You’ll be wanting us to call you Loretta next.
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You are thinking "But Alan... that's an INOX, the manly watch for manly men!"
Except it's not its the INOX V - the em.. manly watch for lady like women which comes in a 37mm. How this differs from the man's version is a mystery and I rather like the look of it (also comes on a black strap) - seems a really silly bit of marketing differentiation (surely just a unisex watch).
Anyone out there wearing a watch marketed specifically to women? (excluding female members of the forum...)
You’ll be wanting us to call you Loretta next.
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Only if you wear the hot-pants sugar.
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I like this 36mm one, although I don't own it:
It sits demurely in the “womens” section of retailer Jack Road...
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
I can't believe in this day and age they label certain watches really.
I posted on here about a lovely Breitling transocean (I think it was called) I saw in the Breitling store and it was one of very few Breitlings I've loved. The 'salesman' came over and I said to him how much I loved it and he just said "that's a woman's watch, the men's version is over here..."
You'd think a salesman would recognise interest and whip it out for you to try. Instead he pee'd me off enough to drive me away.
Maybe a million miles away from the likes of these "proper" watches, but I find a lot of the Baby G range much less disagreeable than the men's G-Shocks.
There was a ladies Patek Philippe chronograph a few years back that, if not studded with diamonds, I'd have happily worn over some of the current mens offerings.
This is 2017, you do what you like and damn the torpedoes! Ducky . . .
F.T.F.A.
Two ADs told me the AP 15450 is ladies model - still bought it though. I think, at last, the big men's watch fashion is reverting to more conservative sizing as buyers down size.
Shirley.
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I have a strange yearning for a Linde Werdelin- on their website they have a preowned section.
http://www.lindewerdelin.com/shop/lw...mer-white-dial
Having looked at the specs the only difference I can spot is the strap is white - but you can buy white straps for “men’s “ watches too .
Maybe the strap is shorter ?
I much prefer that Inox to the standard model! As for salesmen, well they are just trying to up their commission...
https://wristwatchreview.com/2017/05...nox-i-n-o-x-v/
I do actually like it but I know the wobbly Ronda movement would bother me in tool watch.
if you like it, wear it! this ladies/mens label is very outdated
Gender equality works both ways! Wear it with pride.
I had another look at the Tudor 36 yesterday along with a Big pilot and 8 day.
To me it seemed perfectly sized.
So I'll bring this back up because I notice that the 37mm is currently £180 with all the discounts HS can throw at it - very decent beater for anyone with smaller wrists:
https://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/d...d+strap+watch/
That is a good deal.
I like the "full size" version I have, but it's a very solid lump that sometimes seems too heavy for a Nato or an Erika's style strap.
The ladies model also has an 18mm lug width, which makes life far easier strap-wise than the 21mm lug width of its larger sibling.
Like the look of that. If the 37mm doesn't include the crown that size is fine as a mans watch comparing well with many Seiko 5's and of course the BB36 amongst others. Good value.
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36mm on my 6.75’ wrist. I wouldn’t have said 36mm is a ladies watch at all.
It’s not the 90s bigger is better anymore!
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So bring this old thread to live - Looking for a lady's watch for a fellow member - this 38mm ceramic dial HAQ watch is a 'first lady' - at £250 - I'd wear it:
Certainly doesn’t scream women’s watch to me. If it was 26/28 then maybe.
My Air-King 14200 is 34 and would probably look small on a bigger wrist but it’s fine for me and probably more of a size that men’s wristwatches were in the 1950s/60s.
I thought about buying this model myself as the gents version is far too big for me. I don't think they did the carbon one I fancied in the smaller size.
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Another one for the file:
https://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/TAG-Heu...01/p/17381184/
I much prefer a smaller watch. 36mm is ideal for me. I really like the Oris Big Crown pointer date in 36mm. The one I saw was a green dial. I really like the blue dial but they don't offer it in 36mm. They list them as a ladies watch but I would wear it. Eddie makes a lot of 36mm offering although some do have a longer lug-to-lug which makes them wear bigger but the 36mm Everest line at 43.5mm is ideal.
I tried on a 37mm Yachtmaster a few weeks ago and despite not wanting to, really liked it. I won't be buying one but I thought it was a lovely looking watch and looked great on my narrow wrist.
I did exactly the same thing last year. The AD seemed very perturbed that I was considering the ‘ladies’ version! However, as another chap with a sub 6.5” wrist, it looked pretty much perfect. Some ladies watches are clearly aimed at someone with a love of diamonds and bling. Others are right up my street!
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A few months ago I bought a brand new 30mm Longines automatic and it's a revelation. I have been wearing it daily ever since. It's marketed as a woman's watch but it fits my 6.5 inch wrist so well in a way that was common before the 1990s. Not a single person has commented about it negatively. I think all this anxiety and insecurity is really from ourselves and not others. The date window is positioned properly because the size of the dial fits the proportions the ETA 2892-based movement was originally envisioned for. In fact, the whole watch is well proportioned because there is no need to somehow balance and accommodate all the unnecessary space created by enlarging the diameter to appease our size anxiety.
The watch in question.
The strap fits fine. I have 3 strap holes to spare. To be honest with watches marketed for men I find the straps are often very long and I need to use the very first or second strap hole. With 6.5 inch wrists I am on the small side, but not especially so I would have thought so it's strange.