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Old 14 April 2021, 02:24 AM   #31
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I vote air king :)
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Old 14 April 2021, 02:25 AM   #32
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It looks great. IMO, they could have kept the 39 in production as well. I imagine they are very different watches when on the wrist.
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Old 14 April 2021, 02:26 AM   #33
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36mm for those with small wrists is my only thoughts. 39mm for me all day.


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I also like the text layout better on the 39mm.
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Old 14 April 2021, 02:27 AM   #34
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36 is for a ladies wrist gents...


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Old 14 April 2021, 02:27 AM   #35
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Only experience I have with 36mm watches is my wife's datejust and it's just too small for my wrist. I prefer the Explorer in the previous 39mm and am really glad I have one in my collection.
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Old 14 April 2021, 02:30 AM   #36
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The 36mm looks like a toy.
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:00 AM   #37
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36 is for a ladies wrist gents...
Oh I didn't know Rolex sold all 36mm Explorers made from 1953 to 2010 to ladies.

Also the DD36s, also the DJ36s, also the OP 36s.
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:06 AM   #38
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That photo shows how the 39 just seems so much better and suited for purpose.
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:07 AM   #39
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I think they brought the classic design into the modern era brilliantly. To each his own tho.


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Old 14 April 2021, 03:09 AM   #40
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Oh I didn't know Rolex sold all 36mm Explorers made from 1953 to 2010 to ladies.
36mm Explorer from 1959 to 2010. But 36mm in 1959 is HUGE watch and it was made to be big watch for Explorers. Now, you want 36mm as sports watch which is smaller for even dress watches? Hardly makes sense. Great if you think there is no change in watch sizes from 1959 to 2021.
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:12 AM   #41
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I like both, but if given the choice would go with the 39mm because i don't like how cluttered the top half of the dial is on the 36.
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:15 AM   #42
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Crazy what 3mm can do..
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:16 AM   #43
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:26 AM   #44
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I prefer the 124270 36mm, but before that I prefer the 114270 36mm.
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Old 14 April 2021, 03:44 AM   #45
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I’m used to wearing dive watches, 40-42mm, so the 39mm feels great to me. I’ve tried on DJ36s a few times in ADs and they always feel too small for my liking.

IMO both the 36mm and 39mm have their merits and i think it’s a shame both aren’t on offer.


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Old 14 April 2021, 03:51 AM   #46
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It looks so small but awesome at same time. Really cool for Rolex to release the 36. Really wish they didn’t do the Gray market any favors with the 39mm (which I own) but that shouldn’t take away from the 2021 release.
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Old 14 April 2021, 04:18 AM   #47
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I am not a fan of the Explorer nameplate upstairs. Happy for people that wanted the fit of a 36mm. Sad to see the 39mm range gone (for now).
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Old 14 April 2021, 04:20 AM   #48
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Now, you want 36mm as sports watch which is smaller for even dress watches? Hardly makes sense.
Who's says so? It looked awesome back then and it still is.
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Old 14 April 2021, 04:50 AM   #49
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I own 35mm vintage watches, mostly on leather strap, but the Exp on the pic above is way too small IMHO.
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Old 14 April 2021, 04:50 AM   #50
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If I were building the perfect Explorer it would be somewhere around 37.5-38mm. Given the choices available, neither are perfect. However for me the 39 is much closer to perfect than the 36. One of the things I love the most about my 39 is the matte dial, which is now sadly taken off of the table with the new 36.
Good analysis. I have a 39 but put my name in to add the 36. But I like vintage Explorers so I’m ok with the 36 size as well.
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Old 14 April 2021, 04:52 AM   #51
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Who's says so? It looked awesome back then and it still is.
Great vintage ad. I recall seeing that many years ago in National Geographic magazine and I’ve been smitten ever sense. The Explorer to me is the quintessential low key Rolex tool/sports watch.
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Old 14 April 2021, 04:53 AM   #52
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It’s just what your eye gets used too seeing.
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Old 14 April 2021, 05:04 AM   #53
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I’m curious about something. Why did they have to sandwich three lines of text in the upper half. There’s almost no spacing between the lines.
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Old 14 April 2021, 05:57 AM   #54
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Had the 39 but let it go, the size never felt right. Best get my name down, this could be the one watch collection (to go with the others ones 😉)
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Old 14 April 2021, 06:01 AM   #55
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New 36mm all day long, looks perfect proportions
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Old 14 April 2021, 06:11 AM   #56
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That photo shows how the 39 just seems so much better and suited for purpose.
Just curious -- suited for what purpose?
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Old 14 April 2021, 06:12 AM   #57
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I prefer the 39mm.
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Old 14 April 2021, 06:31 AM   #58
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His & hers, great pair.

Same thoughts. 39 was perfect proportionally.
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Old 14 April 2021, 06:49 AM   #59
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Same thoughts. 39 was perfect proportionally.
The dial is too large on the 39mm. The proportions are much better on the 36mm.
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Old 14 April 2021, 06:51 AM   #60
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Proportionally I prefer the 36mm.

Not so easy to tell from pics but on the wrist, The downward curve of the lugs on the 39mm presents as the squared off lugs of the maxi case.
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