First AP Royal Oak for small wrist, 34mm vs 37mm opinion?

[VogelPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Becweb

IMO any plain Royal Oak under the size of the 15202 (which is 39 mm) is female's watch by AP's standards, no matter what our wrist size is.

37mm RO will fit the OPs just perfect, irrespective of your oft-repeated assertion.

[Becweb]

Originally Posted by fullofboats

The OP's question was whether he should get a 34 or a 37mm RO. Your entitled opinion was irrelevant and nothing more than an insult to the OP, and others in this thread, who prefer smaller ROs.

Sometimes it's better to not share one's opinion when it serves no purpose other than antagonizing others. This is, for example, something that I am doing right now.

And i just mentioned my opinion of getting neither. An opinion was asked on a forum, get over it

[cascavel]

Get the 15450, a superb RO.

[tuan2195]

I'm on the waitlist for the 15450, but with the constant price increase I keep thinking maybe I should've opted for a 25860 instead.

Also I wonder if AP will come out with a new mid-sized model soon (15550?). At 38mm, it would be the perfect stop-gap between their 34mm (77350) and 41mm (15500) model. The 5800 movement in the 77350 is better than the aging 3120 in the 15450 too (sans power reserve), even though it's smaller.

[rolexboi95]

Which one did you go with? I’m in the same situation and I thought the 34 looked great on you (way better than the 38), but worried about the small dial in person.

[cosmoliu]

Originally Posted by rolexboi95

Which one did you go with? I’m in the same situation and I thought the 34 looked great on you (way better than the 38), but worried about the small dial in person.

You might consider looking for a 14790, last made circa 2005. At 36 mm, I like it quite well on my 16 cm wrist. It's also historically significant as it was still built into a monoblock case, as was the original Jumbo's design. The monoblock case was discontinued in favor of a conventional three piece case (body, back and bezel). Tim Mosso contends that the monoblock case was dropped as a cost cutting measure. As such, it is thinner than the 15450 and even the 15550, equivalent to the height of the original Jumbo. Of course, the case-back is not exhibition. I bought a "F" series version, likely made within the last two years of production. ~20 years old, the JLC derived movement keeps time well within COSC spec.