That's why I ditched my Seamaster Chronograph. Needlessly fat/heavy, constantly smashing it in to things. Too wide + too thick. I'll only do around 39mm max, or perhaps 40mm-ish depending on the design and thickness. 36-39mm seems to be the sweet spot IMO, anything else is a bit: This is an example of ridiculously tall. Very high ratio of case materials to movement happening here
I tried this one on yesterday its huge, but it has a 87DB alarm. Cool watch but Not for me. This is an example of ridiculously tall. Very high ratio of case materials to movement happening here [/quote]
I tried this one on yesterday its huge, but it has a 87DB alarm. Cool watch but Not for me. This is an example of ridiculously tall. Very high ratio of case materials to movement happening here [/quote]
Mid size i think is just a modern marketing term - the only thing i think that has changed in recent times is dress watches have gone up in size. Dress was worn by the majority and was usually 36mm or smaller - this has now flipped and tool is the majority. However tool watches back then, such as the manual wound chronograph featured earlier in this thread were around 35-37mm Because tool watches are now so popular, they typically start at 40mm and go up to 48mm - for good reason - pilots can't read a small dial in a shaking plane and divers need to see clearly their timings. So dress watches have been pushed up the sizing chart towards 37-39mm, some tool watches where complications allow have been issued in mid size model as there's a big unisex thing going on right now. So ultimately not much has really changed apart from marketing. 39mm - 40mm is still classic tool watch size (albeit, slightly chunkier lugs) and 36-37mm is classic dress watch but with more variants falling between the two sizes.