Yes, if the watch face takes up most of your wrist then it's too big.
As for others making comments about size. Watch sizing is like anything else you wear. Would you wear shoes that are too big or too small? How about a suit? While you may feel like you can buy and wear anything you'd like, that is categorically false. Fit is paramount and comes before anything else, even brand and whether or not you love it to death. To quote the late Johnnie Cochran, "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit!"
Some things are more sensitive to fit, like gloves and bras, a watch has far more latitude.
Some things are more sensitive to fit, like gloves and bras, a watch has far more latitude.
You're correct that there's more latitude for watches but we've overshot by a mile these days with the jumbo watches. They just don't fit most people's wrists these days.
It's a combination of fashion trend and personal taste. Like how people liked to wear baggy clothing in the 90s and then skinny jeans started taking over. Yes it's your watch and you can wear whatever size that makes you happy but it's just like the clothing trend. Nobody is stopping you from wearing an ill fitted suit but it just looks silly at that point.
It's a combination of fashion trend and personal taste. Like how people liked to wear baggy clothing in the 90s and then skinny jeans started taking over. Yes it's your watch and you can wear whatever size that makes you happy but it's just like the clothing trend. Nobody is stopping you from wearing an ill fitted suit but it just looks silly at that point.
Exactly, looking silly is what we're all trying not to do. Unfortunately, there are a whole lot of new people picking up the hobby without actually knowing that they first need to know what size watch they should wear. Instead, they focus on brand or how a watch looks which is secondary and tertiatry.
There’s a difference between clothes that are too big, meaning shoes that are literally falling off your feet, or pants that are falling down without a belt, and clothes that are styled too look big and baggy. Trends change, and what looks like the right “fit”, tend to look dated or “silly” (in some people’s eyes) after a number of years. Look at suits in the 30’s, 50’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’… they all thought they looked great. Some people’s idea of a great fitting suit these days is a suit so tight that it looks like it’s painted on, where as baggy suits we’re all the rage in the 90s. But that’s just suits, you also have a lot of alternative styles that completely disregard all of the fashion “norms” and changing trends, and while some people may not find it to be “tasteful”, they’re not the final word on “taste”, because no one is, it’s all subjective based on ones style and the culture they’re a part of. Are Dr. Martens, or those platformed goth shoes too “big”? Im sure some people who buy into the trend of “refined fashion” where boots have become sleek think so, but who cares? They just bought into a different aesthetic based on the idea of refinement and what they associate with that… you can find boots in all those different styles that fit you, and some will look big, and some won’t, it’s just personal style. As long as the clothes stay on your body, and the watch stays on your wrist, the rest is just personal taste and style choices. No one has a monopoly on “taste”.
