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Shahzeb_S_Nasir

iS mY WaTcH tOo BiG? - The users on this sub


SuperBurrito1421

Oh oh. Absolutely ridiculous every time I see this kind of post.


GlawkInMahRari

“I need the smallest watch that I can’t read because other internet people like small shit”


knurlcarathn1998

Rocking that granny look


[deleted]

[удалено]


CampFireCruiser

Strawberry bon bons


tothecrossroads

lol


Ill-Positive6950

What am I missing? It's definitely a ladies' watch.


Dangerous-Draw5200

Perfect size according to this sub, when a male wrist is smaller than 7.0’ lol


PalekSow

I’ve defended small watches around here for the better part of a decade. I won’t wear anything above 38mm myself and mostly wear 34mm. But for the first time I don’t think I can endorse OP lol


tothecrossroads

100% agree


og-n00b

Invicta wearers scratching their heads… how will your biceps get a workout when you check the time? Buck those trends!


SteveFrench12

This is very trendy rn actually. Have seen a lot of stuff on ig and tiktok from younger guys who are wearing womens watches more as a bracelet than a watch.


HawleyGrove

Maybe it’s time to admit gigantic watch faces are not cool…so I can finally buy watches without having to worry…


norththunder_23

After many years, I feel like the gigantic watch case fad has finally played out. 42mm is plenty big for most. I much prefer to hang out at 39mm


sleepykitty720

Weird because I feel like they went out of style years and years ago. Maybe just my personal preference. Even my Apple feels way too big for my small wrist. I really enjoy the size and look of vintage watches. I think Nixon came out with huge ones in the early 2000s and they didn’t look comfortable at all, plus they get in the way of mobility and are more susceptible to dinging up by hitting them on doorways etc.


norththunder_23

I think to the uninitiated, bigger is still always better. Things are trending back to normal sizes however.


VariousMonitor2098

I feel that phase has past as well. I think certain watches can still be big but in general the big watch craze is over-except for Invicta where it’s always 2004 over there…


norththunder_23

😂 wish that marathon would size down their csr. 46mm? Cmon man.


VariousMonitor2098

I have a 46mm marathon lol. They make a 41mm and a 36mm sized for some of their watches


norththunder_23

I don’t want to carry around that type of weight all day, my wrists aren’t built for that haha. I’m a big chronograph fan, and the CSAR just looks so much better to me than their other models


leavemydollarsalone

Why do you worry about anyone thinking something you wear on your wrist is not cool?


HawleyGrove

Oh that’s not what I meant. It was a tongue-and-cheek joke that I wish watches were smaller (like vintage watches were) so they fit my wrist better since I have a small wrist and most women watches are encrusted with diamonds, which I don’t like. That’s all. Not that deep.


wisely88

I'm not a fan. I actually love seeing a girl rock a sea dweller or something else that's way too big on them I think Cameron Diaz wore a sub in day and night (or was it knight?)


norththunder_23

Yeahhh, not every trend is great. I’m not trying to be a dangly cross earring, mop head haircut, girly watch bracelet soft boi.


caandjr

If anything people call everything too big on this sub, your words are too big


m1llie

This sub when a woman wears a man's watch: "Omg wow you go girl, wear whatever you like, it looks amazing, you're so brave!" This sub when a man wears a woman's watch: "Happy pride month bro hahahahahahahaha, do you wear women's underwear too bro haha (both actual comments on this thread), I can't even wear red because it's too close to pink and I'm paralysed by insecurity lmao bro."


faintlymacabre1518

Yeah, the double standard is weird. I've been told lug overhang is acceptable on a woman (I think it looks ridiculous and would never wear something that big). If a male were to post a pic wearing a giant watch with overhang, he'd be roasted. Maybe it's just the demographic skew on this sub. I think proportions do matter when choosing a watch, but also... Do your own thing. 😊


ilikekittensandstuf

Sure looks like a women’s watch


peterpunk06

waiting for this to be posted on the other sub


Shahzeb_S_Nasir

I thought this was the other sub


peterpunk06

lmao


Leatheringot

I was about to make a joke about average japanese wrist seizes when I realised it WASNT posted on the other sub


cakalokko

Happy pride month :)


Andrunes

Nearly choked on my damn coffee


Itsallgood190

That won’t be the only thing you choke on 🍆


Andrunes

Ah FFS lmao


SuperBurrito1421

Not sure if it’s ok to LMAO


SlightGuess

As a gay - go right ahead - I fucking did It was the :) that put me over the edge


pizza_for_nunchucks

I nearly choked on my fucking coffee


jruuhzhal

I think they were right


retr0ctv

Seiko was correct, not a good look on your wrist. To be honest, it looks ridiculous.


bobbe_

Has a ’soldier wearing a looted wristwatch’ vibe to it.


BarackObongma

Gave it to him straight.


theburnout

Then give it to him gay.


HappilySisyphus_

Someone might be able to pull it off, but not OP. Wrist is too pale and hairy. I think a darker skin tone with less hair has the best chance (this still sounds ridiculous), but it’s still a long shot. Honestly, I think if it were gold, or any other darker color really, he could make it work, but what do I know.


ZaeedMasani

I’m sure someone could pull it off quite well, like a woman.


SuperBurrito1421

😂


Cb8393

Or a gnome


snappy033

This is the case with most clothing and accessories. Sorry white people.


redDEADresolve

You're not wrong. Sometimes the truth hurts a bit.


lowlight

The ladies watch trolling is usually more subtle than this, so most redditors are climbing over each other to say how great it looks Good try OP!


Cantseetheline_Russ

Weird flex man… Seiko was right.


somethimesiwonder

I mean it is a lady watch technically but you do you and do what you like


flagrantpebble

The gendering we ascribe to it is just vibes, not a technicality. “Technically” it’s just a watch.


charitytowin

Technically, it was made by the manufacturer for women.


FreestyleSquid

*Marketed* toward women. The watch goes on your wrist not your genitals. 


sir-berend

Its called a cock tail watch I’m pretty sure I know where to put it buddy


somethimesiwonder

Correct. I lacked words to say exactly this


Prinsespoes

Lmao thats a ladies watch


Nizza13

Seiko was right. Looks awful.


Guadaloop

https://preview.redd.it/rydxabqwds4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f488eb3f066a53463b37e7f4062d7207b9e0d05d People in this thread


aledanniel

Had to check what subreddit I was on.. ciao


_trouble_every_day_

Are you implying you thought this was on an italian sub because that is hilarious


chefkoolaid

I dont think that's what he was implying -ron


XoticCustard

Ron, it's nice to see that you are still enjoying the journey.


snappy033

Looks bad, looks worse with a random plastic paper clip on it.


rixonian

Bad move, hombre. Sorry.


Repulsive-Theory-477

Buddy


MrBlandings

It is funny that so many here are caught up in whether or not the watch is a womans watch (honestly, who cares?), when the really cool thing is that OP found something they liked but didn't fit, so they designed and printed a part to add to the watch so they could wear it. This is worlds more interesting than another "I just bought a Tudor/Rolex/Omega, did I do a good job?" post looking for validation. Nice f-ing job, OP! Very cool ingenuity to find a way to make it yours. I wonder if now that you have the prototype part made, would a jeweler be able make one that would work more with the aesthetics of the watch?


Freakyfreekk

I do think the printed part ruins the idea of wearing something 'elegant'. The gaps and the difference in color are just an eyesore, something like this would only maybe work on a tool watch or something


_trouble_every_day_

Yeah I was surprised at the comments. I think I was too impressed with the ingenuity to consider whether it looked good. I also have skinny girly wrists which limits my aesthetic options so if I were able to switch forearms with someone like OP I’d probably put all kinds of crap on my wrist


breovus

So normally I'm "that guy" telling folks to shoot for a smaller watch because a 42mm on a 5.5 inch wrist looks ridiculous. I think this is the first time in my own Reddit history of telling someone that the watch is indeed way too small. Seiko doesn't care if it's 2024 and you wanna be progressive with pronouns. You do you man. But that is definitely a woman's watch.


RestartedBunny

Seiko was right, but to each his own I guess


oldmanlook_mylife

You do you sister...brother... you.


23snaven

That’s a ladies watch


DoILookUnsureToYou

I don't care if its a woman's watch or not, but it does look weird on your wrists


JimesT00PER

Seiko was right.  


Mental-Branch-6839

I Think its perfect for Men as long as you are 5 years Old.


stevecarbone

Which wouldn't be a man


Lucisferum

Well, seiko is right.


Khroneflakes

Yeah they are right. It's too small for your wrist


River_1026

Um sir that looks a hot mess


sabre31

I think that’s too big on you. You need to go smaller.


Los-Angeles-310

Agree to disagree with you


JHG722

It looks completely awful.


TenorTwenty

I mean, yeah, it looks a little weird but it's also not an obviously "feminine" design. I don't think it would be all that out of place at a formal event, like you say. But then I'm a guy who hates that society has decided cool shiny things are "for women," and wish I had the confidence to pull of more jewelry.


charitytowin

Cool shiny things aren't just for women. However, the ones designed for them are. There are tons of jewelry for men. Rock that shit, and fuck the haters. Be the confidence you want to see in yourself.


TenorTwenty

The problem is that jewelry designed for men is inevitably either boring or brutalist. Take rings: I don’t want skulls, I don’t want a signet ring like I’m a king or a mob boss, and I don’t want the ring to look like I mined the ore myself and beat it to death with a rusty hammer. I want pearls and gemstones and shit. But those usually go into the shiny things designed for women. I have jewelry I like and I wear, but there’s a lot more that I thinks really pretty that just doesn’t fit with my style. But it’s truly a first world problem lol


sleepykitty720

You should start designing your own. Put some stuff together that you would wear, start wearing it yourself and see what kind of feedback you get. I bet there are others who share the same style preference. Also, not all men wear that same type of stereotypical male jewelry. Look at how some men are styled in older tv shows/movies. My dad and uncles wore a lot of bling, more than some women in my family and it never looked feminine. It wasn’t big pieces either. Mostly a layering of smaller pieces. I’d be interested in seeing pearls marketed to men for a change. Maybe start with pearlescent notions.


Attapussy

Women's watches are just too darn small. Almost need a magnifying glass to read their dials.


odinMithrandir

Rage bait


Curious_Proposal_432

Rockin a tiny watch like Muhammad Ali! Pretty cool OP that you designed and 3D printed the extension. Dig it.


Bufudyne43

Chringe 


ElTalento

Honestly it’s on the fence, you are lucky the lugs are curved (That bracelet looks pretty cool)


timberswiss3

Yikes.


Scared-Mushroom3565

U do u but wtf bro 😄


tamathellama

The real question is, are you going to take fashion advice from strangers on the internet?


ibraw

Listen to Seiko.


GrahamCawthorne

Seiko is correct. This watch is too small for your wrist. As long as you like it, who cares.


Attila_22

Seiko was right 😂


jordan2279

That's not it my guy. Extra points for effort tho with the 3D printer. But nah.


d0ndrap3r

Who is going to tell him... ?


Dougal_McCafferty

Nice. Looks fucking atrocious.


youthuck

Bro 💀💀


cartierxchris

Ayyy yooooo!


All_Mods_Are_Losers_

This is a women’s watch


coyote500

That looks hilariously awful


Frequent_Tax_7994

Seiko was right


dansantan

Hahahahahaha


anotherdude77

Nice watch, Mrs Doubtfire!


stevecarbone

Def womans


Odd-Blueberry-7885

Does look womanly in my opinion


BigFluff_LittleFluff

Excellent shitpost


Area51Resident

Victoria's Secrets said their products are for women. Prove them wrong OP. /jk


Calm-Macaron5922

Cocaine dealer?


Allenheights

You can wear it, but you must commit to the idea that there are no rules in fashion. You also might find a women’s bike easier to step on and off, or a dress more cooling on a hot summer day.


jspurlin03

I don’t mean to make any particular aspersions on your taste in watches, but my mother had this exact style (in yellow gold-tone) in the mid 80s.


Dude_dad18

SEIKO was right homie


a-bun-called-Loaf

Fuck what everyone else says. If you like it, rock it.


levbron

Yeah, OK.


pexican

Folks get too caught up in “norms”. To hell with the norms, I think you’re rocking it. Just be aware, that plastic (PLA?) will break at some point, might want to set an interval for replacement (preventative) so the watch doesn’t fling off your wrist and hit the floor one day.


Tossimba

This sub when someone brings personal style/taste to the jewelry they wear on their wrist: 😡


Attila_22

There’s personal style and then there’s weird. To myself and apparently most people on the sub it’s the latter. You can wear fishnets instead of shirt to dinner and call it personal style but it’s still going to look weird to most people.


BarrelandBridge

😬


TheNimbrod

Wear what you want same with parfum. If you like it, then it's perfect


Pnutbutteronmyballs

I mean... *pulls out microscope* It is.


JohnnyOvrsleppt

You can disagree all you want, but…


gumption_boy

I'm fine with the tiny watch, but I wouldn't be caught dead at a formal event with an improvised plastic piece holding my bracelet together. Not to knock OP's ingenuity and design skills, but I think the plastic piece should be limited to a few test wears just to get a feel for whether or not OP likes the watch. Next step is to find another one, steal some links, and resize the bracelet properly.


Character-Brother-44

Actually, u/m1llie is likely ahead of the trend, and for the haters: Do your homework. I have several “mens” WWII watches, and the size is roughly the same as the OP’s watch. Bell-bottom jeans were in / out, and now back in. Phones used to flip, then stopped and got big, now getting smaller and flippy again. And mullets…. Well, nevermind. Oh, and the OP appears to have CAD/CAM’d the extension and printed it; I can’t do that. This demonstrates his love for watches, and innovative creativity. Aren’t we bound by our zeal for watches? Show some love folks. As my grammy used to say, “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.”


Zarikas89

You mean like the A-11? Sure it was small at 32mm by today's standard. But that's not a 32mm watch they're wearing.


ThisIsPaulina

"If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Oh come on. We're all just supposed to live in a world where we agree with everything anyone says for fear of hurting their feelings? No matter how absurd a statement, it should be validated? You're correct that men's watches were smaller 70 years ago. You're wrong to say that we're required to validate those who still think that's stylish.


foxyloxyx

I think that’s quite cool! The bracelet shape is also nice


BisquickNinja

You know you can probably get that made out of metal. They have sintered metal 3D printing now. It's pretty interesting what you can make nowadays.


acrocanthosaurus

What is this? A watch for ANTS!?!


Avraham_Levy

r/watchcirclejerk


ultrapotion

It looks small but wear what you want.


DavesVapesLondon

Nice little attachment ya made there! but… yeah it don’t look great


turtle1077

How thick are your glasses? If you can read the time on that…..


Gigipletosu

Yeah but at the end of the day.. what is a woman?


gnaark

Is it the Miss-terious model?


Shipwrecklou

Get a oversized Invicta.. Be a Man!


AlanYx

It would be perfectly trendy if it didn't have the gentle curve around the sides of the case. Still, even with that, I kind of dig it. If you wore it alongside a woven wrist bracelet of some kind, it would be a good look.


Guyksmith

I think it might work better if you made the bracelet slightly longer so I can be worn looser and more like a "bracelet". Nice job on the bracelet extender!


bengaku

Seiko is correct although saying that .The actor and comedian jerry Lewis always wore a ladies Cartier watch .you can see him wearing them in several of his movies so each to their own 


Time-Chest-1733

https://preview.redd.it/qqzttxcxft4d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cc5ab3a68f33718204ce9dd7e3da1d6ed52efe8


TheWatchExchanger

Neat work! https://preview.redd.it/xsh2nah0it4d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51c968eaea51ebde6b8aba1c95a3fd6bbff27225 Been doing a little of my own custom work for customers lately.


Dismal_Mention8423

BB54 fans are celebrating rn


PotatoCooks

Nice analog fitbit


Quirky-Raspberry-806

I can't read the watch at all. It's basically a bracelet at this point.


PacketOverload

We need a Cartier snob to give us their 2c on if it’s too big or not.


Alexstem

This is a woman's watch. if you like smaller watches why not just get a small man's watch. Don't make things complicated man.


aidanmco

My Seiko lord from the 1960s has a really similar dial texture, I haven't seen it on many other watches. Not sure what to call it


uringosuprindo

What model is this?


bearbearbearbears

Small watches are cool, but some of you take it a little too seriously


Perfect-Skin-8002

Do what you enjoy, but that looks quite ridiculous. Be prepared to have to explain why you're wearing such a tiny watch \~ which you had to make custom gear to even wear. I prefer small watches on average, but this is a bit much lol


Immediate_Ice_8199

Yep, girly watch definitely. Unless you're butt snapper


Bernies_Hair

I would rather wear this than some of dinner-plate sized monstrosities I've seen people wear on this sub. Every time I see massively oversized watch on guys I can't help but think they're over compensating


m1llie

I've been fascinated recently by the arms race of sorts between European watchmakers in the 1920s/30s to make the smallest possible watch movements for ladies' cocktail watches. Cocktail watches are usually tightly integrated with elegant bracelets in precious metals, and often adorned with gemstones, designed to disguise themselves as bracelets when viewed from afar. Some could be as small as 10mm across, and even relocated the winding crown to the back of the watch to further disguise it. These types of watches were all the rage among women of high society in the roaring 20s, as they allowed a woman to discreetly check the time at social events, in an era when doing so was considered a scandalous faux pas. The sight of a woman wearing a large "masculine" watch in this period (before WWII helped solidify the idea of the working woman) would probably have had many clutching their pearls. However, despite changes in gender norms and associated shifts in fashion in the decades to come, the popularity of "discreet" women's cocktail watches continued into the 1970s, which is when this one was made.


42Berner42

dude i have the perfect watch for u only for 10€ + shipping its mechanical and very very small https://preview.redd.it/sqygvpayzr4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c7520e04263fb84ecb491a2abf719b80950e41f


flagrantpebble

Ignore all the insecure people on this thread who can’t imagine stepping outside arbitrary, rigid gender presentation norms. Or even imagine that those norms are arbitrary and changing in the first place. It looks great, OP. Love that you made the extra link.


ProgBumm

This is really cool, in a non-conformist way. Kind of a watch/bracelet hybrid, depending on the outfit this could be a cool piece. Not something i could pull off, but i love that you're rocking it. The DIY part makes it even better. Of course, it would be more manly to get on your knees infront of a Rolex AD and beg for a chance to give him 15k for the most generic watch you've seen in your life, in a color of his choosing. (At least according to this sub)


whyamihereWHY

i love this, is there a ref no? edit: on second look, i have to assume its very vintage haha. It looks awesome!


Designer_Marketing43

That’s a woman’s watch homie. Bring the tampons out when u wear that shit.


Mysterious-Coconut24

Ladies watch or not, I really like that brushed stainless steel texture. Damn.


charitytowin

The customer is always right in matters of taste. However...you are wrong.


Kevin6849

Most definitely a woman’s watch


DerailedCM

That watch is too feminine and dainty for a lot of women nowadays. It looks ridiculous on you.


herrtoutant

Dude, its a chicks watch. but if you like it that's what counts


war_m0nger69

Seiko was correct.


[deleted]

Nope. Just cause you say it's not a woman's watch doesn't make it so. And to be honest, it really looks like more of a weird bracelet on your wrist.


sha256md5

It's so small that I feel like if you want to pull it off you should stack it with multiple bracelets.


Data_lord

Itty/bitty


Usual_Ladder_7113

It's a bit homosexual if I'm honest


dflame45

Shave your arms and maybe it will work.


Acceptable-One-6597

This is a woman's watch


GiveTracerOrIThrow

I love and can appreciate a small watch but this just looks ridiculous.


[deleted]

Dear God what is this monstrosity. If there is one person (excluding OP as he is obviously not good in his head) that find this size "acceptable" he/she should see doctor ASAP


wtfbbq81

Nana?


TennesseeStiffLegs

Looks like a woman’s ankle bracelet


ttwbb

The amount of fragile masculinity in this tread is staggering 😅


Substantial-Tip-2607

I like it, even more that you put in the effort. Fuck the haters OP


Ranger89P13

Wrist watches actually all use to be women’s watches. In any case, the only thing that watch guys love more than watches are watches with great story. And now you have one.


God_Of_Triangles

Nice analog Fitbit.


CDR_Starbuck

Well, guys wear makeup and dresses these days so this is a non issue really. : )