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 Posted: Thu Aug 13th, 2009 12:43 pm
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Bromo33333



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 I have been gleaning over vintage watches, saw a watch mini-museum at Tiffany's in NYC, and trying on countless watches of a number of sizes.

It seems vintage Men's dress watches are about 31-38mm
Vintage design Sport and Pilot watches clock in around appx 39-42mm

But it seems that size inflation hit and a modern design men's dress watch *starts* at 38-39mm and 45mm isn't unheard of. And sport/pilot watches are 40mm-50mm!

After trying on a number of watches in NYC, I realized that 38mm is about the ideal size for a round watch for me, and 35-36mm didn't look at all bad!

So ... does anyone know how the size increases started, and can speculate where it is headed? (And many won't fit under a normal shirt cuff, I am finding out)

(I say this as I look at the Rado DiaStar on my wrist which is a positively teensy watch by today's standards (36mm x 42mm oval with the watch face 25mm diameter) but looks dynamite!

(Don't get me wrong, I have and like larger watches - I have the Bali Ha'i dive watch at ... well pretty huge anyway, and a Magrette Regattare at ~44mm)