There are a lot of different things about a watch that can determine whether or not it’s right for you. Steel, gold, platinum. Complications. The brand on the dial. And somewhere down the bottom of that list is size. In the order of preference, size ranks surprisingly low — that is, until it’s too late. Like Cinderella’s glass slipper, a few too many people are hoping for a miracle when it comes to making a watch work that’s the wrong size for them.
But what exactly does it mean for a watch to be the wrong size? A large watch on a smaller wrist still tells the time; it still functions as a watch. The rotor weight will still go round. It won’t send the wearer off balance and into a hedge. It’s all in the eye of the beholder — but who determines how that eye thinks?
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