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21 June 2021, 11:44 AM | #31 |
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39 for sure
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21 June 2021, 12:21 PM | #32 |
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The 36mm is a waste on anyones wrist.
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21 June 2021, 12:23 PM | #33 |
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21 June 2021, 12:33 PM | #34 |
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Easy - 39. If under 7 inch wrist, you can take 36.
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21 June 2021, 12:59 PM | #35 |
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21 June 2021, 04:32 PM | #36 |
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It’s funny how some talk about a 39mm watch like it’s a dinner plate or a 55mm invitica watch. I personally have a 7.25 inch wrist and I would say 39mm would be the absolute smallest watch I would wear. That might change when I get older. I daily a sub 41 or a BLRO. I wear my Daytona for my dress watch and I feel it wears small if I’m honest. I wore a SkyD blue daily for 3 months and loved it. Still in rotation by the way.
My point is I couldn’t see myself happy with a 36mm watch if there was a 39 that fit better. Rolex makes different size watches for people with different size wrist or taste. Buy what you like. If you like the 36 get it. If the 39 get it. I’ll be honest 95 percent of the people won’t even know what’s on your wrist let alone a Rolex. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
21 June 2021, 06:32 PM | #37 |
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39mm is the best choice for men. Women can rock the 36mm much easier.
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21 June 2021, 07:27 PM | #38 |
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21 June 2021, 07:36 PM | #39 |
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39mm all the way
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21 June 2021, 07:43 PM | #40 |
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Get the 39. A classic size is pointless unless it fits you!
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21 June 2021, 09:02 PM | #41 |
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21 June 2021, 09:24 PM | #42 |
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I also have a 7.25" wrist. Either size would be fine.
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21 June 2021, 09:28 PM | #43 |
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39 for me, although I have a 6.5 '' wrist. It is very substantial on the wrist, but I honestly cannot see it being oversized. I have a 36 mm op for dressier occasions so I prefer this sportier watch to be a bit larger.
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21 June 2021, 11:25 PM | #44 |
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6.75" wrist - 39mm
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21 June 2021, 11:51 PM | #45 | |
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People post their Skydwellers on tiny wrists with the watch hanging on for dear life and everyine says it's just a distorted picture so it's fine...and my first thought is always the complete opposite. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk |
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22 June 2021, 12:17 AM | #46 | |
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But I agree. Sort of like how IWC’s classic pilot watches were steadily growing until the current Mk XVII and Spitfire downsized slightly. That said, the SkyD’s functions necessitate a larger case to house its complex movement. So it’s not inflated, the way I feel the Exp 39, Exp II 42 and DJ 41 are. |
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22 June 2021, 01:42 AM | #47 | |
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It's like you wouldn't want a long technical ice axe but you would want a long alpine axe. Function determines form, and since Rolex go in for this whole charade of marketing their watches in terms of function, you can see why they've made this dramatic return to the 36mm field function form (if you will). Quite what they were thinking with the TT version is another matter! |
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22 June 2021, 01:51 AM | #48 |
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To me, it looks like the 36 fits your wrist fine. People make way too big of a deal about dial sizes.
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22 June 2021, 01:51 AM | #49 | |
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7.5 - 39mm
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22 June 2021, 01:52 AM | #50 |
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i dont have a huge wrist. 7. but for me personally 39 would be the smallest i would wear.
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22 June 2021, 02:26 AM | #51 |
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22 June 2021, 02:36 AM | #52 |
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39 would looks better on 7.25” wrist.
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I'm just saying for me (and only me), I never knew it as a 36mm arctic cave exploring tool watch...I am just taking the 39mm at face value. I find the proportions of many watches to be awkward but just not the 39mm Explorer. I don't see it as ghastly but I am fine with others who do. I think the ceramic Daytona design is an abomination but all that means is I won't buy one. I am not going to go on a quest to changes the minds of the masses. I don't care what story Rolex wants to spin around the Explorer...I simply don't want a smaller watch. I don't require my watches to be historically correct. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk |
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I’ve owned the 36mm and much prefer the 39mm on my wrist now and I dislike big watches.
I’ve often read that the proportions are incorrect on the 39mm. Too much open space blah blah. I liked the 36mm but found the 36mm a bit small and proportions a bit off, too cramped. Maybe the “classic” and original but that means zero to me for this watch. I like the size and looks better on the 39mm. Quote:
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19 March 2023, 09:40 AM | #57 |
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So here I am…. Almost a year later, my birthday around the corner and my wife saying “are you going to make up your mind already and choose?” And here I am still wavering…. But now with, vintage 36mm, new 36mm or the 39mm mk2? I honestly secretly think that the research and obsession is part of the fun but don’t tell anyone I said that out loud :).
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19 March 2023, 09:50 AM | #59 |
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From your wrist size and what size you normally wear, I think you would be happiest with a 39mm.
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19 March 2023, 09:51 AM | #60 |
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Absolutely 39mm!
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