Watches that could sink a U-Boat

I saw this absurdly large "U-Boat" watch in Harvey Nichols recently. I could hardly have missed it, it was about a 8cm in diameter. Clearly if anyone actually wore one of these on a U-Boat the sound of the mechanism would have given them away and we would never have seen them again.

Once an exclusive luxury brand phenomenon, the trend for massive macho metal watches has inevitably gone mass now. I saw a butch watch the size of a small car for under 200 quid in a jewellers the other day.

Whilst new to me, the U-Boat design appears to have been influenced by Bell & Ross and the IWC Big Pilot don't you think?

Now, whilst part of me scoffs at the stupidity of these enormous timepieces, another part of me yearns for a stupidly massive military-influenced watch -- to build up the muscles on my left arm perhaps?

Rather than an IWC I think it would have to be the sadly-still-rather-pricey-actually ceramic Panerai Radiomir Black Seal with its classic styling and huge 45mm diameter face.