Pete
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Post by Pete on Mar 27, 2018 4:07:04 GMT -6
I love the white dial with black ceramic bezel but they just look to small on my wrist. Chronographs need to be bigger than standard dials imho.
I once got to try on a Paul Newman Daytona from the late 60s and was shocked at how small these old models were. Very dainty.
The current ones are bigger at 40mm but they could easily get away with a 42 or 43 mm version as long as everything is kept in proportion.
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Baco Noir
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Post by Baco Noir on Mar 27, 2018 7:30:56 GMT -6
I love the white dial with black ceramic bezel but they just look to small on my wrist. Chronographs need to be bigger than standard dials imho. I once got to try on a Paul Newman Daytona from the late 60s and was shocked at how small these old models were. Very dainty. The current ones are bigger at 40mm but they could easily get away with a 42 or 43 mm version as long as everything is kept in proportion. The white ceramic is my favorite too, but I haven’t tried it on. Now that you mention the size issue, It does make me wonder if it’d be right for me. I think Omega is heading in the right direction with the new Apollo 8 version at 44mm x 13.25mm. The regular DSOTM/GSOTM re beautiful but have always felt a bit thick. This new model goes back to bing a 3 subdial model and shaves 2.5mm off the case thickness with the manual wind movement. |
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CHIP
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Post by CHIP on Mar 27, 2018 13:37:38 GMT -6
I love the white dial with black ceramic bezel but they just look to small on my wrist. Chronographs need to be bigger than standard dials imho. I once got to try on a Paul Newman Daytona from the late 60s and was shocked at how small these old models were. Very dainty. The current ones are bigger at 40mm but they could easily get away with a 42 or 43 mm version as long as everything is kept in proportion. The white ceramic is my favorite too, but I haven’t tried it on. Now that you mention the size issue, It does make me wonder if it’d be right for me. I think Omega is heading in the right direction with the new Apollo 8 version at 44mm x 13.25mm. The regular DSOTM/GSOTM re beautiful but have always felt a bit thick. This new model goes back to bing a 3 subdial model and shaves 2.5mm off the case thickness with the manual wind movement. That’s because it uses the Lemania movement, the 1861 from the Speedy Pro |
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Baco Noir
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Post by Baco Noir on Mar 27, 2018 14:22:46 GMT -6
The white ceramic is my favorite too, but I haven’t tried it on. Now that you mention the size issue, It does make me wonder if it’d be right for me. I think Omega is heading in the right direction with the new Apollo 8 version at 44mm x 13.25mm. The regular DSOTM/GSOTM re beautiful but have always felt a bit thick. This new model goes back to bing a 3 subdial model and shaves 2.5mm off the case thickness with the manual wind movement. That’s because it uses the Lemania movement, the 1861 from the Speedy Pro Yup. The manual wind movement is 2.5mm thinner and has 3 subdials as compared to the 2 on all the other ceramic cases speedies. Big improvement IMHO. |
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