One's mileage may vary, but I've noticed how much I can hear of the rotor spin on 880x movements vary depending on case shape and case size.
For example, the 8806's rotor spin sounded louder on a non-LE Railmaster to me, than the 8806 spin on a 60th anniversary Seamaster. But there are so many variables at play, in terms of thickness of crystal, caseback, case shape, etc.... that I doubt the "empty space" inside the watch case is the sole contributor to how much rotor sound gets muffled.
Leaving this picture from
WatchTime as a reference as one example of 'space' we find inside on some modern watches.
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