20-05-2014, 07:46 PM
I have been reading a lot of late about the size of watches on different watch sites . Some think 40mm is small for a dive watch , others think it is the perfect size . I will attempt to cut through most of the bullshit written on this subject .
Taste is one thing tendency is another . People come in different sizes , and funny enough so do watches .
Your wrist size is individual and so is your taste . You may have bad taste or good taste , others will judge you about that .
But if you let other people tell you what to wear or not to wear . Then you have a serious problem that no watchmaker
in this world can help you with . Taste is a personal trait that makes this planet more interesting for us all .
Tendency is something else . You could also call it fashion or even necessity where watches are concerned .
No doubt about it future generations of people will get bigger . And watches will of course follow . But it will not happen overnight.
Just look back to the average size of wristwatches in the forties or fifties . 36mm was quite normal at this time . Now 70 years later
i would guess 40-42 mm is the size of most sold watches . It is however quite funny that the caliber has the slowest growth rate
in many Dive Burger watches . Most of them have a teeny weeny caliber , if you get my meaning .
So put your hands up out there if you are under forty years of age and wear a 35 mm watch . I can tell you that i admire your
taste , and tell you that you are a disapearing breed of human . I wonder if my Grandchildren will be saying the same to my son
In about seventy years when he is wearing his 40mm Rolex ?
My own personal opinion is that if i was buying a watch as a future Investment for my grandchildren , i would buy
a 42mm - 44mm Watch . But if i was buying a watch for myself , i would try to get a watch that does not look out of place on my wrist .
And that could be anything from 35mm to 44mm in my case .
Watch size is and always will be up to personal taste . But we cannot dispute that the most popular watches are the ones that follow
the trends and times we live in .
Willy
Taste is one thing tendency is another . People come in different sizes , and funny enough so do watches .
Your wrist size is individual and so is your taste . You may have bad taste or good taste , others will judge you about that .
But if you let other people tell you what to wear or not to wear . Then you have a serious problem that no watchmaker
in this world can help you with . Taste is a personal trait that makes this planet more interesting for us all .
Tendency is something else . You could also call it fashion or even necessity where watches are concerned .
No doubt about it future generations of people will get bigger . And watches will of course follow . But it will not happen overnight.
Just look back to the average size of wristwatches in the forties or fifties . 36mm was quite normal at this time . Now 70 years later
i would guess 40-42 mm is the size of most sold watches . It is however quite funny that the caliber has the slowest growth rate
in many Dive Burger watches . Most of them have a teeny weeny caliber , if you get my meaning .
So put your hands up out there if you are under forty years of age and wear a 35 mm watch . I can tell you that i admire your
taste , and tell you that you are a disapearing breed of human . I wonder if my Grandchildren will be saying the same to my son
In about seventy years when he is wearing his 40mm Rolex ?
My own personal opinion is that if i was buying a watch as a future Investment for my grandchildren , i would buy
a 42mm - 44mm Watch . But if i was buying a watch for myself , i would try to get a watch that does not look out of place on my wrist .
And that could be anything from 35mm to 44mm in my case .
Watch size is and always will be up to personal taste . But we cannot dispute that the most popular watches are the ones that follow
the trends and times we live in .
Willy
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