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Originally Posted by ts3
I don't like the late 14790 variants with short hour markers which make the watch smaller than it is. I'd definitely go for an earlier model with long hour markers if 14790 or any small RO.
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FWIW, I have the same preference for the "long index" 14790 MK1 or MK2 dial over the MK3. But it's not primarily about the short markers making the watch look smaller.
For me the 2000s era jumbo 15202ST 0944 dial variant and the MK3 14790 dial variant aesthetics are completely changed by the larger tapisserie squares and the arabic numeral 5 second labels along the outer edge. To me there's something that feels like it was supposed to be a "high tech 21st century refresh" by departing more substantially from the 70s classic aesthetic... but now post 2012 (with the 1240 15202) they went back closer to the 70s look, making the mid-2000s aesthetic llook somehow more dated than older watches.