How do you like to wear your watch?

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madfast

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ok i just got a brand new Invicta 9094. really nice for the price. BUT the watch is a bit too loose. so my question is should i fix it and make it so that it stays snug with my wrist or is it ok to have it move up and down the wrist (about 2" movement)?

basically does it look silly for a guy to have a watch not fit so snugly to the wrist?
 
Yes, it does. It's not supposed to fit like a charm bracelet! :D
Makes it look like you stole the watch from your dad, or are just too lazy to have it adjusted. :(
Pretty much anywhere you buy a watch will be able to adjust it if you don't have the tools. ;)
 
Howie said it. I think it looks silly, danglling around like a bracelet. Like either you don't know how to get it adjusted, or you think it's supposed to do that. I personally like my watches to fit snug, so they stay put and are at the top of my wrist when I need to check the time. Otherwise you need to spin your wrist like some kind of balisong motion.
 
i have a swiss army. not too sure which model, but it's the all-titanium one with the black face & chrome non-roman numbers. i had the glass face switched out for a sapphire face. love it. gotta have that sapphire face. anyway, the links are kind of wide. you can either have it too tight or too lose, there's really no inbetween. i'd rather have it loose than constricting. as long as the watch doesn't hang like a necklace around your wrist, you're okay.
 
I'm always scared to move a thread from W&C because sometimes the bastids get dragged along with it, but this question really belongs in Gadgets & Gear and the thread hasn't gotten cheesy yet so I'm moving it. I hope everybody notices I've moved it.... :mad:
 
Most of my watches sport rubber straps. I wear them fairly snug, but still loose-enough to where I can slide a pencil under the strap.
 
Thanks, Cougar.
Alan,
If you've got one with metal links and a clasp to secure the bracelet, the links are a coarse adjustment, and there is fine adjustment in the clasp (usually three holes).
Hope that helps.
Howie
 
Like Dann said, enough to slide a pencil or pen through is usually perfect for me. When I pull the watch up, there's about 1/4" between it and my wrist. The watch doesn't flop around at all, but there's enough give for it to "lean" back a little to keep it from limiting movement of my wrist.
Got to have some give. I've broken a Seiko rubber dive strap doing pushups.
 
madfast said:
make it so that it stays snug with my wrist or is it ok to have it move up and down the wrist (about 2" movement)?
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Now I have time to answer -- if you mean you can push it 2" back and forth with your other hand, that would be just about perfect for me. If you mean it keeps sliding back and forth all by itself as you're going about your life, that would be too loose for me.

It's worth learning how to adjust it anyway. Then just mess around with it and see which way it's most comfortable.
 
Hi All-

A watch that can flop around and spin full-circle around your wrist is just begging to be accidentally damaged by smacking against a doorjamb, desk, sink, vehicle, or whatever. Do yourself a favor and cinch it up tighter if it's this loose.

~ Blue Jays ~
 
Loose watches are one of my major pet peeves....it looks so sloppy and certainly adds to the possibilities of damage to the watch and wearer.

I've worn metal bracelets with my watches for the last 30+ years and when I take off my watch you can see a literal indentation in my arm where the bracelet rode.
 
I wear my watches with steel bracelets with enough room to slide my pinky snugly between my wrist and the band. My watches with rubber bands (G-Shocks) I tend to tighten or loosen depending on the activity I am involved in at the time.
 
I like mine where I can see daylight between my arm and the clasp with my arm extended.

Paul
 
can fit my index between the strap and inside of my wrist, total movement along my arm is about as wide as the band.

timex cloth band with velcro... been using this same type for years and years.
 
Watches, knives, guns, sunglasses, pipes...those are a few of my favorite things. :D I bought cheap tools on eBay to remove links on my watchbands, because you want to get the right fit. Too loose and the watch flops around, too tight and you're constantly moving it around trying to find a looser spot. Get it close with link removal, then fine tune it to taste with the clasp adjustment.
 
I've got one of the big metal G-Shocks with a steel bracelet. I keep it loose enough to slide up and down my wrist on its own, just tight enough that it's hard to turn it from the inside of my wrist, where I wear it, to the outside. I do not like anything cramped on my wrist, biting into it when I move.

The only time I routinely damaged watches was when I wore them on the outside of my wrist. No more.
 
I agree that too slack has all the above problems.
I have the reverse problem. My wrist is so big boned I can't find bands large enough. I can tell you from my experiance...the above advice for fitting a bit of relief/slack is important.
If too snug...you'll be bowing out the pins...and this will egg-shape the pin holes, so now you've ruined your watch. I've broken band clasps and pins..and sometimes you aren't aware this has happened...and you're lucky back-stepping if you ever find your watch again. The other problem with too snug, is by the mid-day your wrist will start swelling.
 
I prefer a metal bracelet that is loose enough to slide my index finger between the bracelet and my wrist.
That is loose enough to not bite in to my arm but still tight enough that it will not slide around my wrist.

And I'm now wearing my brand spank'n new Citizen Calibre 5700 chronograph (two-tone with what looks like a very dark grey dial).

Good luck,
Allen.
 
I tend to dislike metal bracelets, I like something that I can adjust, it seems that my wrist swells a bit in hot weather, so I prefer a leather band and there's usually two positions that I keep changing, also some metal bracelets pull hair from my arm, Ouch...

Luis
 
Leather and rubber bands (thats my W and C contribution :D), are the only types of watch bands I wear, even though I'm right handed, I wear my watch on my right hand, something I've done for 15 years, started wearing a watch when I was 10. I'm partial to Freestyle Shark watches, and I wear that one pretty snug. Not too tight to cut off circulation.

I tried to wear a watch on my left wrist for about a month, I couldn't do it.
 
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