Why the Need for a Big Watch?

biggest one I have is a Rolex Submariner, that's about as big as I personally care to get. I've see watches on guys that make me just shake my head and roll my eyes over the size. I have a vintage Hamilton that is probably 33mm, I'd strap it on and wear it out the door in a heartbeat, if it ran, it needs to be serviced.

I restrict myself to a watch size of 35-39 mm. Anything bigger and it starts to look odd

Otherwise clearly not, as you illustrate so well! Lovely Patek. And a great strap also. What is that interesting looking knife in the background?

Yes, you get huge tacky modern ‘look at me’ watches, but there are also larger watches that are large for a reason. Personally, the IWC Big Pilot is one of my favorite watches of all time, but my daily wear is a 38mm dress watch, and I regularly wear a 34mm Omega. Fair enough if you like smaller watches, but it’s a bit odd to judge others for not sharing your preference.

I, for one, appreciate (cute) watches regardless of size, but have a general preference for larger ones. Obviously, much of the current offering (in fact, for at least the past 12 to 15 years now) tends to be very generous in diameter, and in my personal view many of these pieces are just too spectacular not to be appreciated. I would say that 38 to 40mm is normally OK, but good exceptions are always welcome ;-) Cheers.

And a noticable difference to many modern but imo ugly man-quartz watches. ("DIESEL")