A watch is one of the few gifts that still gets kept for thirty years, which is exactly why people get nervous buying one.
Four things decide whether it goes well.
Lead time is the one people get wrong
Watches that are built to order take time to build. Ours take two to four weeks, and that is production, not shipping.
Count backwards from the date, add a week of slack, and order then. If the wedding is in three weeks, write to us before you order rather than after, and we will tell you honestly whether it can be done. A gift that arrives four days late is worse than a different gift that arrives on time.
Wrist size, which nobody asks about
The most common reason a gift watch gets returned is that it is the wrong size for the wrist, and there is a way around asking directly.
Look at a photo of them wearing any watch. If the case sits comfortably between the wrist bones with a little room on either side, a similar diameter will work. If you can get the number, wrap a strip of paper around their wrist while they are asleep, or borrow a watch they already own and measure the strap.
The measurement that matters more than diameter is lug-to-lug, the distance from one strap attachment to the other. It decides whether the watch overhangs a narrow wrist. Send us a wrist measurement and we will tell you which of our models fits. The method is on the Size and fit page.
Engraving
A date, a name, or a line in Syriac on the caseback turns a good gift into one that is impossible to replace. Ask us before you order: write with the model and what you would like engraved, and we will tell you what is possible and whether it changes the delivery date.
What if it is wrong anyway
You have 14 days from delivery to send it back for a full refund including shipping. Tell the recipient that. It removes the one worry that stops people accepting an expensive gift gracefully.
Why an Aramaic dial, for this occasion specifically
At a Suryoyo wedding or a confirmation, the gifts that get remembered are the ones that say something about where the family comes from. Gold does that. A watch with Syriac numerals on the dial does it in a way the person wears to work on Monday.
That is the whole reason this watch exists. The rest of the story is here.
