nostrum PAM00716-T, Panerai PAM00785-Q Set, Panerai Luminor Black Seal PAM00594-Q, Panerai Luminor Daylight PAM00604-Q, Tudor Black Bay 54 79000N, Heuer Carrera Re-Edition CS3113, Hamilton Military W10 & TAG Heuer F1

25 April 2009, 06:34 PM	#2
scottschoe "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CA Posts: 3,295	Bad looking wrist? Shrugs. __________________ __________________

25 April 2009, 06:51 PM	#7
Atomant "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fernwood Posts: 3,455	Happens all the time... __________________ 116613LN 16600SD 16610LV 116710 16710 16570 Speedy 3570.50 PAM25 Oris TT1 and a bunch of G-Shocks. Flipped: Daytona 116520 Seamaster 2231.80

26 April 2009, 12:20 AM	#12
Letsgodiving "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Real Name: Mike Location: Virginia, US Watch: SD 16600 Posts: 4,319	Try looking at it in the mirror and that should help. Do this at all available opportunities and all will be well. __________________ The fool, with all his other faults, has this also - he is always getting ready to live. - Epicurus (341–270 BC)

26 April 2009, 01:02 AM	#13
Subexplorer 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Abel Location: Down South Watch: Rolex Submariner Posts: 2,234	Hi Jay Kay: That feeling of yours sounds weird, but it is a good observation. I have felt the same some times, and have given it a bit of thought. I got the conclussion, that it is a matter of attitude and general view of the other people you see wearing a Rolex (or any other brand of watch). As a matter of fact, it also happens with clothes. You see a fellow with some kind or brand of trousers, or of a polo shirt, and run to a shop and try a similar brand and color, an looks horrible on you. It happened to me many times. When you look at your wrist, you get a very partial view of your body, and your watch occupies a very large portion of what you see, and worst of all, from a rather akward angle. You can´t get a whole view of your person, except if you look at a mirror. Then, as I said before, I feel its a matter of personality and attitude,and how it looks a little aspect of your clothing in that general context. When you see a picture of Steve Mc Queen wearing his Sub, or Pal Newman wearing his Daytona, you surely feel that you´ll never reach that degree of coolness, given the very same watch! That´s my point of view only, and I never care about that, just matters if I like the watch I own. kind regards, Abel __________________ 50 Years of ROLEX Passion! Grail Rolex: 5508 c. 1959 "Bond" Sub.

25 April 2009, 06:35 PM	#3
Chris B "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Peterborough Posts: 9,631	I've always thought, I suppose sometimes you can be too close to something to take it all in, like being stuck behind a lorry on a country road

25 April 2009, 06:43 PM	#5
082013 Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London Posts: 689	I agree completely. I have had (and sold) probably half a dozen Datejusts, and always sell them because I think they look too small on me. Yet when I see them, even on big guys, they look great.....who knows!

26 April 2009, 12:03 AM	#9
kcmo "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Real Name: Karis Location: USA Posts: 19,377	I couldn't agree more!!! I definitely feel this way! It's weird.

26 April 2009, 12:07 AM	#10
emagni "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: on Earth Watch: ing TRF Posts: 1,284	My wife adjust my collection and wears them and it looks great on her. I find myself feeling like I'm wearing two watches when we're out on a date or at an AD :-)

26 April 2009, 12:17 AM	#11
2th Dr Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Mark-O! Location: Arlington, TX Watch: Rolex Posts: 12,714	Perception, I guess. The grass is always greener... Try putting yours on the other wrist. I swear it looks better, or again, at least that's MY perception.

26 April 2009, 02:11 AM	#15
jameshe "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Real Name: James Location: UK Watch: AP ROC, SkyDweller Posts: 812	Same thing when i had my SMP - the midsize even looked good on this guy i saw it on!

26 April 2009, 02:24 AM	#16
cstegall "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Watch: YMII Posts: 106	Nope. Tried the mirror deal and still feel a bit clownish when I wear my YMII....albeit a financially stable clown. __________________ 7 people asked me today if I was rodeo or circus. Clown profiling should be illegal.

27 April 2009, 10:00 PM	#18
TimeOnHand "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Real Name: Kevin Location: Hong Kong Watch: Rolex Air-King Posts: 4,468	I know what you mean... been there...! __________________ Instagram: timeonhand1010

27 April 2009, 10:20 PM	#19
ROLEX MAN 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: Martin Location: Home and Away Watch: you? "YES PLEASE"! Posts: 3,719	that's why I'm on this forum, because they allways look better and cooler on other peoples wrist!!! __________________ *it's not just about telling the time...* *happy rolexing...* I'm just a man with a passion

27 April 2009, 11:12 PM	#20
anipit "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Real Name: Laura Location: Italy Watch: 16610 + 16220 Posts: 385	It happens, also to me, i suggest changing wrist for a wile, it can helps, so you feel like something strange on your different wrist and you look at that wonderful watch you own.!! __________________ Laura from Italy. 16610 + 16220.

28 April 2009, 01:11 AM	#21
rkot07 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Real Name: Rick Location: California Watch: GMT II, DD, DJ II Posts: 591	Yup totally agree with you! I just bought a Yacht-Master a watch that I have been drooling over for so long. I remeber everytime I seen someone wearing it my eyes would atomatically lock in. Now that I have it... I dont think it looks all that great on me. Maybe you should have your spouse wear your watch for a day then see how good it really looks?

28 April 2009, 01:17 AM	#22
mcubed "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: US Posts: 468	This is funny, happens to me too. When I see someone else wearing a Sub, I think "wow that is one really fabulous looking watch", but somehow my Sub just seems like a normal watch....

28 April 2009, 01:19 AM	#23
Lion "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: Leo Location: Midwest Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI Posts: 21,461	I've found that watches, clothes, etc..... always look better on someone else. I think it's an optical illusion. But I have never been fashion conscious so I do not care what others think or do. As you get older these little things become less important and you do what you want!!! __________________ SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!!

28 April 2009, 02:27 AM	#24
arkwhaler Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: flyover america Watch: 114270 Posts: 236	i agree about the datejust. i went to a party and the whole way there i was thinking "this explorer is starting to look a little small". then i saw three guys, all bigger than i am, all wearing 36mm rolex and they all looked great. i think it is a matter of perspective.

28 April 2009, 02:54 AM	#25
ayeya Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NYC Watch: Daytona "M" series Posts: 133	because the grass is always greener on the other side

28 April 2009, 07:12 AM	#28
ROBERT123 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Real Name: robert Location: CALIFORNIA Watch: GMT IIC,SS Daytona Posts: 127	It happens to me, thats why i traded my ss datejust, it looks to small on my wrist, yet when I see it at my co workers wrist, they look great.

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