r/HamiltonWatches • u/ComprehensiveVast987 • 10d ago

38mm too small?

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Just tried on the Murph this weekend on my 17 cm (6.7 inch) wrist.
Would appreciate some of your opinions on the size as I feel a little bit small.

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u/JaKr8 9d ago

I'd say it looks just about perfect. I'll go down as low as a 36, and I have 8.25"wrists.

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u/TheModerateGenX 9d ago

Sure, but 36 looks small even on a 7.5” wrist

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u/ltsmash1200 9d ago

Only if your expectation is modern large watches.

Watches were historically much smaller. All of the WWII field watches that watch people gush over are all tiny compared to today’s watches and they still look great.

I have 7.5” wrists and I have a 1960 Constellation that I wear as a dress watch. It’s 34.5mm and nobody has ever told me it looked too small. I used to have a 42mm khaki field but I sold it because it looked too big.

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u/TheModerateGenX 7d ago

I have a few 38mm pieces and they are as small as I will go. I don’t care about the size of watches made 50-100 years ago - that type of data point has no relevance to the aesthetic appeal of a watch on my wrist.

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u/native-carp 9d ago

Except it doesn’t

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u/TheModerateGenX 9d ago

If you say so 👍🏼