Big Wrist, Big Watch: A Guide to Stylish and Affordable Timepieces for Large Wrists

Take that dinner plate sized Invicta off your wrist.
Here are some great watches for big wrists
just like mine. Of course without a big price tag to match,
like this Seiko Arnie. Now if it’s big enough for Arnold Schwarzenegger,
it’s big enough for you.
These models are a re release of the iconic watch
he wore in the movies like predator and Commando.
The digital display on top along with a traditional analog dial below.
It also has this really cool shroud around the case
that helps protect the bezel.
Although this is a large watch
at almost 48 mil millimeters in diameter on paper,
the Seiko tuna can style cases that this uses
are surprisingly accommodating
for even wrists that are not quite as beefy
thanks to their relatively condensed lug to lugs.
Another watch that combines the analog and digital,
the Citizen Promaster Aqua Land.
This is the first ever watch that combined a digital display
along with a depth gauge,
which you can see is the part that extends past the case at 9:00
to track your current depth on a dive.
With different alarms you could set when you reach a certain depth
or been diving a certain amount of time.
Now of course this isn’t something that’s very necessary
or even practical for most of us,
especially us desk divers in our day to day,
but all in all,
still a very robust Holtz Classic Dive watch with a unique twist
and with A 44 millimeter diameter and a lug to lug of just about 48.
I really love this fully loomed dial variant
which along with the loomed hour markers enhances at.
This thing glows like a torch.
Also has the black PVD case that kind of mutes it a little bit.
I think this is just the perfect blend
with the right amount of tactical cool.
Kind of hate that word, but whatever.
While still being just a great,
subtle and cool
everyday watch that you can beat up and not have to think twice about.
Actually one of the watches I’ve owned for a while,
I wish my six and a half inch wrist could accommodate it a bit better.
That’s this Bulova Lunar Pilot.
An awesome chronograph with a rich history in space exploration.
I really love the dial layout on this thing
and the subtle details like the flat Chrono pushers
the after the tachymeter sitting underneath the crystal
as opposed to on top of the case,
which is more typical in racing style chronographs.
And really just a great looking watch overall.
And in its 45 millimeter variant
can easily work well on larger wrists
or for those who prefer a lot of presence
and bulk of the watch on your wrist.
But. But for those of you like me who have a more modestly sized wrist,
there’s also a newer 43 millimeter option.
Am I the only one who would love to see this in 40. Next,
you’ll find many fleiger
or pilot style watches tend to be designed a bit larger,
since they were originally made for a pilot
to easily be able to read the time on them at a quick glance,
even while operating an aircraft.
Of course, on the high end,
IWC is the top gun when it comes to the genre,
but a bit more attainable.
Even. Oris has quite a few awesome options,
like some of their big Crown Pro pilots that come in
45 millimeters in diameter.
Just great looking watches
that are relatively simple in their design and execution,
which makes them not only extremely legible,
have a lot of wrist presence,
but just great everyday watches overall.
As far as dive watches,
these yellow’s hammerhead is just an absolute beefcake
at 44 millimeters in diameter.
Thick, chunky,
robust tool watches.
Kind of modern takes on the vintage dive watches from the 70s.
And many of these hammerheads actually come out of the factory
with an impressive water resistance rating.
Completely overbuilt. None of us are ever gonna push it to this limit.
1,000 meters. No,
it’s not the fact that we’re gonna be pushing these watches
to that level of water resistance,
but it’s the idea that a watch is built so tough,
so durable, meant to withstand such extreme conditions, that,
of course, it’s gonna be able to hold up to,
you know,
the water that we would put it through in our day to Day lives!
I also love that many of them have very cool
and unique dial and case variant
like this one. That’s case in Damascus Titanium,
which is made of a combination of two different titanium alloys
and heated up to a whopping 400 degrees Celsius
to give it this unique colored pattern.
And they even have some in limited edition meteorite dial variants
as well. I really wish they made this watch in a smaller version
because it’s just such a sick looking take on the traditional
cushion key style divers from the 70s.
But these 44 millimeter divers on my wrist
would look like a kid that’s wearing their dad’s shoes.
There are also a ton of great
larger G shock options that some might call oversized,
but I think
it’s one of the watches
that almost look like they belong in a slightly larger size.
And therefore I think even the larger G shocks are usually wearable,
even on average to smaller wrist.
But regardless,
I think there’s so many of them that it deserves its own video,
so stay tuned for that. Thanks for watching!