WAH1210.BA0859
My wife owns one of these, but hers has the diamond hour markers. That wouldn't bother me, but for the sake of argument let's assume it would be better to go without. Every time I have to change the date on this for her it always strikes me as a lovely looking watch, but it's very small at 32mm. This version (WAH1210) is actually 37mm, which is bigger than my resin Formula 1 and around the same size as some of my 1990s TAG Heuers, but I think it needs to be bigger to determine that it is in fact a man's watch, cos guys are sensitive about stuff like that! They do make a much larger chronograph version, but I really don't like it all that much, I want this, exactly as it is, but 41mm please.
WBK1314.FC8261
This one may be a surprise, but I'm not set on it having to be purple (although why not if you can carry it off?). The reason this one gets the nod is mainly because of the textured dial; why haven't we seen this in the men's range? In black or blue this would look great, all they need to do is straighten up that date window and make it 39-41mm.
WAY1355.BH0716
And now my wife has seen this, she wants one... at least she has the choice!
WBG1313.FT6117
This is one from the recent Bicester Village stock list which I showed to my wife; she didn't like it much (probably because it doesn't have any diamonds on it) and said it looks more like a man's watch. I have to say I agree. I think I did try this on and it was almost wearable, but it's still a bit small. Scaled up from 36mm to 40mm+ this would look absolutely fantastic.
WAY1390.BH0716
Finally... it's another ceramic Aquaracer. I did toy with the idea of including the Alter Ego, but I don't think that would fly in 2020 and it's a very old model now. Besides, the Alter Ego was quite a feminine watch, although a Calibre 11 forum member claims to have a 'man-sized' prototype case in his possession (pics please James!).
Back in February I came across a diamond bezel version of this Aquaracer at the Bicester Village store. I couldn't actually get it over my hand to try it on (which is another issue when it comes to possibly wearing smaller watches with deployments), but it looked stunning with a polished bezel base and full ceramic bracelet. Personally I'd be quite happy to go for an upsized version of that, but for the sake of conservatism, let's go with the ceramic bezel in lieu of the sparkles.
Again this one is only 35mm, but at 41mm it would make a perfect pair with the gold bezel version and offer something a little less flamboyant. They could even go for a full ceramic bezel... which rather begs the question why haven't we had a full black ceramic men's Aquaracer yet?
Well, I hope you enjoyed my suggestions, if you have any of your own you could always leave me a comment. My wife suggested we should look at men's watches that she'd like to see in women's sizes, so that may be a post for the future!
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