Here is my Todd Snyder Timex at 36mm on my 6 3/4" wrist. They come in green, dark blue, silver, and black, and they are hand winding mechanical. Not sure if all of those colors are still available. They run around $200. Hope that's not over budget. Check them out on the Todd Snyder web site.
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That's been a popular topic for quite a while. Here's one recent thread. FWIW I enjoy a 33.5mm vintage Bulova and 35mm Titoni on a 7" wrist. And there are several folks that enjoy 36mm Rolex watches.

https://www.watchuseek.com/f2/small-watches-larger-wrists-can-i-see-some-wrist-shots-please-5082157.html

 

Thanks for the link. I did do a couple of searches and got a return of zero. Certainly not trying to beat a dead horse here.

 

I have a 7 1/2” wrist and also own a 34mil Timex.

It looks too small on me but I still love it’s design.

Too small is better than too big IMO, as I see some WRUW posts with 47mil Panerais on 6” wrists and they look worse.

 

I have a 7 1/2" wrist and also own a 34mil Timex.

It looks too small on me but I still love it's design.

Too small is better than too big IMO, as I see some WRUW posts with 47mil Panerais on 6" wrists and they look worse.

Yeah, fair enough. I'm not a fan of the huge and chunky look either. Though my Bulova Moonwatch looks pretty good on wrist and doesn't come across as too large. There's a local seller here with a Geckota E01 at a fair price and I think I might pick it up to just see for myself.

 

Watch some of the old movies. Most watches were small compared to wrist size. It's just that the newer trend is toward larger watches.

 

I have posted a 33mm Hamilton H3 on a just over 7" wrist.
It looks fine mainly due to large-ish lugs.

Another thing to consider is the wrist profile. If your wrist has a flat surface while pronated then even larger watches will sit well on the wrist and look fine. If you have a cylindrical, tubular wrist then even if it's of a bigger circumference, the watches will look too big and out of place. So, it's not just the case width, but the shape of ones wrist and the profile of the lugs also play a part in how the watch looks and feels on a wrist.

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And worst case scenario, if the watch you end up with feels a bit small you could easily solve that by putting it on a bund strap.

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The Bund straps remind me of when I was a kid in the mid 70s and we'd put our watches on ridiculously wide leather straps.

 

This is an Omega Pre Bond 36 mm on my 18.5 cm wrist.

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A friend of mine asked me to find him a watch for his smaller wrist (6.5").

I came across the Geckota E01 which I quite like the look of but at 36.5mm feel it might look weird on my wrist as almost all of the online pics are on people of a more normal size.

Are you looking for your friend or yourself? Your wording was curious.

 

I was looking for him and got him sorted and then seeing as I was already well down the rabbit hole decided to start looking for myself.

 

To me it totally depends on what you want the watch for.

I prefer my daily wearers to be bigger but my dress watches to be smaller, often by a significant amount.

 

To me it totally depends on what you want the watch for.

I prefer my daily wearers to be bigger but my dress watches to be smaller, often by a significant amount.

Yep agree with that.

Particularly if one wears a shirt and jacket/suit.

I have a 7.5" wrist and wore a 36mm Omega Seamaster (which happened to be a family heirloom) and it looked fine and was also very easy to wear as it did not catch on the cuff at all.

So +1 from me.

 

To me it totally depends on what you want the watch for.

This.

 

37mm Seiko on 7.25" wrist. Great dress watch size imo

 

I had a blue faced Timex on mine but it was leather and not the cool suede band you're sporting.

 

I think the watch case has a big say whether it's big enough. I have a +7.5" wrist, and the 809 looked and felt small. But I have a 36mm DJ that wears just fine.

 

35mm Seiko on my 7.25 wrist. Works for me.

 

Very Comfortable!

36mm SMITHS Everest on 7.25 wrist

 

This is a home made watch with a case diameter of about 35.5mm on a 20mm wide bracelet. My wrist is about 7.25 inches. It's very easy to wear and doesn't feel absurdly small.

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This is a home made watch with a case diameter of about 35.5mm on a 20mm wide bracelet. My wrist is about 7.25 inches. It's very easy to wear and doesn't feel absurdly small.

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Looks VG.

 

38mm 0n 7 1/4 wrist

Approx 30mmx42mm

38mm

34mm

 

Why would you pass up a watch you like because of some stereotype about how big they should be?
I’ve begun collecting vintage watches and have no problem with their size. Today, most watches look the same to me and the market is glider with clones. Get what you like.


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Why would you pass up a watch you like because of some stereotype about how big they should be?
I've begun collecting vintage watches and have no problem with their size. Today, most watches look the same to me and the market is glider with clones. Get what you like.

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Just trying to remove the arguments in my head and right now, I'm pretty much stuck at home like most of us, so the ability to head down to an AD and see for myself is not there. I'm a pretty visual person so being able to see comparative sizing on other peoples wrists really helps. Of course I realize it's all relative to lug to lug width etc. and how it sits on your wrist.

 

My wrist is 7.25 inches

38mm case

37mm case

36mm

I am currently considering a 35mm Casio Edifice - :think:

I think a lot about how a watch looks is about the size of the dial rather than the case - most of mine have a dial size of around 30mm which seems to suit me from my smallest to my largest 44.5mmm case

 

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OT:
I cannot provide a pic of a 38mm watch on my 7" wrist b/c I dont own such a watch. I do own 37mm and 39mm watches. Inasmuch as neither is what you requested, I have provide links to pic of them rather than reposting the photos here.

• 37mm watch by itself. (Post 19 in the same thread has another member's wrist shots of the same watch model but from a different vantage.)
• 39mm watch by itself and 37mm & 39mm watch on the same arm

Observations:
FWIW, in trying on more watches than I care to count, I donned pieces ranging from 33mm to 50-something millimeters. At the smaller end (33-38mm), besides the two watches noted above, were several PP, AP, & VC dress watches, Omega Constellation, Tag diver, Piaget dress watch, and Lord knows what else among the oodles of recent and vintage pieces I tried on.

From all that "test driving," I came to several conclusions about watch size:

• For dress watches, <40mm look best, most refined and subtle, partially peeking out from under a shirt cuff.
• Just about any diameter looks at least okay if the watch case and/or lugs in some way conforms to the curve of one's wrist. If the watch wears flat across one's wrist, smaller lessens the watch "impersonating" a saucer strapped/balancing atop one's wrist.
• Apparent height, rather than diameter, contributes more (IMO) to how well a watch looks on one's wrist. The lower it appears to sit, the better it looks The caseback design, along with the overall height, most affects this aspect of how a watch wears and looks; moreover, few photos present this aspect well.
• Complicated watches', particularly multi-subdial chronographs, usability/readability benefits from larger diameters. Single-dial yet multiply scaled chronographs like the PP 5975 also are easier to read when there's more "real estate."

 

OT:
I cannot provide a pic of a 38mm watch on my 7" wrist b/c I dont own such a watch. I do own 37mm and 39mm watches. Inasmuch as neither is what you requested, I have provide links to pic of them rather than reposting the photos here.

• 37mm watch by itself. (Post 19 in the same thread has another member's wrist shots of the same watch model but from a different vantage.)
• 39mm watch by itself and 37mm & 39mm watch on the same arm

Observations:
FWIW, in trying on more watches than I care to count, I donned pieces ranging from 33mm to 50-something millimeters. At the smaller end (33-38mm), besides the two watches noted above, were several PP, AP, & VC dress watches, Omega Constellation, Tag diver, Piaget dress watch, and Lord knows what else among the oodles of recent and vintage pieces I tried on.

From all that "test driving," I came to several conclusions about watch size:

• For dress watches, <40mm look best, most refined and subtle, partially peeking out from under a shirt cuff.
• Just about any diameter looks at least okay if the watch case and/or lugs in some way conforms to the curve of one's wrist. If the watch wears flat across one's wrist, smaller lessens the watch "impersonating" a saucer strapped/balancing atop one's wrist.
  [*]Apparent height, rather than diameter, contributes more (IMO) to how well a watch looks on one's wrist. The lower it appears to sit, the better it looks The caseback design, along with the overall height, most affects this aspect of how a watch wears and looks; moreover, few photos present this aspect well.
• Complicated watches', particularly multi-subdial chronographs, usability/readability benefits from larger diameters. Single-dial yet multiply scaled chronographs like the PP 5975 also are easier to read when there's more "real estate."

Excellent points all around, but I think these are the most often overlooked aspects of watch fit. Most people here get obsessed with diameter, but I've found that how the watch hugs the wrist and how low it sits play the largest role in whether or not it "looks right" for lack of a better term.

One example is the SKX013. It's supposedly small for a diver at 38mm, but it's incredibly blocky/chunky and has awkward-shaped lugs and a bulging caseback that makes the actual case of the watch sit incredibly far off the wrist. I've tried one on before, and despite the 38mm diameter, I found its "perceived size" was a lot bigger than even some 40mm watches I've tried on due to the blocky, awkward fit.

 

38mm on 7.5"

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37.5mm with long lugs on 7.5" wrist.

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