This guy in the lift at work takes the biscuit.
What do we think - ordered online and never resized or prefers it that way?
Surely it must be super annoying day to day and get in the way.
This guy in the lift at work takes the biscuit.
What do we think - ordered online and never resized or prefers it that way?
Surely it must be super annoying day to day and get in the way.
Seems to be the fashion. Would annoy the hell out of me!
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I briefly worked with a shady Slovakian guy who did it, so from a sample set of one I associate it with heavy-set dodgy Eastern European men in black leatherette jackets.
I like to wear the bracelet sufficiently loosely that I can get a finger underneath it. When my wrist swells it's still comfortable. It's just the way I like it. I took my DJ to the RSC to have a link put in because with the standard number of links & the 5mm extension deployed it still felt tight on my 7.75"wrist.
I genuinely think a lot of folk don’t realise it’s possible to re-size them.
I think it is a style preference. Some think it is cool to wear it as such, while the more conservative amongst us would suggest that a watch strap/bracelet should extend beyond the ulnar styloid. Obviously, a loose bracelet would not make sense with a cuffed shirt. We need to give people more credit and while the regular guy on the street may not know much about watches, most are smart enough to know they can be sized.
Must be terribly painful if you trip/fall and have to put your hand out flat on the floor. You could break bones in your hand. It is odd.
My old boss used to wear his Daytona like a bangle. I figured it was so everyone could always see it.
That's what I would figure aswell. On a pub crawl recently in a trendy city bar I saw two young hipsters, well dressed and with Rolex watches very loose dangling below their shirt cuffs. Reminded me of the old stereotypical 80s car salesman with the watch jangling around.
I can't stand it - someone at work does the same thing with his Daytona and I just can't bear to see it sloshing around his wrist like some oversized man bracelet.
I like mine to have a little movement, dangling like a bangle is not a good look & probably bad for the bracelet. My wrist swells & l like it to be a bit loose so it doesn't mark the skin when I take it off. My DJ was a perfect fit (no spare room at all). It always felt slightly tight so that I was aware of its presence, even with the 5mm extension deployed. When I removed it, there was an Oyster bracelet imprinted on my wrist.
The addition of 1 link removed the tight feeling, gave a little bit of movement without being (imo) too loose. It's comfortable but it won't slide right around the wrist & probably travels up & down no more than 1.5".
Everyone is not the same. Why impose rules on others?
Just as I would much rather a big watch on a smallish wrist than the other way around, I would find it less distasteful seeing a watch hanging loosely rather one constricting a wrist.
Other thing is a loose bracelet wears everything faster, pins clasp etc
A while back, I had a work colleague who had one of the original TAG F1s on a bracelet. He wore it in completely conventional style until one day he turned up with it seriously loose dangling under his wrist (I presume he must have left the diver's extension open and put the clasp to the longest position). He wore it like this for a couple of months and then suddenly reverted to normal wearing. I always wondered what prompted such a radical change - it was clearly something he'd decided to do. The watch got rather a battering worn like that, so maybe he wanted to go for the WABI look?
My partner does that ; she says it’s because her wrist gets hot. So, normal bracelet size in cooler weather; dangling , undone, in hot conditions. One day she’l probably lose it.
Last edited by paskinner; 13th June 2019 at 17:37.
Covert pic with the sound off.
Reminds me of the time I took a pic of one of my neighbours down the rd, sat in his lounge (when he was on the phone). He was an old boy and his house was like one of the places off a hoarder TV program!
He was sat there with no shoes on when I went round and his toe nails were about 5cm long and curled over like claws! I couldn’t believe my eyes & knew it was chance for a stealthy picture to show the mrs at tea time...
I managed to have the flash go off and take a burst of pics and one of the pics was of him looking up in confusion towards the camera haha, not very stealthy.
Deleted due to paranoia thanks to Martyn!
Last edited by wileeeeeey; 8th June 2019 at 21:53.
If that had been a female colleague taking a shot like that could get you arrested. Especially as you posted this on a public forum. Anyway ignore my comments - I just feel a bit uneasy - whatever gender your work colleague is - I don’t think they would be too happy being ridiculed.
Last edited by MartynJC (UK); 8th June 2019 at 21:31.
Braceleting. I'm sure it's illegal in some countries.
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It looks slovenly imo
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I found two factors on the bangly wrist brigade.
1. Its usually fake and they cannot be bothered to adjust the bracelet themselves , lets face it they are not going to take it to a dealer or watchmaker knowing full well its hookey..
2. Its been borrowed from their Dad.
OP, your colleague needs a slap!
Unless i worked in fashion where all the weird things are done for a reason i could never do it
Yeah - this never ceases to amaze me - I once worked with someone who wore a watch with a bracelet that you could have put 3-4 fingers under - I was amazed it never fell off. But having that move up and down your writs - and rotate all the time would have annoyed the hell out of me
The majority of these ‘ultra loose’ watches are probably fakes anyway.
So on one hand() we've got outrage at someone taking a sly piccy of some faceless guys watch on the other it's 'Cor Britt Ekland in the nude fnar fanr' pervy stuff.
Funny old world innit?
My brother wears all his watches around 8 links too loose, it does annoy me to the point that when he last came round I asked him if he wanted the bracelet resized but he said that’s how he preferred it!
Oh and this place is really slipping, no mention of what make/model the watch is, so ....
That look is not for me.. he must be bashing that monstrosity off everything!
One of my former reps asked me to take some links out of his Panerai bracelet. It was still very loose round his wrist flopping round but he said that's how he liked wearing it. Myself? just like it loose enough to get a finger under. I like one of my Citizen bracelets with the sliding micro adjustment so when your wrist swells in hot weather you can quickly adjust it.
Another fine watch on the plane a few hours ago. Must be all the links surely.