Stay with 35mm or above [emoji9]

 

The lug-to-lug is going to be too long, I think. At least based on the pictures you provided. And Nomos's lugs are straight, so they are very pronounced.

 

I think the 33mm looks great on you. All dial watches, particularly light dials, wear so much larger than the dimensions. And, IMO, that type of watch is meant to be small relative to your wrist.

Of course, I routinely wear vintage watches in the 33-35mm range (6.75 in wrist), so I may be an outlier.

 

I think the case size would be great on you but the lug to lug seems like it’d be at the top of your potential range. If you don’t mind the lugs nearly reaching the ends of your wrists, go for it. Truthfully it’s hard to tell how these REALLY look on your wrist when the pics you provided are top down wrist shots presumably with 1x zoom as opposed to the more accurate mirror shots.

 

Thank you all for the replies so far. I will send some mirror shots to see if that can give you a better vantage point.

 

Could I pull off the Nomos 33mm Duo? — Most definitely you can pull off a Nomos 33m Duo with its lug-to-lug width of 42.2mm

 

No. 33mm is too small. 37.5mm would be fine and still modestly sized.

 

Did you even read his post? His wrist is 6 inches.

 

Main point is if you like how it fits/looks, then it fits. 😀

 

I have small wrists (6”) and 35 or above is a solid “man” sized watch. 33mm for a round dial is a bit small, proceed with caution as my XS wife likes the 35mm size as well, and 33 would look small to her.

 

…a solid “man” sized watch.

What does this even mean?

Admittedly it’s hard to tell from photos sometimes, but based on the photos, the 33 isn’t even close to looking like an obvious “ladies” watch. If it was a genuine ladies watch, say 28mm, it would probably look a little odd relative to modern preferences.

 

That's a hard one. I think 33mm would look fine on your wrist, especially because of where you wear your watch. If it were closer to your wrist it may look on the smaller side.

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The Nomos design looks way larger than you’d expect. 35mm works well on my 7.25” wrist so 33 should be fine on yours.

 

Nomos watches wear big because of the thin bezels.

 

I have a square watch of 32 mm which looks great on my 6,5 inch wrist, but when it comes to round watches I tend to stick to 38mm and above. I added two pictures: bad quality with my phone, but at least it gives you some idea.

 

Despite it being a bit long in the lug relatively speaking I don’t see why you can’t wear it.

 

Sure. I think the 33mm Sternglas looks good, so the the Nomos with longer lugs would work perfectly in my opinion.

 

Based on these photos, I'd say you could pull off the 33mm Ludwig just fine. Two hands on an enamel dial would make a superb dress watch.

 

33 is fine. Ignore the Americans.

 

38mm x 8mm = pancake
35mm x 12.5mm = puck
33mm x 8mm = perfect

 

33 looks good.

Not sure you could go much bigger if wanting a Nomos?

Good luck.

 

I don't see why you couldn't pull it off. Nomos wear bigger. Although my favourite from the ones you've shown is the Sternglass. If they made ir in PVD gold I'd buy it. They make de Berlin but the lug to lug is 46mm and it has day/date. Too much for a dress watch.

 

Thank you all for your replies. Really helpful to get so many different points of view. I feel that given the thin bezel and the 42.2mm L2L on the Nomos, that it is wearable. The 33 Sternglas on occasion appears a tad small for my taste, but I think that is because I just started wearing it for about a week. Also, what may be factoring into it being so small would be that the L2L is 36mm. But at the same time I am thinking that it does look somewhat proportionate which is interesting. So I am in that starting phase and if I wear it more, perhaps it will grow on me.

What intrigues and fascinates me about these smaller watches is also the fact that to create them is quite laborious I imagine for a watchmaker given the smaller tolerances and tighter spacing. I can only imagine how difficult it is to create even smaller pieces than this Nomos. Thank you all once again. Now, about that price though… 😆

 

dbl

 

Here is the 33mm Sternglas; mirror shot; technically according to my measurements, it is almost exactly like the Nomos in terms of diameter at 32.8mm x ~9.5mm height x 36mm L2L; 16mm lug width

 

Go with what suits your eye and what you like, obviously. But I think that’s a perfect fit for a Nomos style watch. Looks killer IMO.

 

I basically love how the watch looks, I'd say you can pull it off.