So you think 38mm looks better? Been wearing these curious for about half hour now and I do find the 38mm good fit on my wrist, the 42mm just takes up close to the entire wrist.
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So you think 38mm looks better? Been wearing these curious for about half hour now and I do find the 38mm good fit on my wrist, the 42mm just takes up close to the entire wrist.
I thought you were going Milanese, Bruce?
It's funny how we all keep changing our minds. LOL.
I am a woman, but I have baby fine, light blonde hair on my wrists. It can only bee seen up close, but I know it's there and so do watch bracelets. Link bracelets always manage to pinch it now and then. I cannot imagine how badly they pinch the hair on a hairy dude's arm. Ouch.
I wondered if the Milanese would pinch. I suspect not as much as a link bracelet, because I had a Milanese-style band on the Citizen Eco-drive that I used to wear with no problems, but my Tag with the larger links pinches me some.
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Measure a bit of paper or a piece of cardboard to approximate 10.5-11mm of thickness (gotta include the thickness of the paper) and shove it under each of those, then see how you feel about the size. I bet the 42mm will seem even larger to you.
My husband and I did that when we tried on the watch samples and it sold him on the 38mm if he goes for the Link band and the 42mm if he went solely for the Sport band. Sports watches look fine larger on men, but I think that any of the nicer bands on a really large watch (on a man) would look strange unless they have very large wrists as well.
Women can wear the 42 or the 38, because we can get away with having a huge watch on and calling it a "chunky bracelet" or whatever.
The cut outs in my pic are on 1cm thick of cardboard, so yes I was trying to take thickness into account too.
WOW. You have a long memory. I flirted with the idea of the Milanese for about 5 minutes when I first saw it. BUT, once I saw several pictures of it I decided I did not like it for me.
It is SS Link for sure UNLESS there is a big backlog to get them. If I will not have it for sure before May 8 I will have to wait until I return from vacation.
I like the Link for men. It's a very masculine band. I wish they'd done a feminine link also.
I think the Milanese is one of the best unisex bands. It could look just as nice on men as women. Not all men have huge hairy wrists like me.
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My process is pretty easy. I've decided not to go SS, because I can't justify the cost (even though I could easily afford it). My reasons being it is a first gen product that will likely change a lot in the next couple years, there's no certainly of the sucess/usefullness of the product, and it has identical functionality to the Sport version. So that narrowed my options significantly.
I decided against blue, green and pink, because I wouldn't be allowed to wear those colors in my uniform.
So then white and black. I decided to go black because I think it looks better. Sexy, classy, sporty, goes with anything. The white might show more dirt also.
If I really enjoy the watch and want to get a band for dressier occasions then I'll get either the black or dark blue leather loop.
Are you certain that this is even the black leather? It could be the brown leather loop...
I decided against blue, green and pink, because I wouldn't be allowed to wear those colors in my uniform.
So then white and black. I decided to go black because I think it looks better. Sexy, classy, sporty, goes with anything. The white might show more dirt also.
If I really enjoy the watch and want to get a band for dressier occasions then I'll get either the black or dark blue leather loop.
Are you certain that this is even the black leather? It could be the brown leather loop...
It has, I admit, become a minor obsession. Should really try and focus on the real world for a bit.
I thought I had decided on the SS with midnight blue modern buckle but I have changed my mind to the pink version of the modern buckle now and am thinking I will get a Milanese loop when funds allow too.
Does anyone think that the Milanese loop is too masculine or will it look okay on me?
Does anyone think that the Milanese loop is too masculine or will it look okay on me?
Personally I think the Milanese loop is a unisex option and would look just fine on either a male or female.
Bloody hell, I was going Stainless steel with a black sport band but now I'm thinking Milanese loop. Changed my mind so many times.
I can't decide! I can't decide! Every single day I flip flop. One day I'm deciding yes I will pay the extra money to get the SS, then the next day I've convinced myself to be fiscally responsible and get the sport model, plus less expensive to upgrade every year, then the next day switch from space gray to silver thinking the silver might go with more bands. Then the next day, wth maybe just get the SS again. I don't know how I'm going to decide which button to click on Thursday night.
Yeah this is me as well. I'm torn between sport with white band, SS with white band, or SS with milanese loop.
I'll probably end up going SS with white band and an extra milanese loop band, best of both worlds.
i like the lightness/durability/practicality of the sport and the aluminum matches my other apple devices. id also save a lot of money too. but i also dont want the "cheap" feeling and i know ill regret it as soon as i see someone with an SS out in the wild or in the media.
I think this part is really important to the decision. You'll be wearing this every. single. day. Personally, I need to like mine a lot because I'm not a big watch wearer nowadays. So spending the ridiculous amount on the Black SS will yield better results on my desire to use it constantly
