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Series 2 bigger than Series 0 Stainless Steel

Luba

Luba

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Series 2
  • Height: 42.5mm
  • Width: 36.4mm
  • Depth: 11.4mm
  • Case Weight: 52.4g
Series 0

height 42.0mm
width 35.9mm
depth 10.5mm

I don't have the case weight for 42mm series 0 in SS. Does anybody know that info?

So it's a 0.5mm bigger in height and width, but it's almost 1mm (0.9mm) bigger in depth! That difference in depth, I believe you can feel right away.
 
Luba said:
Series 2
  • Height: 42.5mm
  • Width: 36.4mm
  • Depth: 11.4mm
  • Case Weight: 52.4g
Series 0

height 42.0mm
width 35.9mm
depth 10.5mm

I don't have the case weight for 42mm series 0 in SS. Does anybody know that info?

So it's a 0.5mm bigger in height and width, but it's almost 1mm (0.9mm) bigger in depth! That difference in depth, I believe you can feel right away.
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I think people just see bigger depth as if it something huge being added. For us poor Americans that never grasped metric, .9mm is 0.03 inches or the width of a credit card.

To me, that would be very difficult to feel or even see.

If you put your watch on one notch tighter, it will press into your skin 1/10th of an inch so the watch will actually get smaller in depth. :)
 
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Hell i wish apple made a 45mm! But i come from using larger diving watches and prefer a more masculine type watch. Although for "everyday" use i find the 42mm to be fine. I used to be one to only wear a watch on the weekends or occasion.
 
If you have a small wrist you'll notice the difference. I returned my series 2 SS 38mm watch because it was too awkward on my wrist. Having the modern buckle band which is thin leather probably didn't help. I ordered the original series SS 38mm from Best Buy and I'm happy with that.
 
It is not a major difference, but to me it makes the AWS2 look chubby. The curve of the case is noticeably different to me.
 
Had original AW SS since launch, recently got an AWS2 SS and It is truly unnoticeable. If you didn't know they where slightly different in size, I doubt by putting it on you would notice. Even the people that can tell, I'm not sure they all would be able to in a blind test.
 
Seamaster said:
Gone from the original to the S2 and I can't tell the difference.
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It shouldn't be noticeably different since it adds the width of a credit card. :) people used to complain that the SS was noticeably heavier when the weight difference was equal to a mans wedding ring weight. You can feel the difference in your hand, you may feel it on your arm for a day or two but then it will not be noticeable.

Noticeably different would be something that would make people ask "say, did you replace your old Apple Watch because that one sticks out further." :)

I wear my watches 1/2 " down from my wrist bone and I wear it so it doesn't move or slide. That pushes the watch-back down slightly making that watch flush to my wrist
 
I'm certainly not going to argue the visibility. If you put the watches next to one another you can see a difference. I can't see how then difference is perceptible on the wrist, but some claim it is. The thickness difference is almost exactly 3/4 of an American dime. A dime, folks. I can't believe we are discussing this lol.
 
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Luba said:
Series 2
  • Height: 42.5mm
  • Width: 36.4mm
  • Depth: 11.4mm
  • Case Weight: 52.4g
Series 0

height 42.0mm
width 35.9mm
depth 10.5mm

I don't have the case weight for 42mm series 0 in SS. Does anybody know that info?

So it's a 0.5mm bigger in height and width, but it's almost 1mm (0.9mm) bigger in depth! That difference in depth, I believe you can feel right away.
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Mine weighs 51.2g
 
I think you get used to it. The AW0 now looks rather thin to me. :eek:

The difference is noticeable, but not a big deal. And I now realize I could wear one of those big mechanical watches and feel comfortable. Those can be even thicker than 11.4mm.
 
It is 10% thicker. Most people notice a 10% difference in something. If your bank account were suddenly 10% higher, you would not write it off for a rounding error. And, if your bathroom scale suddenly told you that you were 10% heavier, you would not pass that as an insignificant change.
 
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exxxviii said:
It is 10% thicker. Most people notice a 10% difference in something. If your bank account were suddenly 10% higher, you would not write it off for a rounding error. And, if your bathroom scale suddenly told you that you were 10% heavier, you would not pass that as an insignificant change.
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Yes, objectively there's a diference.

Subjectively, wearing it, I don't notice any.
 
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