In my quest for smaller watches...

[Larry]

I'm seriously thinking of selling the Muhle and replacing it with this Stowa. I know, 40mm to 37mm is not a huge difference, but on my very small wrist, small just looks better. I've had the white version of the Partitio before, and it fit me very well. Any opinions?

[watchdaddy1]

My


I don't believe you'll see the difference in a couple 3 mm. Both are fine pieces, I could go either way w/ these 2.
On 1 hand I like the hands on the Stowa more but the Muhle's dial IMO is better looking & love the 3,6,12 & stick indices better. So what I'm saying is, damn ! What am I saying!!.

Don't listen to me......

[Henry Krinkle]

I think you'll see a big difference. I can certainly notice the difference between my 37mm watches and my 40mms.

[Larry]

The bonus here is the Stowa can be had in manual wind. I prefer manual wind. Henry I agree. We have the same size wrists and 40mm seems large after wearing the 38mm Guinand.

[Henry Krinkle]

And the Partitio is such a great looking watch too, no offence to Muhle.

[CFR]

Between the Muhle and the Stowa, I would go with the later; I prefer the hands, the numerals, the cleaner (no date ) dial and the hand wind movement. However, I usually find that watches with dark/black dials, sometimes tend to look a bit smaller on the wrist, than their counterparts with silver/white dials, so... I don't really know what to say.

[crownpuller]

... the Partitio is such a great looking watch too...

... I prefer the hands, the numerals, the cleaner (no date ) dial and the hand wind movement.

^^^ What they said. I much prefer the Partitio, too.

I find myself heading in the same direction size wise, albeit a gradual transition - Not so long ago I wouldn't have entertained anything less than 40mm; then I bought the Smiths @ 39mm and have hardly taken it off in nearly 6 months. The next step will be the MKII Hawkinge @37.8mm which should be arriving in a few weeks; we'll see how that fares against the Smiths

[Raza]

3mm is almost 10 percent! Of course you'll notice the difference. People quibble over one millimeter, three is a world apart in watches.

The Muhle is much better looking, in my eyes.

[Raza]

I think you'll see a big difference. I can certainly notice the difference between my 37mm watches and my 40mms.

There's a big difference between my 41mm Black Bay and my 42mm Speedmaster, that's for sure. If anything, the Black Bay wears larger, but that's neither here nor there.

[skywatch]

They are both really good looking watches from two really good companies. I often wear 36-38mm watches (which feel just right on my wrist) and often even 40mm look a bit large to me. I understand your interest.