Large Vintage Watches

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oddboy

·Dec 30, 2016

Some nice jumbo's, but really, you don't want one..

 

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Thomas P.

·Dec 30, 2016

This Longines is 39mm

 

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GuiltyBoomerang

·Dec 30, 2016

43mm Tissot T12:

 

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minutenrohr

·Dec 31, 2016

48mm:

 

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U5512

·Dec 31, 2016

Quite a few vintage watches are in the 38mm to 42mm range without counting the crown. They tend to be expensive and I am fortune enough to own these:

 

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Northernman

·Jan 3, 2017·Lemaniac

Not wearable by any practical means. That is if you are not strapping it on the outside of a padded flight jacket as was the intention.
55mm (wo crown) 1942 Stowa Luftwaffe Navigators Watch (B-Uhr). The granddaddy of pilot watches.
The (Unitas) movement is VERY nicely finished for a military piece. Radium? Plenty!

 

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Tbone

·Jan 3, 2017

Breitling 765-6 Top-Time from 1975 is 42mm.

 

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jaspert

·Jan 4, 2017

Both of my Heuer Bund and Enicar Sherpa Guide are over 42mm.

 

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TexOmega

·Jan 4, 2017

 

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Tubber

·Jan 4, 2017

Northernman

Not wearable by any practical means. That is if you are not strapping it on the outside of a padded flight jacket as was the intention.
55mm (wo crown) 1942 Stowa Luftwaffe Navigators Watch (B-Uhr). The granddaddy of pilot watches.
The (Unitas) movement is VERY nicely finished for a military piece. Radium? Plenty!

That's a real nice Stowa. "Not wearable by any practical means"? I work with a guy who is 132Kg and 5 foot bugger all in stature, wears a 50 odd mm Diesel Watch and it doesn't look out of place. Looks normal. Maybe the reason the size of watches is getting larger is that we are too. I realise that was a Luftwaffe Navigators watch. Instead of going out looking for nuts and berries or the odd Rabbit we just pop down Spar/Rema/7-11 and pick up a six-pack, pizza and a family bag of chips to eat whilst watching the TV? A larger watch fits the fat wrist and when Diabetes sets in and affects your eyesight a large watch is easier to see.

 

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Syrte

·Jan 4, 2017·MWR Tech Support Dept

GuiltyBoomerang

Seiko 6139 - Not too hard to find good examples, 39mm including concealed crown. (Mine is a little beat up, but it's a keeper.)

Nice blue dial on this one!

 

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Maganator

·Jan 4, 2017

jaspert

Both of my Heuer Bund and Enicar Sherpa Guide are over 42mm.

Don't suppose you're looking to offload that Heuer Bund, are you?

 

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jaspert

·Jan 4, 2017

Maganator

Don't suppose you're looking to offload that Heuer Bund, are you?

It is one of my keepers.

 

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pippy

·Feb 25, 2018

Seiko 6106-7107 Orange Monster 1969

 

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pippy

·Feb 25, 2018

Bulova 1970’s 41mm Funky Time

 

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heccsat

·Feb 26, 2018

+1 for Seiko 6138/6139

 

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OmegaRolex

·Feb 26, 2018

Any vintage speedmaster.

 

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river rat

·Feb 26, 2018

By your post count you must be new to the game. Check link below a lot of cool vintage diver that are large
http://scubawatch.org/

Hanhart 417 bund

This Czech issued Longines thinks around 40mm

My favorite issued to the IDF in the 1970's

This one issued to the British Navy

Another British issued to the RAF

This Heuer Bund

Janghans Bund

Omega 300

The Tudor Snowflake from from the 1970's

This speedy from 1972 there are lot of larger vintage watches out there you just got to learn more.