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7:12! He has a imported, renamed Glashütte Spezimatic from GDR.
46mm that’s huge!
Some YouTube watch reviewers say the fashion for dinner plate sized watches comes via Sylvester Stallone in some key movies. I have no idea if this was the tipping point towards hugeness. But given this a site dedicated to vintage, it's fair to say that people like Hemingway, Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart wore tiny watches (34 to 36 mm) by today's standards.
Some YouTube watch reviewers say the fashion for dinner plate sized watches comes via Sylvester Stallone in some key movies. I have no idea if this was the tipping point towards hugeness. But given this a site dedicated to vintage, it's fair to say that people like Hemingway, Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart wore tiny watches (34 to 36 mm) by today's standards.
Depended certainly on the job. Here’s a pic of an original sized golden age Laco B-Type pilot watch replica, diameter 55mm....
https://www.laco.de/en/watches/pilot-watch-original/pilot-watch-replica-1
Maybe you should have considered a way less busy model like a Baumuster-A instead then.
https://www.laco.de/en/watches/pilo...t-watch-saarbruecken-erbstueck-45mm-automatic
Available from Steinhart cheapos up to IWC.
Those Panerai you mentioned to have been „introduced“ by Mrs. Stallone have been produced since late 1930s by the way.
The rest is just fashion, like pilot leather jackets, Bomber jackets, engineer boots...
My smallest watch is about 40mm and does also wear quite comfortable for me, will post a pic occasionally.