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What is your wrist size?

: According to one guy in a jewellery shop that I
: went to, the larger watches started coming
: in about 5-6 years ago. This is in the UK -
: guess it's similar elsewhere.

: I'm approaching 40 (the watch will be a
: combined birthday / anniversary present) and
: for a watch that will last as long as this
: one should, I am definitely looking for
: something that will not soon look dated.
: After looking at watches a lot, I have
: realised that my taste in watches is fairly
: conservative as well. I went through stages
: of thinking I wanted a chronograph or a
: chunky diving watch, but was won over by the
: clean lines of the AT. I think that unused
: helium escape valves and chrono dials would
: bug me after a while.

: I'm very taken by the black dial, all steel
: watch.

: I have been doing that, and am wearing out my
: welcome to various degrees in 3 different
: jewellery shops. Of course, I'm not telling
: them that when I buy, it will be duty free
: at Heathrow!

: I'm still not sure about the size though. I
: have been looking in mirrors in the shop
: trying to decide whether I'm comfortable
: with the standard size or whether it is too
: "obvious". With the mid-size, it's
: less showy, but looking at it on my wrist it
: seems a fraction small. Or does it? It's
: killing me...