What's next for Col Angus...tutu shopping?

[FuzzyB]

Well, then if, hypothetically, your friend had a similar wrist size (<7"), I would tell him that this should fit him perfectly, and he has nothing to fear but fear itself. Or something like that.

And maybe a little bit of ribbing now and then from forum friends whenever he wears such a dainty little watch.

I can think of no reason why they would go out of their way to label that watch a ladies' watch. Marketing people often do more harm than good.

In the William Gibson article posted this week, he mentions that the contemporary standard for a man's watch is 36 mm. Just last week, Rolex introduced a 39 mm version of their most basic watch, the Oyster Perpetual. Before that, the largest size it came in was 36 mm. I'm guessing they sold a large number of those to men and women. Marketing folks need to get over the need to genderize everything. (As the father of a young daughter, I will refrain from sharing how angering it can be to try to find toys that do not have a gender bias.)

[Martin]

I agree with all above. This is not a ladies watch. If it weren't for the date window, I would be very tempted myself

This is what I regard as a ladies watch:



(disclaimer: I don't think this is the sort of watch women are limited to. I love seeing for example a sub on a female wrist!)

[Col Angus]

I have a confession to make...I don't have a friend. I mean I do have friends, but it was me, and that was the watch I almost pulled the trigger on.

Seriously though, It's kind of funny how I really had to justify wanting to buy the watch at first. The size is in my sweet spot, it had a nice look to it, but right there on the front cover of the owner's manual MASTER COMPRESSOR LADY!

I really can't imagine who got paid for this type of marketing job. I don't think they're making this watch any more and think it may have been a bigger seller if they had called it something different; maybe a midsize, MC 37, whatever.

In the end, I walked away because we were to far apart in what they wanted, and what I was willing to pay. If truthful, I may have been less willing to budge on my end because it was marketed as a lady's watch.


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[OhDark30]

Somehow Mistress Compressor summons up a whole other mental image

[mlcor]

I have a confession to make...I don't have a friend. I mean I do have friends, but it was me, and that was the watch I almost pulled the trigger on.

The size is in my sweet spot, it had a nice look to it, but right there on the front cover of the owner's manual MASTER COMPRESSOR LADY!

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This would be a serious problem if you were planning to wear the manual strapped to your wrist instead of the watch... But, I suppose you would have other potentially serious problems as well if you were going to do that.

[mlcor]

P.S. I scooped up this Maurice Lacroix a while back; it was advertised as a women's watch, erroneously--the ML website listed it as a men's. It's 37mm.

[shameless]

i do not understand the problem -this is my birthyear watch Bulova Director from 47'

[Col Angus]

P.S. I scooped up this Maurice Lacroix a while back; it was advertised as a women's watch, erroneously--the ML website listed it as a men's. It's 37mm.

That would be a very masculine looking women's watch!


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[Hayseed Brown]

Zenith marketing does the same thing.

The Ladies' Star Moonphase, in a 37mm tv screen case.



Looks good to me...

[dbakiva]

OK, I have this friend, right? And he saw this watch he liked. I, err I mean HE thought its proportions were much better done than the men's model, where the men's is a bit grotesque, this one seems more subdued yet still out of the ordinary.

^^^^this.

If that's a "feminine" watch, then I'm the Pope. If the size is at least 37mm without the crowns, it's definitely suitable unless you have gorilla wrists...

I checked with my friend and he says its 37mm.


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You kiddin'? I'd wrestle my wife to the ground to wear that watch.