BEST fit – Wrist Measuring Guide

Once you have chosen your watch, it’s of THE utmost importance that the bracelet fits! Our wrist measuring guide will make sure your Oakleigh sourced watch fits you straight out of the box. Comfort, style, and safety should be your key priorities.

Scan your eyes down the page for our expert advice on how to measure your wrist, all designed to help your watch withstand the test of time.

The easiest way to measure your wrist size is with a flexible measuring tape. If you don’t have access to a measuring tape, you can improvise with a narrow piece of paper or a piece of string and a standard ruler.

Ps. Most watch strap measurements are given in millimetres.

Wrist Measuring Guide – 4 Top Tips

1. Because your body retains water throughout the day, your wrist is going to be a little larger at the end of the day as opposed to the beginning.
2. Your wrist is also going to be slightly larger when your hand and palm are open as the wrist bone adjusts when you make this movement.
3. It will also be a little larger when you’re warm than it is when you’re cold
4. You will need to consider your preference when it comes to where you like to wear your watch on your wrist and measure that section accordingly. Also give a little thought to whether you like it to be snug or with a little movement.

Let’s get started …..

Wrist Measuring Guide Step one:

Measuring tape Method

With your palm open and the underside of your wrist facing up, take your tailor’s tape, place the end with the metal tip in the centre of your wrist, and pull the tape over your wrist till it fits the way you would want your watch to.

Line up the tip of the metal with the measurement that sits the closest to the tape. You may find it most comfortable to loop the tape, slide it over your wrist and then pull the tape down to the metal tip. Write this measurement down in millimetres.

Paper or String Method

If you do not have a measuring tape, improvise with a thin piece of paper or string. Wrap the paper or string around your wrist as above and mark with a pen or marker where the two pieces overlap. Then take your piece of paper or string and measure with a ruler.

Wrist Measuring Guide Step two:

Share with us your watch measurement in the notes box on the shopping cart form. We are more than happy to adjust Oakleigh preowned watches to fit your wrist.

Many watch bracelets seem to come from the factory with far too many links for a normal wrist – if your watch is preowned, it’s likely that when we bought it, the excess links that were removed initially will have become lost. Rather than adding to your cost by supplying extra links that you don’t need, we just make sure that all of our watches fit a normal to large size wrist – for instance a sports Rolex will fit a wrist of around 20cm or 8 inches.

Some of our watches will come with additional links which is great especially if you need the strap increased in size. However, if not, and your wrist is over 20cm, we can often supply additional links – these vary in cost depending on the brand and the material but a typical stainless steel link for a Rolex or Omega will be between £50 and £75.

If you are purchasing a preowned watch from us on a leather or Nato strap, for the best fit, you should add an extra 2-2.5 centimetres to your wrist measurement.

If you are interested in an Oakleigh preowned watch on a leather or Nato strap, while we can’t adjust the strap to fit, you can email your wrist measurement and the watch you are interested in to us via our Contact Us enquires box and we can certainly double check the size.