Heck, even G-Shock is offering “CasiOaks” as “BabyOaks” nowadays. And Omega shaved off a few millimeters from the Speedmaster ’57 collection, which improved wearability a lot. Rolex also shrunk the Explorer back to its original 36mm size. Look, for example, at the recently released SBGX353 at 34mm and the King Seiko models being launched every now and then. (Grand) Seiko releases a lot of references under 40mm. We’ve seen how Tudor decreased the size of the slab-sided Black Bay and Pelagos divers from 41 to 39mm. And I’m also not suggesting that there are no brands that are on the right track here. So I’m not saying every watch above 40mm is too big. Yes, it’s above 40mm, but because of its organically shaped case and short lugs, it feels very compact on the wrist. And there are other examples, like my 41mm Seiko SPB317J1. It’s a 42mm watch, but it wears very well on smaller wrists (or should I say average-sized wrists from now on?). The Omega Speedmaster Professional might be the best example of that. I know, I know, a watch’s diameter doesn’t say anything about its wearability. If that’s true, who are all these plus-size watches targeted towards, then?
For female wrists, the average is around 15.08cm (5.94″). This indicates that the average male wrist size, measured among almost 4,500 men, is 17.39cm (6.85″). To back this up, I also found anthropometric data from the U.S. And 89% of the voters had a wrist circumference between 16 and 19cm. But out of the 518 participants, the largest single group (42%) had a wrist size similar to mine. Admittedly, that might not be the most scientific source of information, and I think the majority of respondents are men. So why is it, then, that some major brands tend to launch their flagship pieces with a size way above 40mm?Īll right, one of the online sources was a poll on the Dutch Horloge Forum from 2021. But actually, according to what I could find online, I have a very average wrist size. For example, the Rolex Explorer II, Omega Seamaster 300M, and almost any watch in IWC’s lineup. After all, there are quite some popular watches out there that I find are too big for my wrist. I always thought that I had relatively small wrists at around 17cm.
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