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  1. Jun 2, 2015, 09:35 AM #1
    Der Amf
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    How thick is too thick for you?

    I was thinking happy thoughts about the dimensions of the watch on my wrist. 40mm diameter, 10mm thick feels like a good substantial wodge of auto to me. It has a built up bezel and curved sapphire crystal - between them the equivalent of the nice domed acrylic crystals of yore - and a display back.



    Then I looked up the thickness of the Seiko Cocktail Time: 13mm - and can't help but wonder where that extra 30% comes from (or why the watch buying public is unfussed by this trend)


    Here are the thicknesses of three dressy Christopher Ward watches:

    10.5mm - C65 Trident Classic (15ATM, SW200)
    12.5mm - C9 Big Day Date (2836)
    14.5mm - C9 (in house move with 5 Day PR)

    Which suggests it's movements/complications, not WR, that accounts for the extra millimetres.
    Last edited by Der Amf; Jun 2, 2015 at 10:06 AM.
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