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Maybe it's only me, but I'm tired of big watches. I recently got a Jawbone UP and it replaced my wrist watch. The only downside is that the UP doesn't have a clock on it. I don't like having a lot of things on my wrist and I don't like having anything on the arm that I use my mouse with.

What I want is the smallest possible watch out there, and so far I really haven't found anything.

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Traditionally, female watches are small, and male ones are larger. I don't see this changing any time soon.

Try a Nike Fuelband however, it's very thin. It's not always on, but it sure is fancy when you click the button in public.

Smartwatches are somehow male?

As a matter of fashion, male watches tend to be larger than female ones. As a matter of practicality, current smartwatches are all large. So yes, yes they are.

OP may be referring to the trend toward larger watches for men. I blame Panerai.

This might be a good occasion to shake that trend. Smartwatches are not only targetted to the traditional watch buying people, but also to those who don't wear one today and are uncomfortable strapping a giant device to their wrist.

Yes, but that doesn't matter at this time. We are pretty much getting what we expected out of a first gen smartwatch.

What you are asking for is premature optimization.

I'm more commenting on how watches have remained the same size for a long time. I'm not even talking about smart watches. I want something that tells me the time that is one step above the lower limit on possible watch sizes. It doesn't have to be an analog or digital display, it doesn't even have to have hands! Just a series of LEDs would be fine.

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