The 253 is a beautiful looking watch. Might be a tad hard to find at an AD, I think it was a limited edition in 2006. But yeah, I have a 6.5 wrist also and it felt a tad large at first. I also got some comments from some folks that it was a huge watch, but I just loved the way it looked on my wrist. Wears really comfortably. Ended up giving it to my father, who has even smaller wrists and he loves it too.