Bought off internet and don't now how to adjust them?

 

I do like to have some "wiggle room" between my bracelet and wrist (a pinky finger's worth) when I do wear a bracelet...allowing for natural flexing.
I have seen the "sloppy bracelet" look; especially egregious on "oversize case" units... If you're gonna wear a 50mm watch...you'd think you'd wanna lag that beast down to keep from hurting anybody!

 

Maybe they couldn't wait to wear them before they sized the bracelet or most likely brought to a run of the mill jeweler. My worry is that its a good way to scratch up that new watch as the case rolls around your wrist and smacks the table or having a dangling bracelet.
I wear my bracelets a tiny bit loose because my weight fluctuates so easily due to health issues but you certainly can't fit a finger between the bracelet and my skin. Maybe the height of 2 or 3 pennies laying flat.

 

Same, this is how I prefer to wear mine too. I've tried them loose like that and it really interferes with your ability to flex your wrist. I couldn't stand it. I think it's because they haven't had time to go get it adjusted, they're borrowing the watch or they just like it that way. I'd be really surprised to see a luxury watch worn that way as all the good stores won't let you leave without it being properly fitted.

 

My dad wears his like that. I offered to size it but he says he likes it that way. I suppose it's just like wearing a bracelet.

 

They're trying to get the most value for money spent. If you buy a $1000 watch and remove a few links, now you are only wearing a $950 watch. It's bad business to pay for all the links, but then remove them to be hidden in a drawer and left unused. Not cool, everyone's gotta see that thing flapping around your hand like a hula hoop!!

 

The thought that usually goes through my mind is that they don't want to admit to themselves that they actually have skinny wrists.

 

I like them tight enough that the watch case will not rotate around my wrist but loose enough so that they do not constrict my wrist. Many people perhaps do not understand that properly sizing them can be done without much trouble. However many folks are not inclined to tinker with a watch bracelet. You might want to remember that we here are watch people, in the general population most are just people.

Honestly though, how someone wears a watch has not been something I find myself concerned with at all. If you want to wonder about something how bout the people riding bicycles that don't have the seat & handlebars adjusted for a proper leg stroke? That actually has an affect on the act od peddling the bike whereas how a watch is worn doesn't affect the watch.

 

Honestly though, how someone wears a watch has not been something I find myself concerned with at all. If you want to wonder about something how bout the people riding bicycles that don't have the seat & handlebars adjusted for a proper leg stroke? That actually has an affect on the act od peddling the bike whereas how a watch is worn doesn't affect the watch.

Would it surprise you to hear that seeing improperly sized/adjusted bicycles drives me crazy also? :-D

 

I too notice what the OP refers to. I just always assume they like wearing it like a bracelet. Some look like they would almost fall off it the wearer narrowed his hand (as if placing all the fingertips together). I don't think they have wrist size envy or just haven't got it sized-I've seen some wear all their watches like this for years.

 

Rx,
Three fingers of Talisker, repeat till you couldn't care less.

 

I suspect some people didn't realize you could remove links and once the extra holes are taken up, that's it. My counterpart at work wears his Seiko like that. Of course it's beat to death.

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Everybody has their own style; live and let live I say.

 

I'll bet style doesn't enter into it -- probably more like sloth or ignorance ;-)

 

I actually notice that quite a bit , usually on fashion brands like Michael Kors , Guess , etc
My assumption given that used to work in retail is that when they buy these at the retail shops like Guess for example there typically isn't anyone there that knows how to size a bracelet
I actually don't think they own the tools either !
Since I'm in Vegas you get a lot of younger fashion minded dudes that will swing by the mall and pick up a watch and walk out with it and go straight to wait inline for a club lol
No time for sizing when your favorite DJ is about to be up and your $20 cocktails await

But then again
Here in Vegas it's not unusual to see a
ALS or GO or AP
All in one sitting eating at the forum shops in Caesars Palace !

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Im not a bracelet guy. And the few I have fit snugly but not too tightly.
It would drive me nutz to have my watch doing those antics while I walk.

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Some folks just like them like that but there's also an element of "didn't know that they could be made smaller/didn't know how to do the job"

 

I'm guessing these people aren't smokers. After losing a little bit of weight, one of my bracelets was about a link too large and boy did that urk me every time I lifted my hand up to take a pull of my cigarette. I should have quit smoking but instead I just took the link out Everyone has their own way of doing things though. If they want to spend the money on a watch just to have it banging around on everything in sight, so be it

 

I don't know if this goes better in this thread or the what makes you not a wis thread, but for a long time I avoided buying watches on bracelets because I didn't have any tools to resize them and all my watches except one were purchased online. I have a set of tools now, but I still only have one watch on a bracelet and it was sized in the store. I would assume most people with loose bracelets just don't have the proper tools or know-how to size them themselves, although I'm sure there are a few who actually prefer them loose.

I personally couldn't stand it. I like my watches fairly tight, so that they don't slide down at all when my arm is vertical, and one of the reasons I prefer leather or natos is that I find myself changing a notch size a few times a day as my wrist expands and contracts to keep it as tight as comfortable.

 

I prefer my bracelet to fit snug and i guess men who wear their watches like a lady probably don't know how to remove the links and don't want to go have it done. I think it looks stupid.

 

I think thinking too much about this looks stupid

 

I'll go with the explanation that (a) they don't know that the bracelet could be sized, (b) the seller didn't know the bracelet could be sized (imagine picking up a MK watch in a box off the clearance shelf at Marshall's and taking it to the cash register).

What's really funny is when they complain that the watch flops around too much. I say, "It can be sized, you know," and show them how the pins are removable. They respond, "Ohhhhh... That'd be a lot better!"

 

I can't stand it when guys are wearing watches with several too many links in the bracelet!!
I saw one yesterday on a guy, and I found myself wondering: "Could I get three or four fingers between that bracelet and his wrist??"

Who knows....maybe they actually enjoy wearing their watches loose. I know mine are just tight enough that the watch doesn't rotate around. Far more comfortable in all situations. Do you think there is just one way to size a watch? You got a lot of extra time on your hands if you are troubled by how someone else wears their watch.

 

LOL, but I can totally justify it! It's just those 15-20 minutes sitting on a plane watching folks go by--the best people watching in the world, AND not enough time to get out my laptop to do any work. Checking out people's wrists is definitely the best use of my time in that situation. :-D

 

Forgive them, for they know not what they're doing.

Problem is, that's how you get all those nasty nicks and scratches. Doesn't stop them from relisting 'em as LNIB

 

You mean "drug dealer" style? This probably comes from people such as drug dealers who wear expensive watches as a portable bank account in case they have to skip town. We all know that a watch with all its links gets more money in a resale. Now it has become popular to imitate this style with cheap fashion watches. That would be my best guess at least.

 

I've heard that whole story about pimps wearing jewelry because it serves as cash on hand in an arrest for bail where cash itself would be confiscated. Not too sure I believe it, but there are easier ways to wear money than having to deal with a floppy watch all day every day. That would make me change professions.

 

I have concluded that it's a ghetto-cultural thing …. the same reason you see young people wearing baseball caps turned to one side with the price tag still attached.

It's been my observation that when you see a person wearing a watch really loosely on their wrist, they are generally wearing lots of other jewelry, too, such as rings, bracelets, and neck chains. They also have a rather difficult time with proper english.

I see it as a sign of ignorance and a testament that they (the wearers) are into their watches for nothing more than bling …. most probably can't even tell-time. Indeed, such displays of ghetto fashion is their way of telling the rest of the world, "LOOK AT ME, I'M AN IDIOT."

I suspect there are occasional exceptions to this rule, but that's the way I see it; however, I must also say that wearing a watch bracelet loosely to the point it dangles does not bother me near as much as those who wear their watches too tightly and halfway up their freakin' forearm …. waaaay above the wrist bone. I usually see such display among young millennials. Oh, I've heard the sissy excuses such as, "I have such a sensitive wrist bone and it hurrrrrts;" or, "If I wear it on my wrist, the crown digs into the top of my hand."

PLEASE!

GIVE ME A BREAK and GROW UP!

Slip that watch down to the wrist bone, tighten it gently to the point it does not rotate, and let it go. There is no need to cinch it down tourniquet tight! The hide around your wrist bone will toughen up and you will be okay.

OkeefenokeeJoe

 

Wearing a loose bracelet will over time result in much faster wear between the links due to friction. Ignorance to resizing capabilities, lack of tools and personal preference are the most common reasons I can think of why people still wouldn't resize bracelets.

 

I noticed one recently too. Maybe they don't know it can be re-sized?

 

I wear my watches loose. I just hate the feeling of something that almost gets to feel like handcuffs. For me it is all about the freedom of it. As long as it doesn't rotate all the way around, it is good.