What Size Watch Actually Suits Your Wrist
Case diameter is the single thing people get wrong most often. Here is how to work out your size in about a minute, with a tape measure or a strip of paper.
Measure first, then shop
Wrap a tape measure — or a strip of paper you can mark and lay flat — around your wrist just past the bone, where a watch actually sits. That number decides more about how a watch looks on you than the brand on the dial does.
A rough guide
Under 16cm is a small wrist, and a 36–40mm case will sit properly. Between 16cm and 18cm is the middle, where 38–42mm works comfortably. Above 18cm you can carry 42–45mm without it looking oversized.
These are starting points rather than rules. A 40mm case with short, steeply curved lugs can wear smaller than a 38mm case with long flat ones, which is why lug-to-lug distance matters nearly as much as diameter.
The test that matters
The case should not overhang the flat top of your wrist. If the lugs drop over the edge, the watch is too big — no matter how good it looks face-on in a photograph.
What we stock, by size
Our dress pieces sit around 40mm, our chronographs run 41–43mm because the subdials need the room, and the Curren Blanche is 28mm for a genuinely slim wrist. Every listing states the diameter, so you can check before you commit.
If you are between two sizes, message us the measurement and we will tell you honestly which of the two we would send.