More in the subject... from an article on Panerai
To wear a big watch, though, certain logistical hurdles have to be cleared. Sometimes it’s hard to get your shirt cuff over the watch. An obvious issue to the shirt wearers, but really I assume that if you are into this kind of thing, one would hardly cover it, indeed Ralph Lauren agrees. At a recent fashion show in Milan, Lauren wore his Panerai over the sleeve of a leather jacket.
"It wasn’t ridiculous," Lauren said.
But the idea of a watch so big that it has to be strapped over clothing sends some traditionalists into fits.
From another article about watches:
This seems to be part of the larger discussion about oversized watches vs. the more traditional sub-40mm mens watch size. Perhaps in 15 years people will be arguing about those new gawd-awful 38mm watches that are so out of proportion with the standard 46 mm JLC Extreme World Chonograph. What about strapping those big honkin’ chronos on the “outside” of one’s shirt sleeve? In a couple of decades this could be traditional. Be the change.