The smaller Cocktail Time
By Kenji Watanabe, Osaka ยท
If I am honest, this is the size of Cocktail Time I would choose for myself: 33.8 mm, blue sunburst dial, leather strap. I do not think the word ladies on the box should stop anyone with a slimmer wrist from trying it.
4R35 automatic, 41 hours, date, 11.7 mm thick, Hardlex, 50 m, 16 mm lugs. 395 to 450 dollars. The dial does all the work, and in the warm light of a restaurant it glows like the drink it was named after.
Two complaints. The 16 mm strap options are thinner on the ground, and the date window cuts into a small dial more than it would on the 40.5 mm version. Otherwise a lovely first mechanical watch.