Checking the Sizing on a Clear Watch

Your friend is wearing her new, clear watch and feeling pretty good. You know how much she likes it, but you can’t help but notice that it does not really fit her very well. Her wrist is turning red, and the skin around the watch looks a little pinched. There are small areas of skin that looks like it has been pushed up by the band. In other words, the watch band is just too small. So, what do you do? Do you tell your friend that this is not the watch for her or do you let her go, feeling confident that she will come to this conclusion on her own, eventually?

Think about it. This is the same friend who insisted on wearing that pair of shorts that cut into the flesh on her side, creating a wicked muffin top that oddly enough went all the way around. It was not attractive and what’s more, it could not have been at all comfortable either. She wears the jeans she cannot sit down in and you doubt that she is breathing more than the medical minimum in that green dress she wears for every special occasion. She is a bright and well adjusted woman, so maybe it is time to actually be a friend and tell her that you need to talk to her about some important things and then start with the watch. She doesn’t need to get rid of it; she just needs a bigger one.

The pretty, clear band is fashion forward, to be sure, but like anything else that is see through or sheer, it shows everything that is under it. You wouldn’t wear a see through blouse if you were less than svelte and you wouldn’t wear a sheer piece of lingerie if you were worried about cellulite. The watch you are wearing can be just as problematic, especially if the band is both clear and ill fitting. The more that you like your new watch, the more people are going to see it and the more people that are going to see that it does not fit correctly. If you don’t want them to focus in on what is wrong, make sure that you are aiming for a better fit.

When you buy a watch, you should try it on. You try on shoes. You try on jeans and bathing suits and just about everything else that you are going to spend money on, so why wouldn’t you try on the watch that you are going to be wearing? Consider that a watch with a clear watch band will highlight any mistakes you make in sizing, so do yourself a favor and try them on.