The pendular effect of large, heavy sport watches on straps…

I’m just curious if anyone else has experienced this: most of my heavy, large sport watches are on bracelets that seem have a size and weight commensurate with the watch.

On a couple of similar-sized watches that I wear on straps, I’ve noticed that to keep them from swaying and moving from one side of the wrist to the other, I have to cinch the strap down tighter than I would a dress watch. Of course this only make sense via physics, but nonetheless, has anyone noticed this as well? My wife claims I’m strange and perhaps this relates to my wrists as well…

I don't notice it too much, but I don't have that many large heavy sport watches. I wear the Speedmaster on a thin leather strap as well as a couple of larger, heavier Seiko models on straps, but the Seikos are a diver on rubber and a field watch on canvas. They mostly stay put, but then I cinch them up pretty tightly.

Have you checked with your doctor about "Weird Watch Wearing Wrist Syndrome?" WWWW is a rare occurrence that comes along about Halloween time every year and afflicts a small percentage of the watch wearing public. Mostly occurs in the wrists of certain watch wearers having a Transylvanian line in their ancestry.

My heavy watches wear better and more comfortably on a strap than a bracelet. I always tighten until I can just slip a finger under the clasp, and the watch sits flat on my wrist with little movement.

Put the same watch on a bracelet and the extra weight of the bracelet (especially since it is never balanced perfectly because of the size of the links) always pulls the watch to one side or another.

So I have to agree with your wife - you’re strange. 😀

First, I have no doubt that your wife's claim is accurate, and that this is merely a pebble sitting on a small mountain of supporting evidence that she has collected over the years. 😁

As to the substance of the matter, I don't wear many heavy watches, but have found them to be comfortable on both straps and bracelets. Interestingly (to me), though, I do prefer a bit more play on bracelets.

It’s a valid point, a lot of modern Omega models have heads that are too heavy to wear on a strap unless it is secured very well. The one strap I find that is an exception is the isofrane rubber because it grips in a rather unusual way, where the stiff sides with rubber ridges on them grip your wrist from the sides rather than all around. It’s a good thing there are so many titanium and ceramic options in their lineup because most of the 42mm and above steel models are in this category for me.