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·See if someone will lend you their Ploprof… wear that for a week and your SMP will suddenly feel minuscule.
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Therapy session - How to get used to a watch that seems too large (41mm Bond SMP). Or should I move on?
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·Anyone would feel a watch is large if they’re going from 37mm to 41mm, and the other way around where a watch can feel puny when going from a larger size to midsize. When I go from 36mm to a 41mm Datejust, it’s shocking how large it looks, and when I go back to 36mm, it looks tiny until it starts looking normal again after a bit of wear. Personally, I’d rather a watch look too small on my wrist than too large.
I agree this is part of my problem.
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·I think it looks fine but I’ve been through the same journey as you and ultimately I don’t own any watches over 36mm now. Better proportions and more comfy to wear. I have a similar sized wrist to you.
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·This thread has been therapeutic. I see what the real problem is. I want to love wearing the SMP but I don't. I can't make it my daily driver because the size is always going to bug me. So I think I'll keep the quartz 2541.80 GoldenEye but only wear it on rare occasions. And I'll sell the 2531.80 automatic. At least the quartz GoldenEye SMP will always be set to the right time even if I don't wear it too often.
And I'm just going to have to accept that I love wearing the TAG Heuer 2000. I do. I love the size. I love the blue dial. I love that it is quintessientially of the 1990's. The quartz movement doesn't bother me in the least because it's always set to the right time. It has 200 meters of water resistance and I recently had the gaskets replaced. I also have a bunch of bracelets to wear with it including a nice jubilee. And it pairs really nicely with two other main watches--the 36.2mm blue Aqua Terra and a yellow gold 35mm Longines Conquest Heritage Limited Edition 1954-2014 (which is my dress watch--photo below).
My name is 502 to Right, and I like small watches!
And I'm just going to have to accept that I love wearing the TAG Heuer 2000. I do. I love the size. I love the blue dial. I love that it is quintessientially of the 1990's. The quartz movement doesn't bother me in the least because it's always set to the right time. It has 200 meters of water resistance and I recently had the gaskets replaced. I also have a bunch of bracelets to wear with it including a nice jubilee. And it pairs really nicely with two other main watches--the 36.2mm blue Aqua Terra and a yellow gold 35mm Longines Conquest Heritage Limited Edition 1954-2014 (which is my dress watch--photo below).
My name is 502 to Right, and I like small watches!
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·This thread has been therapeutic. I see what the real problem is. I want to love wearing the SMP but I don't. I can't make it my daily driver because the size is always going to bug me. So I think I'll keep the quartz 2541.80 GoldenEye but only wear it on rare occasions. And I'll sell the 2531.80 automatic. At least the quartz GoldenEye SMP will always be set to the right time even if I don't wear it too often.
And I'm just going to have to accept that I love wearing the TAG Heuer 2000. I do. I love the size. I love the blue dial. I love that it is quintessientially of the 1990's. The quartz movement doesn't bother me in the least because it's always set to the right time. It has 200 meters of water resistance and I recently had the gaskets replaced. I also have a bunch of bracelets to wear with it including a nice jubilee. And it pairs really nicely with two other main watches--the 36.2mm blue Aqua Terra and a yellow gold 35mm Longines Conquest Heritage Limited Edition 1954-2014 (which is my dress watch--photo below).
My name is 502 to Right, and I like small watches!
Congrats on your breakthrough welcome to the club 😂😀👍🏻
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·Clearly a personal choice, but if you really do want to love an SMP 300, have you tried it in titanium? I’ve thin wrists and worn the titanium version as a daily for 20+ years and find the more subtle colouring makes it wear smaller than the stronger contrast of the shiny steel.
However, I also have Tag 2000 and regularly rotate to a much smaller 30T2 dress watch amongst others and, as some have already said, it does sometimes take a day or so after the transition before it looks ‘right’.
All the best with your dilemma.
However, I also have Tag 2000 and regularly rotate to a much smaller 30T2 dress watch amongst others and, as some have already said, it does sometimes take a day or so after the transition before it looks ‘right’.
All the best with your dilemma.
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Jan Dietrich
·I also would wear it dayily. So you get used to it. I have a SM 300 MC and it also felt to large in the beginning.
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·Start eating Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, chocolate milk, snack, stop doing cardio, you want to aim for adding some wrist size but not going far enough to get diabetes.
It’ll take half a year but the watch will fit great
I’m glad someone here had the courage to call out the implicit bias of threads like this. Why do we ask “is this watch too big for my wrist” when we should ask “is my wrist too small for this watch?” The latter offers a far easier variable to change.
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·Similarly, “is my spouse too financially narrow minded for this purchase?”
And
“Is my lawn too overgrown for this Speedmaster?”
#OmegaFreakonomics
And
“Is my lawn too overgrown for this Speedmaster?”
#OmegaFreakonomics
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··history nerdMy wrist size is similar to yours, 502. I have the 3rd generation ceramic bezel 41mm SMP, which wears (I assume) just like your Bond watches, and while it looks a bit big, I've long ago gotten used to it. I probably wear it more often than just about anything else in my collection. One alternative you might want to look for is the SM300 60th anniversary Trilogy version. It's 39mm and wears smaller, but it might scratch the Bond itch as well (it's not exactly the version from Spectre, but pretty close from a distance). But I agree that it's all a matter of perception. And that Longines is a great choice.
By the way, I'd like to place dibs on the 2531.80 if you're seriously considering selling it. I've been on the lookout for one in good condition and yours looks great.
By the way, I'd like to place dibs on the 2531.80 if you're seriously considering selling it. I've been on the lookout for one in good condition and yours looks great.
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerSo what should I do?
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·Clearly a personal choice, but if you really do want to love an SMP 300, have you tried it in titanium? I’ve thin wrists and worn the titanium version as a daily for 20+ years and find the more subtle colouring makes it wear smaller than the stronger contrast of the shiny steel.
However, I also have Tag 2000 and regularly rotate to a much smaller 30T2 dress watch amongst others and, as some have already said, it does sometimes take a day or so after the transition before it looks ‘right’.
All the best with your dilemma.
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·One alternative you might want to look for is the SM300 60th anniversary Trilogy version. It's 39mm and wears smaller, but it might scratch the Bond itch as well (it's not exactly the version from Spectre, but pretty close from a distance). But I agree that it's all a matter of perception. And that Longines is a great choice.
Thanks for suggestion but my daily watch has to be blue, or incorporate blue in some way so the Trilogy is out. I like the look of the Trilogy, but not enough to wear it every day. My problem isn't finding an alternative to the SMP, I love the TAG Heuer 2000 so there's no need to look further, it's that in a perfect world I want to wear the Bond SMP but the size makes me think I'm pounding a square peg into a round hole.
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·Thought provoking thread...I have the new SMP 300 No Date and at 42mm, it is a big watch on my 7" wrist.
It definitely looks/wears bigger than the similarly-sized Speedy Sapphire sandwich.
I guess as someone said earlier, this is the style, especially for a diver.
I do feel, however, when I am wearing a watch of this size, it is the watch that is making a statement.
In contrast to when I am wearing a much smaller watch (like a 31mm Patek 3796), it is I who is making the statement.
Would I prefer the SMP is a smaller size like 40mm? Yes.
Does Omega listen to its customers?
It definitely looks/wears bigger than the similarly-sized Speedy Sapphire sandwich.
I guess as someone said earlier, this is the style, especially for a diver.
I do feel, however, when I am wearing a watch of this size, it is the watch that is making a statement.
In contrast to when I am wearing a much smaller watch (like a 31mm Patek 3796), it is I who is making the statement.
Would I prefer the SMP is a smaller size like 40mm? Yes.
Does Omega listen to its customers?
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·Thought provoking thread...I have the new SMP 300 No Date and at 42mm, it is a big watch on my 7" wrist.
It definitely looks/wears bigger than the similarly-sized Speedy Sapphire sandwich.
I guess as someone said earlier, this is the style, especially for a diver.
I do feel, however, when I am wearing a watch of this size, it is the watch that is making a statement.
In contrast to when I am wearing a much smaller watch (like a 31mm Patek 3796), it is I who is making the statement.
Would I prefer the SMP is a smaller size like 40mm? Yes.
Does Omega listen to its customers?
I owned the 42mm blue ceramic SMP for a time (it was on a rubber strap). I loved the look of the watch in isolation but realized quickly it was over the line in size for my wrist. So I moved it on.
To be honest, if the SMP didn't have the Bond connection I wouldn't even be talking about this. It would have been sold years ago. I know a lot of people roll their eyes at the Bond history, but it's a story that I speaks to me. But I'm the type of person who regularly watches Bond content creators on YouTube so it's always top of mind.
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·My name is @502 to right to Right, and I like small watches!
My 33.5mm Tissot chronograph from ~1957!
Me too!!!
My 33.5mm Tissot chronograph from ~1957!
Me too!!!
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·My name is @502 to right to Right, and I like small watches!
My 33.5mm Tissot chronograph from ~1957!
Me too!!!
Nice. I've been thinking about picking up a TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph re-issue from the late 90's/early 00's. 36mm case and an acrylic crystal.
I love the look of the vintage Omega Chronographs from the 60's that are 35mm, but the age scares me off.
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··Seamasters ForeverIt's so funny how wrist watches "fit" based upon so many factors. Height-- that is, our height, can make a huge difference in this equation as well.
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·It's so funny how wrist watches "fit" based upon so many factors. Height-- that is, our height, can make a huge difference in this equation as well.
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··Seamasters ForeverIn what sense? All else being equal, I think a taller guy should wear a smaller watch. A long skinny arm with a big watch looks more off than a short skinny arm with a big watch. Do you agree?
Why does a taller guy necessarily have thinner wrists?
Definitely a wide, wide range of appearance here for sure- I do agree that an incredibly thin and tall person with a big watch looks odd, but I'm not sure it looks more odd than a short skinny guy with a big watch.
Or maybe it does-
Just a thought here that I find significant: less than 4% of men are 6'2" or taller- while close to 50% of men fall into that 5'10" - 5'11" range, and a much larger proportion of men (comparatively) are under 5'10" ( between 15 and 20% Maybe?)
Taller men aren't common- so tall and very thin men are statistically even way less common.
So, there is an observation bias at work here: seeing a tall skinny man is uncommon Enough by itself, but seeing one wearing a large mechanical watch is even more astronomically uncommon. Meanwhile, there is going to be a much larger percentage of shorter skinny men, so we are probably a lot more accustomed to seeing shorter skinny men wearing larger watches.