zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: I'm just getting back into reading this board
: regularly after a gap of a couple of months
: (great site, Derek, BTW, but I'm sure you're
: sick of hearing that!).

: Anyway, all this talk of bracelets and links
: has got me wondering, what is the correct
: size for a watch bracelet? When I bought my
: full-size SMP about eighteen months ago, the
: store took great pains to measure my wrist
: with tapes and callipers, before adjusting
: the bracelet to suit. I tried it on, and
: back it went a couple of times until it was
: just so. This all took about an hour, IIRC.

: Anyway, since then, I've always thought the
: watch was a little tight on me. In profile
: you could see the watch indenting the line
: of my wrist, and I would occasionally have
: difficulty slipping it off, requiring the
: wetsuit extension to be unlocked, especially
: if I was hot and clammy.

: Having seen the way Pierce Brosnan wears his
: SMP in the current Bond movies (quite loose,
: with the watch able to slip up and down the
: wrist slightly in wear), I contacted my
: dealer, who was quite happy to readjust the
: bracelet again for me, even after all this
: time, replacing one half link that he had
: previously removed (which he did at no
: charge, BTW).

: So my question is, what is the right way to
: have the bracelet? I recall a tailor once
: telling me that you shouldn't be able to get
: a finger between your head and a hat brim.
: Is this true of a wristwatch? What's the
: form here?

I just told the jeweler to take out two links, and the watch fits perfectly. I like it to be able to move a little on my wrist. Keep in mind that in the summer your wrist is going to expand and in winter it will contract. You want the watch to fit well at all times.