Finally scratched my watch itch this morning

Unfortunately there are only a few of his watches I like because most of them are so darned big. Who wears a 50mm watch?
Ben Ten does. 🤣

The traditional men's watch used to have a case diameter of 36mm. Watches did get increasingly bigger, especially tool watches that required high legibility with bigger dials or dive watches with large hands, large indices, large timing bezels, and with more durable cases. By the 1980s an average men's sports watch had a diameter of about 38mm. In the '90s the size increased to 42 to 44mm. Don't get me wrong there were watches of that size even decades earlier (Breitling Navitimer) but they served specific purposes. In the 2000s watch size increased to enormous proportions of up to 50mm and larger. Now there is a trend toward smaller watches and sub-40mm watch cases are becoming increasingly popular.

Case diameter is actually not the important metric when it comes to if a watch fits a certain wrist size comfortably. It is the lug-to-lug distance that determines how well a watch conform to a wrist. Long lugs, short lugs, straight lugs, lugs that curve downward? If a watch has integrated lugs the case can be rather large and still look alright. My dive watch has a vertical diameter of 48mm and a horizontal diameter, including the crown and crown guard, of 55mm. I have a 7-3/4" wrist and the watch does not look humongous. If it had 8mm lugs protruding it would be wearable only over a wet or dive suit.

What also matters are bracelet end links. Male end links will require a larger wrist than female end links. A NATO strap will let your wear a larger watch because the thin strap will come straight down from the spring bars without increasing the watch's vertical width.

You can blame the trend for large watches on Stallone with his propensity for Panerai in the '80s. and on Arnold for making the Seiko H558-5000 "Arnie" popular. He wore this watch in many of his '80s action flicks and Seiko still makes it today.. And then there are rappers. I should probably point the finger also at Invicta. Shudder.
 
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IIRC the NH35/36, the rotor is stamped SII which again IIRC stands for Seiko Instruments Inc. Some are branded TMI. Do they go to the Seiko's sub brands, Laurel, ALBA, ect. I have 9 running watches with either NH35/36 or 4R35/36 movements. All but one is running between +0 to +12 spd. It is about -4 spd. Some I have regulated for rate but not for beat error. The highest beat error I have on those is 1.3 That watch is nearly spot on the rate. Letting sleeping dogs lie.

Will soon have my first Miyota high beat in the Erebus Ascent that I ordered. Ordered the Adventurine Dial on a Jubilee. It joins my Omega Seamaster c.2007 non-coaxial as my only other high beat movement.
 
Having worked for a NASA subcontractor in the late 60's I've been attracted to the Speedmaster ever since. The latest iteration, with the 3861 movement is both COSC and METAS certified, mine gains about a second every 4-5 days, worn daily. I have a new White-Faced version on order. Absolutely my favorite watch.
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Unfortunately there are only a few of his watches I like because most of them are so darned big. Who wears a 50mm watch?
I'm right there with you. I will admit to buying one of his watches in that size, but it was a quartz watch on clearance and the price was just too good to pass on. If anything, it may come in handy for self-defense some day. :D
 
@vavavroom
IIRC the NH35/36, the rotor is stamped SII which again IIRC stands for Seiko Instruments Inc. Some are branded TMI. Do they go to the Seiko's sub brands,
TMI and SII are part of the Seiko Watch Group and are the calibers that are manufactured as aftermarket calibers for other watch manufacturers. The sub-brands include Grand Seiko, Credor, Alba, Astron, 5 Sports, King Seiko, the Diamond Collection, Lorus, Presage, and Prospex, and Wired. Seiko Watch Group is owned by Epson Corporation but run independently.

Under Seiko Epson Corporation fall sister brands Orient, Orient Star, Trume, and Smart Canvas. These brands are run by Epson Corp and not by Seiko. It's unclear to me how much Orient has a say in running Orient's business but Orient do design their own calibers. Orient has far better QC than Seiko (standard Seiko) without misaligned indices or bezels, and the hands hit the indices spot-on.

Laurel, ALBA, ect. I have 9 running watches with either NH35/36 or 4R35/36 movements. All but one is running between +0 to +12 spd. It is about -4 spd.
Piece of cake. By the way what amplitude do your NH35 movements have? I have two NH35 movements and they have a so-so amplitude of around 250. Generally speaking, without talking about a particular caliber, I would hope for something above 270.
Some I have regulated for rate but not for beat error.
Why stop there? It's not any more delicate an operation than adjusting the rate. Good eyesight and a light touch is all you need. And a controlled and super-clean and dust-free room, of course.
The highest beat error I have on those is 1.3 That watch is nearly spot on the rate. Letting sleeping dogs lie.
Beat error does not affect the rate unless grossly off. A beat error of 0 or 0.1 is usually achievable on pretty much any movement that is in good working order. The beat error should be adjusted to below 0.5. Keep in mind that the beat error can be positional so you may have to settle on an average in the most common position.
Will soon have my first Miyota high beat in the Erebus Ascent that I ordered. Ordered the Adventurine Dial on a Jubilee. It joins my Omega Seamaster c.2007 non-coaxial as my only other high beat movement.
I'm sure you'll like it. Don't forget to show us. I think they'll start sending out the Ascent in September.
 
SuperLuminova BGW9 (blue) and C3 (green) fully charged after entering a dark room can be seen below. Remains legible in the dark for >12 hours with liberal application. How bright and how long the lume glows depends on what kind it is and how many layers were applied. SuperLuminova (RC Tritec AG, Switzerland) and Lumi Brite (by Seiko) are the most notable lume brands. Unlike old radium and tritium luminescent paint, SuperLuminova does not turn yellow/brown over the years, withstands humidity, and maintains the ability to glow.

Tritium tubes (I think they are all made by MB-Microtech, Switzerland) glow without external excitement and after 12 years they still reach half of the original brightness. The tubes limit design options to the tubes lying flat or standing up, meaning they can look like lume plots or batons. If you don't want to stand out while hiding in a bush at night you must cover up your tritium-lumed watch because people and animals will notice it from tens of feet away.

SuperLuminova
What watches use the superluminova? That looks really nice!
 
What watches use the superluminova? That looks really nice!
Pretty much any watchmaker can use SuperLuminova as it is freely available. It's been made since the '90s in cooperation between Japanese Nemoto and Swiss RC-Tritec. Several watchmakers make their own luminescent paint, including Seiko (Lumi Brite) and Rolex (Chromalight). The differences are very minor. Some brands have more color options. How bright the lume is and how long it lasts is mostly a matter of how many layers of lume have been applied and which color has been used. Green lume is generally perceived as brighter than, for example, orange lume. A cheap watch may have two layers of lume on the hands and inices and an expensive one may have 15 layers. The lume may fade after 5 minutes on watch and remain strong after 10 hours on another. C3, which is yellowish in daylight and green in the dark, is the brightest lume SuperLuminova makes. The lume you see on my diver in the picture has C3 (green) on the hour hand and indices and BGW9 (blue) on the second and minute hand and on the timing bezel.

1 gram of SuperLuminova costs around $100. There are relume specialists that can custom-lume dials and hands. This may costs a few hundred dollars depending on how big a job it is.

Some watches have fully lumed dials. They are super-easy to read but unfortunately, everybody can see your watch from a quarter mile away in the dark unless you keep the watch under your cuff. I have a wrist dive compass with a fully lumed dial.
 
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I like fancy watches, but for me to seek them out every day to wear, it's better for me to have a technology watch. With a technology watch, I truly feel like I can't leave the house without it.

Current: Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic
 
I like fancy watches,
I neither like nor own a single fancy watch. Maybe my concept of "fancy" differs from yours.
but for me to seek them out every day to wear, it's better for me to have a technology watch.
disruptive device
With a technology watch, I truly feel like I can't leave the house without it.
I have worn a watch since I was 11 every day I can think.of. I usually wear a watch even while I sleep.
Current: Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic
You'd have to pay me to wear a wrist computer. Everyone likes something else and that's okay.
 
Yep...in addition - I am totally fine if my neurosurgeon takes their eyes off what they're doing, and breaks sterile field, to check their phone..

Totally fine...
Well, hopefully, your neurosurgeon isn't wearing their watch or wedding ring during surgery, neither of which are allowed, but that's why there are clocks on the wall. I scrub in for my OR cases, which is totally unnecessary and just for show since the very first thing I do is aerosolize about 5 billion bacteria, which then covers everything within 10 feet of the patient's mouth.
 
I have the exact opposite problem.
Wrists so small they make my GF's wrists look "meaty".
When she wants to get frisky, I sometimes joke that she's the one manhandling me.

....true story
Don't see any problem there.😁
 
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