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Dec 7, 2017
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There was some discussion here about whether this watch was a ladies watch or a unisex watch. Looking at it in the flesh, it's definitely a ladies watch. The strap tapers quickly to 14 mm. The watch case itself is quite small. Somehow 36 mm didn't sound that small, but it is. I have a 39-mm Seiko that I wear with no problem (20/18 mm strap), but the feel of this Oris is completely different. A 3-mm difference becomes more noticable as the watch's diameter decreases, area = pi-r-squared and all. Frankly, depending on the lady, this might be too small, and a smaller mens watch in the 39-to-42-mm range may be more appropriate, given recent fashion trends. There's a rotating bezel on it, but the impression is not at all that of a dive watch, and you have to take a second look to realize that it is a diver.
The strap is of the cut-to-fit buckle type (not a deployant). That had worried me, not wanting to go chopping up on an irreplaceable piece of a not-that-inexpensive watch. But in fact without any cutting you can adjust the circumference down very narrow by changing the connection point of the strap that goes through the buckle piece, and the extra length is "inside" the loop. You get a thick, double-layered strap, but it doesn't look bad. It also allows the woman to wear it a bit and decide how tight or how bangly she wants it before taking off any rubber, if in the end she wants to do that.