30mm was common for a gents watch... what amazes me is the size of ladies coctail watches circa 1920s... so small you need perfect eyesight to read them.
I think over the years fashion in general has got brasher, not just watches. When you think what the fashion of say the 20's was - for men going out a smart clean cut slim fit tailored suit with a sharp crease down the leg - black shiny shoes and a handkerchief in the top pocket to a slow progression through the ages to the dishevelled I can't even dress myself look of today and watches have followed along the same lines. From a discreet timepiece that was elegant and functional, designed to blend with the apparel of the day with an air of discreet sophistication to some of the in your face look at me I'm so special monstrosities of today :laugh:
I very rarely get to wear a suit doing what I do, but I have three - all off the shelf from M and S and one of them I have had tailored to me by a local independent one man tailor. I had it tailored to slim fit - very much like the 1920's style and on the infrequent occasions I do get to wear it I really feel like a million dollars :yahoo:
I think over the years fashion in general has got brasher, not just watches. When you think what the fashion of say the 20's was - for men going out a smart clean cut slim fit tailored suit with a sharp crease down the leg - black shiny shoes and a handkerchief in the top pocket to a slow progression through the ages to the dishevelled I can't even dress myself look of today and watches have followed along the same lines. From a discreet timepiece that was elegant and functional, designed to blend with the apparel of the day with an air of discreet sophistication to some of the in your face look at me I'm so special monstrosities of today :laugh:
I very rarely get to wear a suit doing what I do, but I have three - all off the shelf from M and S and one of them I have had tailored to me by a local independent one man tailor. I had it tailored to slim fit - very much like the 1920's style and on the infrequent occasions I do get to wear it I really feel like a million dollars :yahoo:
men [everybody] were a lot smaller too, certainly an awful lot slimmer, i wonder if perseptive changes as you put on weight, mine does thats for sure, my wrists are 200mm, a 38mm watch on me looks like a pimple IMO or is that just my perspective?
Just a thought but I suppose some of the size increase in some watches would be down to the added technology you find in some watches nowadays? i.e. the Protrek has to fit in a thermometer, digital compass, altimeter etc whereas when you are looking at vintage watches all they had to house was the watch movement albeit a mechanical one
So the general consensus is watches are getting bigger which would naturally lead to the question how big can they get? What size would a watch tip over into unusable I wonder?
Blimey, I'd better keep quiet on this one............. :laugh:
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