There are many ways to judge a time piece. Style, movement, and finishing are the usual categories. Size & weight are factors, but for me, only as disqualifying ones. I actually prefer heavier metals and a bit of size—substance—to the haute horology ultra...
Older pieces tended to be smaller—much smaller—than some of today’s watches. A matter of aesthetics over which folks can (and do) argue. My taste tends towards calendar models and moon phases and complications all of which can be problematic when it comes...