Horological Meandering

These biggies are really miniclocks

You can't button up your sleeve and they really bulge out.

My friend  says they're really outlandish.

You do have a VERY big and interesting collection.

I guess you won't wear all your pieces or you'll have to change several times a day 

So, would you buy a watch (to complete your collection) even if you know you'll probably almost never wear it ?

Perhaps they should be worn strapped to the outer aspect of the upper arm.

That would take care of the buttoning problem at the wrist.

I only collect and wear watches that I really like.

They are painstakingly wound up and wiped clean every weekend.

the watch on your wrist looks ridiculously out of proportion to your body built as a whole, not just your wrist. Shaq looks great with his own signature Offshore, so does Arnold. But when wearers of such watch are of significantly smaller built, it does look ridiculously absurd (although many refused to acknowledge it).

Lately, there has been a trend of producing watches that go 44mm and beyond (Tag heur's recent releases looked really out of place imo, almost trying too hard to jump in the bandwagon, the Mont Blanc with its Villeret series of 47mm diameter for crying out loud, not forgetting the recent AP jules audemars AP chrono). I seriously hope this trend do taper down as it is reaching to a point where the line that divides wristwatch and wristclocks seemed to be running thin. Sport or military watches can be excused but large dress watches does seem wayyyy over the top. Where's the challenge of building exquisite wristwatches in a more confined space?

The Piaget Emperador Coussin Perpetual Calender is an brilliant piece when I first laid my eyes on it on MTF's post. But I found out it came in 46.5mm, I was disappointed.

some more pictures of big watch, small wrist...for good or bad...

This message has been edited by mkt33 on 2009-01-27 13:40:27