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That’s a cheap chrome plated POS-
You don’t want it, not worth even servicing and if you are going to buy your wife a watch, make sure it’s 100% reliable (serviced) or she may get turned off by the hobby. You should also verify if she likes the esthetic of aged lume. It’s very much about personal taste

In that size range (31-35mm) which is fabulous for a woman’s sized wrist, there are tons of vintage options from excellent brands that would shock you for their value compared to their larger brethren. Just made sure they are all stainless, in excellent condition and the bracelets are large enough for your wife’s wrist.
These are usually called “midsized” or “boys” sized, but they just as good as their larger models.

I hope you know what your wife likes. I thought I did, but I was way off, so I’m not even trying anymore. I even restored a vintage Omega for my wife but she has not worn it once. I ended up getting her a very overpriced gold watch with a quartz movement inside.

Share those!!

There have been a few threads on gifting vintage watches to partners- both male and female. There is some investigation you need to do upfront to not gift a stinker. It starts by leaving a few of your pieces out to see if they show any interest, share some of your enthusiasm “geek out” and see if they get into it or just say “I’m so glad you like this stuff” and walk away.
Then sending web pics to them via text asking if they like this or that- you say it’s for you but you get a sense of what they really like. You’ll get a sense of case shape, metal, bracelet or strap, time period of style, black do silver dialed or polychrome. All of these nuggets of info will help steer the choice.
With my white if started with vintage cocktail watches, she appreciated then a jewelry- but they aren’t very practical. We bought her a modern seiko and a Marsthon for work- noth beaters that could fake abuse (sinks and life in a bakery at the time). She graduated into Lady Seqmaster sport models from the late 60’s with integrated bracelets which are lovely- she still loves those. Then 80’s lady sport watches.

Finally I hit a point when a new watch would come in I would see it migrate from my dresser to hers, then into he watch box. It was all very subtle )so she thought) but I know what it meant- I had buy-in.
The final blow is when she asked how easily the bracelet on my Airking could be resized for her. I should have said it was impossible…but I geeked out on showing her how easy it was to remove the screws etc…it is now her Airking.

It would be good to find out if she wants a petite watch or is quite alright with something you both can share. For example, I’m 6’3 with 7” wrists and my wife is 5’2 with petite wrists I can easily wrap my thumb and pinky around. She hates the typical women’s watch size. She enjoyed wearing my Rolex Sub and to this day she loves wearing my Speedy TinTin. There are a number of female members on this forum that wear what is generally deemed a men’s watch and they pull them off incredibly well.

Here is a member that comes to mind, in which I share this wrist shot (from this linked listing of hers). This is basically what my Speedy looks like on my wife’s wrist 👍