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Old 4 September 2021, 11:35 AM   #1
fwoomp
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Help deciding on ALS chrono

I've always really liked chronographs and I think I've narrowed things down to ALS for my next one. I'm trying to decide between the Datograph (platinum) and the 1815 chronograph (WG with black dial). I tried them both on today and I really like them both. The finishing and movement are amazing, and the feel of the pushers is much smoother compared to my other chronos.

I love the look of 1815 and the smaller case works really well for my small wrists. But, I already have a number of no-date chronos (moonwatch and a couple of Daytonas). The 1815 is of course in a different league from those but it still seems like a lot of watches to have with the exact same complication. On the Datograph I really like the contrasted subdials and having the date indicator, plus this would be my first ALS and the big date and up/down indicators are classic features for them.

I'm leaning towards the Datograph at this point, but my biggest concern about it is the size-- on paper it's a 41mm diameter and 13mm thickness, but it feels a lot bigger than that and I have pretty small wrists (don't actually know the exact measurements). The lugs are pretty long, which makes the diameter seem bigger, and there's less tapering on the case so it feels a lot thicker compared to a Daytona, for example, which is still over 12 mm. The 1815 definitely felt small enough for my wrist, though.

Here are a couple pictures of the Dato on my wrist with a Daytona for reference. Note how while the Daytona case is only listed as 1mm smaller, it fits much more cleanly on my wrist, while the Datograph's lugs protrude out quite a bit more.

I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has more experience wearing the Datograph about how it compares size-wise in real-world wearing compared to the 1815 or a Daytona/Speedy. Will it end up being too big for my wrist? Also any more general thoughts between the two models would be great to hear!
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