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In recent times, there are many people who are heading to the gym for a variety of reasons. Some people are there to exercise and keep fit, while there are others who go a step further to develop a well-toned and muscular body. Though wrist size is not a result of working out, perhaps a small influence, but it got us to thinking about watches for the larger wrist.
There seems to be a major consensus that in today’s age, watches around the region of 38mm to 41mm are considered to be well-sized, and anything beyond that might be considered as big, or small. But that approach is based on the consideration of an average wrist size – which typically hovers at around 6.5 inches for Asian men.
On the other hand, big watches have been gaining popularity in recent years. There are always two schools of thoughts for this: on one hand, there are people who love watches with a great wrist presence, while the other seems to think that big watches look ridiculous. There are no right or wrong ultimately. After all, watches are a good representation of one’s personality and style, and the size of the watches might also simply mirror one’s characteristics and ideals. The actual anatomy of the wrist bones might also be a factor to how well the watch can be carried on the wrist. Our lady writer Chelsey, for example, can pull off most large watches with aplomb, even with her 5.5″ wrists, as is well evidenced in our pages here and on Instagram.
In this week’s article, we are not going so in-depth about that. Rather, on a superficial level, we will be selecting six large watches that we reckon will look good on the larger wrist. Let’s find out what we have selected!
Oris Calibre 112
An oblique shot of the Oris Calibre 112.
We begin the article with a slightly dressier watch: the Oris Calibre 112.
When Oris first launched the Calibre 110, it was met with great reception from the horological world. The movement – which was developed in-house – is excellent and comes with a power reserve of around 10 days. A rather remarkable movement, which was succeeded by the Calibre 111 – a similar watch that comes with the additional of a date. Fast forward to Baselworld 2016, Oris launched the Calibre 112.
Similar to its predecessor, the 43mm watch features an in-house movement with the 10 days power reserve. This new piece, however, comes with even more features – the GMT function and a day/night indicator. Due to the additional complications, the dial has to be redesigned as well, with the dual-time zone indicator occupying he 12 o’clock position, and the non-linear power reserve indicator taking up the 3 o’clock position.
Priced at CHF 6,300 (approximately S$ 8,900) for the stainless steel version, we feel that this is an excellent timepiece with a great value proposition. The size is also slightly larger than most dress watches, and we reckon it will look good on someone with a slightly larger wrist too.
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