Reply With QuoteAlly/Ali will be along with the answer he found in a book he once read.
Middle Eastern men, Indian sub continent and today on the TV a Russian person being interviwed was wearing his Rolex very loose on the wrist.
Seeing as these people can afford high end watches, why not get the bracelet sized?
Do they think a loose watch with a lot of play at the base of the hand is somehow more appealing.
Or is it fashionable in these countries to wear their watches loose on the wrist.
Ally/Ali will be along with the answer he found in a book he once read.
I don't think it's nationality-dependent, just based on individual desires (cultural background is likely to influence these desires, so perhaps there's the link). Some people like a big dangly thing (oo er) that rattles on their wrist and thus draws attention to it. Others less so.
I think whatever the person is comfortable with to be honest I wear my watches loose
Working with someone whose sub regularly spins freely on their wrist. Does my head in! It’s a watch not a bracelet...
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This^ nail, head.Originally Posted by Mj2k
Guess these people would say it's the other way around..
I wear my watches loose.
If I wanted to wear a cilice I'd convert to Catholicism.
There's loose and then there's loose - how many fingers can you get between your watch bracelet/band and your wrist? I can get one at a push on a leather NATO and a fingertip on an Oyster bracelet.
I saw a Englishman on the Tube the other day wearing a 116610 LV like a bangle.
Once, while I was in Dublin, I saw an Irishman wearing a Vacheron Overseas that kept spinning round his wrist every time he took a sip of Guinness.
I remember fondly the night in Bucharest when a local man, a little worse for wear on Tuica, showed us all how he could squeeze his dog's head through the bracelet of his Royal Oak 18k – while he was still wearing it. Oh how we laughed, all the way to the veterinary A & E.
Did I tell you about the guy in Senegal? And there was that bloke in Boston… and the fella in Phuket … and don't get me started on that loosey goosey Brucey from Melbourne.
Your thread is ridiculous
Certainly a male female divide and looks more elegant on a lady to wear as a bracelet.
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Two fingertips. I wear them so they'll almost spin but not quite.
Both those places are hot, could it be that a looser fit is more comfortable in the heat? I wear mine tight, but often find that sweaty and uncomfortable on holiday.
Beat me to it, the obvious answer is because of the heat in the countries you mention, in summer time I wear mine more loosely, it’s not nice having the watch stuck to yer wrist and leaving marks.
Change the strap then? In the summer I go to NATOs usually, which keep the watch secure but allow for more flex.
I loosen my watch out one micro for holiday so I don't doubt heat is a factor.
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This thread is hideous.
Sorry but I’m busy reading Easy Meat at the moment.
I would have thought this was more your style.
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Nothing to do with nationalities.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Men from other countries wearing watches, loose.
Us Welsh don't do time. On the rare occasions we need to tell the time - like if the rugby's on or we need to bake some Welsh cakes - we use a stick and the sun.
No need for any of that new fangled nonsense like.
Together with 'which wrist' = personal preference.
But thanks for bringing it to the attention of the forum.
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This ^^^^^^^ plus personal preference.
Nothing worse that an tight sweaty strap i find.
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Even here that is hot as hell ee dont wear them like that
Some people like bracelets not watches
What he said!!!! Not a bracelet!
One thing that I never realised until I bought a bracelet for my Sinn U1000 is just how much my wrist changes in size over 24 hours.
Its normally loose but a 3am in bed I have woken up because of the sensation of something gripping my wrist tightly.
I have had the same thing happen with the leather strap on my Sinn 103.
However, in 10 years straight of wearing my Sinn U2 on its silicone / rubber strap, it never once felt uncomfortable, winter or summer, here in the UK or overseas in Deserts and Tropical Rainforests.
Well played, Sir!
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Why do some people like bananas?
... There is a reason.
You can use it as knuckle brass to punch visiting foreigners.
Soft, sweet and full of energy?
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TBH, a lot of the time the watch is worn as it comes out off the box, no adjustment of bracelet, removal of stickers etc. Especially if received as a gift.
Recently I was standing in Watchfinder in CW and a banker came in wearing a GMT Master II with the bezel protector still on, when the manager suggested it shouldn’t be worn like that he was told “so why is it on there then, I’m not going to knock the watch in the box am I?” Which, to be fair is true :-)
And then we have the boyfriend watch look as demonstrated by Italian ladies wearing watches worth €€€€s that could be worn around their biceps the strap/bracelet is so loose, “But it’s the look “ I was told by a college when asked why her Daytona was literally coming off her hand when gesticulating wildly to make a point in a ‘discussion’
I even offered to adjust the bracelet myself .
Perhaps also there's more of a culture of men wearing loose wrist 'jewelry' in the form of bangles / wrist ties etc. so it looks/feels more natural to do the same with watches.
Probably for the same reason some ‘nationalities’ wear their trousers around their a**e
As others have said I think it’s just personal choice. I wear my watch a lot tighter than others would, I don’t like it really moving around at all.
I think some people almost wear their watch like it’s a piece of jewellery like a bangle or a bracelet and wear it loosely for that reason
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Most of the danglers I’ve seen inevitably turn out to be wearing a fake.
I don’t know if either they feel they get more bang for their buck by using all the links or they just can’t be bothered getting it adjusted (and the seller of a hookey watch probably isn’t going to resize it for them).
Not being WIS its doubtful they will do it themselves or bother to seek out the nevessary info and tools.
Funnily enough I recently helped one colleague to source a new leather strap for his planet ocean.
He happily paid the money for it. Complained bitterly about how the original leather had only lasted 2 years. Recently he admitted not only was this watch fake but all his others were ( his two tone sub I had clocked as fake years ago as the gold had started to peel).
So his hookey Omega has got a strap on it that probably cost more than the watch.
He describes his watches as being the finest “first copies” (second time I’ve heard this concept from fake watch owners).
I’m amazed purveyors of knock off watches qualify their superior taste by claiming that they only buy fakes of the highest quality!
Its a bit like saying you only eat superior crap sandwiches with bits of sweetcorn in it.
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