What watch size for my wrist? The video guide

Chapters

1. 0:0042 mm: huge or perfect?
2. 0:17Measuring your wrist
3. 0:36The diameter
4. 0:56The lugs, the real judge
5. 1:23The thickness
6. 1:47The strap
7. 2:01Buying online

Transcript

Forty-two millimetres. On a wrist, that's huge… or perfect. It all depends on a number almost nobody measures: the size of your wrist. Take a tailor's tape measure, or a simple strip of paper. Wrap it just above the wrist bone, where you wear your watch, without pulling tight: one finger should slip underneath. Measure in the evening: by the end of the day, your wrist swells by a few millimetres. The diameter is measured from one edge of the case to the other, crown excluded. But some brands include it: up to three millimetres of difference on the product page. In our range, most women's watches measure thirty-three to thirty-nine millimetres; men's watches, forty to forty-five. And yet, the real judge isn't the diameter. It's the lugs. Seen from above, look at the flat part of your wrist: the lugs must never stick out. At the same diameter, two watches can differ by four to five millimetres from lug to lug. And a square watch looks bigger than a round one with the same number. The second forgotten number: thickness. Under ten millimetres, it slides under a shirt cuff. Over twelve, it catches. A slim quartz gets down to about six millimetres; an automatic with a date often goes over ten. Two millimetres of thickness change the look more than two millimetres of diameter. The strap is about half the diameter: a forty-millimetre case, a twenty-millimetre strap. Well adjusted, it doesn't spin round or mark your skin: one finger of room, no more. Online, compare with a watch you already wear: its diameter, its thickness, its lugs. And if the size isn't right for you, you have fourteen days to send it back to us. Discover a whole selection of watches, from twenty-eight to forty-six millimetres, at Montres Outlet.