40 mm vs 42 mm

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Vagante

·Aug 23, 2019

I have a 42 mm LE Speedy and love it. I have found 40 millimeter speedy that I really like on the internet. The local Boutique does not have a 40 mm Speedy to try on and honestly I'm a little uncomfortable using them to buy a watch elsewhere. I don't think it's the same trying on some other 40 mm watch to compare but that may be the only option. Is there a much of a difference between 40 and 42 mm on the wrist?....

 

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squarelug

·Aug 23, 2019

How large are your wrists?

If my own experience is any guide, I'm 6'4" with 7.25 wrists, I've found that I keep downgrading to smaller and smaller watches. 42mm watches wear much bigger. Most of my watches are 36-38mm now with the exception of a Cartier Tank on the small side and a Ploprof that I actually use diving.

 

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STANDY

·Aug 23, 2019·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

Vagante

. Is there a much of a difference between 40 and 42 mm on the wrist?....

2mm 😗

A lot of times it’s the length of the watch that is a issue for smaller wrists. Are the lengths the same ?

 

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Vagante

·Aug 23, 2019

7.5 wrists..5'8".

Cannot locate the length of the watch and in any of the specs. Here at the model number

OM32630405002001

Edited: Aug 24, 2019

 

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squarelug

·Aug 23, 2019

What other watches do you have? Do you ever wear sport coats / suits / or more of a t-shirt kinda guy?

 

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Vagante

·Aug 23, 2019

Multiple dress watches. If it's business I'm wearing a dress watch. The rest of the time it's casual and Speedy or a variety of other watches ...
Dive,tool...some fun watches

The 40 mm Speedy would be my main beater

 

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squarelug

·Aug 23, 2019

Ah, okay, for a beater / weekend watch I might go as high as 42mm. I've found myself to be much more sensitive to thickness relative to diameter. Used to own a Datograph up/down and the thing drove me insane, flipped it. Used to own a Rolex Deepsea, same problem, flipped it. Ploprof doesn't give me the same issue, for whatever reason. That said, if I have to choose between a 42 and a 40 of the same watch I will always go 40. As I get older I've started to find the larger watch trend a little, I dunno, obsene maybe? I might be in the minority there though.

 

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Vagante

·Aug 23, 2019

Very interesting. I'm wearing the 42 and it is quite comfortable for me. I also I am sensitive to thickness so to me the 42 might be easier to wear than the small watch with the same thickness. There lies my worry about getting a 40 with the same thickness .

 

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squarelug

·Aug 23, 2019

That is entirely possible. The datograph would have likely been fine at 42

 

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Foo2rama

·Aug 23, 2019·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

which 40mm speedy? A date/reduced? or a non pro case? An 861 in a non pro case wears basically identical to a pro, as the bezel is the same diameter which is the bulk of the visual size...

date's wear smaller, and reduced wear smaller.

 

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Ville_W

·Aug 24, 2019

Wrist presence is far more important than a couple of mm

 

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Vagante

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Keith88lx

·Aug 24, 2019

I tried on a Speedy FOIS (39.7) and then a Speedy Pro (42). It didn't look or feel like much of a difference to me. The Pro is very comfortable to me on my 7" wrist.

 

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Foo2rama

·Aug 24, 2019·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

Vagante

That’s a racing, same case as my date. Those wear much smaller then a pro (42mm). I’m not a fan of it on my 7.5 inch wrist. Feels small at least to me. They have angled bezels and for some people they are great.

Keith88lx

I tried on a Speedy FOIS (39.7) and then a Speedy Pro (42). It didn't look or feel like much of a difference to me. The Pro is very comfortable to me on my 7" wrist.

Because it’s basically just the pusher guards being removed as the difference, same bezel.