Question for my dudes with BLRO / BLNR on Jubilee who also have Speedies:
How do they wear compared to the Speedy? On a list for a Pepsi which I’ll probably get a call for sometime in the 2060’s but I spoke to someone recently who reckons they wear bigger than a Speedy, which is definitely my upper limit.
1675 is fine on me but never seen a ceramic one in the metal.
My personal take on this.
1675 wears perfectly smooth, thickness is perfect, the way the watch fits on my (somewhat below average 17cm) wrist is surreal, it seems to wrap around the wrist. Feeling from a vintage speedy with folded-link bracelets is the same, be it straight or lyre lugs. I feel modern speedies wears a bit less natural on the heavier-linked bracelets, when going back straps you get that lost loving feeling back. Both are like delicate italian car doors, you just have to baby them into closed position.
The BLRO feels very different. It wears heavier, thicker. It has that stronger, beefier "toolwatch" feel. The speedies and the older GMT's feel "light" compared to it. It is not a matter of size, the watch is not that big, it's more a "top-heavy" watch I think. It has a "modernity" feeling to it that is very nice, very different however, you feel like you're wearing something much sturdier. In the end it isn't that big, when you turn your eyes to the watch to check it out you're like "no, it's not big... why do I feel this way then?"
😁 To link it back to the italian car door thing, the BLRO is the 80's Mercedes-Benz or Porsche door "thunk" thing. I don't know how to describe this any better.
Again, it's a "Feeling" thing rather than a fact!
And because this thread is useless without pitchers and this is the Rollie GMT thread after all:
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