When the big watch hype will come again?

The watch has changed a lot over the last 120 years.

From modifying a pocket watch adding a strap to be use for soldiers in the turn of last 20 century, watch with strap wearing on wrist become the norm in 1920.

Since then a lot of change on watch size took place, between 1920-1960 size is about 30 mm to 36 mm

In 1950 size 35mm and size 36mm was classified as very large watch, nominal size is 33mm.

Gradually, size keeps on increasing from 36mm a Date Just to 41mm Date Just same for Rolex Day Date, there is more bigger watches were seen in 2000-2010, the Panerai was the iconic larger watch as Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were wearing big watch in the movie, that created the Hype. By then the larger the watch, the bolder, more daring and more showy of the persona men’s best accessory.

Now since 2016, the trend has stopped, in a opposite way, the watch size was change towards smaller and thinner manner. By 2010, size of 39-47 were the big size watch, by now the nominal value of most brands watch are between 35-39 mm. It is getting smaller.

Now people is getting bored with bigger watches, and tend to get smaller, the sweet spot of men watch for Asians are 34-38mm in my opinion, for wrist with seize 17cm and over larger watch may look for suitable.

In my opinion, it’s your choice preferring a larger or smaller watch.

Larger watches are good to tell time and be seen far way from others.

Larger watch is ore on sport watches.

Smaller watches look more elegant and less gaudy.

Smaller watches usually is manual winding and thin automatic dress watch.

Typically I like them more as it was on certain in door of office occasions

Of course I have large watch such as 44-45mm Panerai for certain outdoor occasion.

I think all are up to your choice, either smaller or bigger so long you love them is OK

Today the bigger one seems lose it glory as they did in 2000, but today I see a Panerai Submersible S BRABUS Verde Militare 47mm, it is a cross over between Panerai and Brabus, a daring big watch with MSRP of HK$391,000. It is a nice piece. Who knows when the big watch hype come again?

 

HK Snob