I'm like you. But I've tried that watch a couple of times and found it eminently wearable (though I haven't ended up springing for one). It's so short lug to lug with such flat shape at the lugs that it covers less wrist than most 44s would. And it's quite light in titanium.
Sadly, the Defy Extreme is a different story--it's officially only 1mm bigger but it felt a LOT bigger. That one is just too big for this 16cm wrist.