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Any men pre-order a 38mm and then tried it on and are sticking with 38mm?

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melman101

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Hey all, stupidly and all in a clumsy fashion, I ordered the 38mm but waited a bit before ordering the 42mm.

My 38mm is my initial gut choice due to my wrist size, but everyone is saying it's real small now. I'm going to go from try on's at 5:30pm.

But I was wondering if anyone has ordered the 38mm, tried on the 38mm and 42mm, and decided to keep the 38mm because the 42mm was way too big and heavy?

Also, if they have pictures of the 38mm vs 42mm milanese on their wrist, that would rock.
 
Ordered the 38mm and booked to try on in a few hours. Will report back here later.

Was a bit worried about the size after a lot of people said it was tiny however after seeing photos I'm confident I've made the right decision.

The same people saying the 38mm was really small posted photos of the 42mm and to me it looked massive.

I want a smaller understated look.
 
I ordered the Sport edition 38mm (blue band) this morning.

Tried it on in store this afternoon.

Still sticking with it.
 
se18 said:
Ordered the 38mm and booked to try on in a few hours. Will report back here later.

Was a bit worried about the size after a lot of people said it was tiny however after seeing photos I'm confident I've made the right decision.

The same people saying the 38mm was really small posted photos of the 42mm and to me it looked massive.

I want a smaller understated look.
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The 38mm is tiny, ignore photos, period.
 
djrm said:
The 38mm is tiny, ignore photos, period.
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It's all opinions isn't it.

The 42mm photos you posted were not to my taste. It looks like the watch is nearly as wide as your arm.

People keep saying ignore the photos...maybe because it felt smaller.

To others it will probably look as big as it does in the photos.
 
I ordered 38 and just back from trying it on and still sticking with it.
It's small but that's what I want.
Remember the watch sits off the wrist because of the sensors so I found the 42 hard to tightly wrap around my wrist and look right.
I agree that the 38 strap accessories make it look targeted towards females but I don't care, I prefer small watch faces.
 
I stuck with the 38mm Apple Watch. I think it will be fine for my rather small wrists. :)
 
BMox said:
I ordered the Sport edition 38mm (blue band) this morning.

Tried it on in store this afternoon.

Still sticking with it.
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what's your wrist width? I pre-ordered the 38mm Sport but won't make it into an Apple Store till Sunday to try one on. I'm still thinking 38 will be fine for me but just curious.
 
My "try on appointment" was this morning at 10AM. The 38MM is definitely small. To each their own, but it really felt like a woman's watch. The 42MM is smaller than I had imagined by the pictures but felt great.
 
I ordered the 38mm. My try-on appointment is in about an hour, I'll report back with photos of both 38mm and 42mm on my wrist, which is around 160mm in circumference.
 
You guys are awesome.

I can't wait to check it out myself. I'll post pictures too, but my appointment is at 5:30pm eastern time.

It makes me feel hopeful that the 38mm was the right choice. I did see some pictures of people wearing the 42mm and it did look massive. LOL
 
Just got back from my try-on appointment. What everyone else is saying is true - the watches ARE indeed MUCH smaller in person than they look in the photos. Even in my own photos, the 42mm looks too big and the 38mm looks fine, but in person the 38mm felt VERY small.

The only exception to this that I found is with the Milanese Loop. It's silly that a different band makes such a big difference but I found that the 38mm aluminum with sport band felt tiny but the 38mm with Milanese Loop felt exactly right, even though rationally they are both the same size. I've attached some photos below.

PLEASE NOTE: I am aware that I am wearing the 38mm SS with Milanese Loop upside-down. I was not paying attention at the time and I know it looks kind of silly. :eek: It wasn't intentional.
 

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GoingDark said:
Just got back from my try-on appointment. What everyone else is saying is true - the watches ARE indeed MUCH smaller in person than they look in the photos. Even in my own photos, the 42mm looks too big and the 38mm looks fine, but in person the 38mm felt VERY small.

The only exception to this that I found is with the Milanese Loop. It's silly that a different band makes such a big difference but I found that the 38mm aluminum with sport band felt tiny but the 38mm with Milanese Loop felt exactly right, even though rationally they are both the same size. I've attached some photos below.

PLEASE NOTE: I am aware that I am wearing the 38mm SS with Milanese Loop upside-down. I was not paying attention at the time and I know it looks kind of silly. :eek: It wasn't intentional.
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Damn, the 38mm + Milanese looks bigger than the 42mm + Sport, lol. How much is your wrist?
 
spytech said:
Damn, the 38mm + Milanese looks bigger than the 42mm + Sport, lol. How much is your wrist?
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As he stated earlier his wrist is approximately 160mm. I'm sorry but most of these people posting pics of the 42 should be getting 38's. The 42's look comical in many of the pics on these forums.

The point of a watch isn't for it to cover the entire surface of your arm. When it doss that it looks silly and quite goofy.
 
Tried on both sizes and happy with 38mm order

Initial reaction was that the 38mm seemed small...compared to the big table and the 42mm.

But on my 163mm wrists the 38mm felt right. I'm not really one for the large watch trend
 
How about this for the next title:

"Any men pre-order a 38mm and then tried it on and are sticking with 38mm but then 3 hours later cancel the order and pre-order 42mm instead?"
 
Posted in another thread but yes, ordered 38 sport blue at 3am and tried on white 38 at 12:30 (they had no blue to try on). I'm 5'3 140lb with low 150s wrist. Sticking with it and my 4/24 ship date.

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Yes, I ordered 38mm and tried on both in store today and I ordered the correct one for me. My wrists are about 157mm.

I'm not a watch wearer, but have worn a fuel band and a garmin vivosmart and prefer less bukly wristwear. The 38mm was just right.
 
Any men pre-order a 38mm and then tried it on and are sticking with 38mm?

I just left the Apple Store and the 38mm is tiny, so glad I went with 42mm. I have 165mm wrist. Pictures totally misrepresent the size.
 
Leaving in 20 minutes for my appointment.

Got 38mm for 4/24 and 42mm for 5/13.

42mm are now shipping in June!
 
Nope, I went with 38mm Sport in space grey and am glad I did.

The 42mm was the height of my wrists, which are 157mm-ish, so it was kind of awful though I appreciated the additional size of the 42 when playing with it. It's too large, though, so here's a photo from me of a 38mm sport, which fits perfectly:

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GoingDark said:
Just got back from my try-on appointment. What everyone else is saying is true - the watches ARE indeed MUCH smaller in person than they look in the photos. Even in my own photos, the 42mm looks too big and the 38mm looks fine, but in person the 38mm felt VERY small.

The only exception to this that I found is with the Milanese Loop. It's silly that a different band makes such a big difference but I found that the 38mm aluminum with sport band felt tiny but the 38mm with Milanese Loop felt exactly right, even though rationally they are both the same size. I've attached some photos below.

PLEASE NOTE: I am aware that I am wearing the 38mm SS with Milanese Loop upside-down. I was not paying attention at the time and I know it looks kind of silly. :eek: It wasn't intentional.
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The 38 looks great on you.
 
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