41mm Sub might make sense

[Etschell]

Originally Posted by brandrea

They’ll call it the Sub 41, but when the incomings start happening and the calipers come out, we will discover it’s actually a 39

38 mm its smaller w longer lugs

[Krash]

Originally Posted by Etschell

They bumped their dive watch up 1 mm 2 years ago and it is selling like hot cakes. Rolex noticed.

Omega watches are always available. Submariners are virtually impossible to get. LOL.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Sandpit]

Originally Posted by Krash

Omega watches are always available. Submariners are virtually impossible to get. LOL.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Not really. You could have one on your wrist tomorrow if you paid market rate.

[enkrypt]

I would hate for the sub to go to 41mm.

[scurfa]

Originally Posted by Sandpit

In watch terms, 1mm is a bigger difference than you might think. Everything is accentuated when you’re dealing with such a small object.

If the lug-to-lug dimensions are pushed by 1mm also it would make the already fat and bulky 6 digit sub even harder to wear. With the end link overhand the existing Sub is 52mm end to end.

Compare the current ceramic to a pre-ceramic. There’s a relatively small difference in the dimensions (1 to 2mm) but they are greatly different to wear.

Exactly and the no date sub will look even bigger at 41mm


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Deep18]

Slim the lugs down (more like the 5 digit subs or the SD43) and it won’t seem bigger, in fact it might appear smaller given how blocky the case is now. Look at a current Sub and SD43 side by side in person.

[Calatrava r]

Originally Posted by Avs Fan

If the new submariner lugs are indeed slimmer, it might make sense to go 41mm to offset the perception of a smaller size. Also, a larger colorway bezel would prevent swapping with current models if that is a concern to Rolex.

Retrofitting used to be a concern to Rolex years ago and new model parts never seem to fit on the older models. Made you have to buy a new watch if you wanted the upgrade. How much that is a concern today, I don't know with all the bracelet swapping we see. Any size change on the case makes swapping out anything on the old model hard.

[mdubya]

Originally Posted by Deep18

Slim the lugs down (more like the 5 digit subs or the SD43) and it won’t seem bigger, in fact it might appear smaller given how blocky the case is now. Look at a current Sub and SD43 side by side in person.

This. With the massive lugs/crown guards the current sub wears almost exactly the same as a 42mm speedmaster.

If they fix the case it will probably wear smaller than the current 40mm sub.

[Avs Fan]

Originally Posted by Deep18

Slim the lugs down (more like the 5 digit subs or the SD43) and it won’t seem bigger, in fact it might appear smaller given how blocky the case is now. Look at a current Sub and SD43 side by side in person.

Quite right and precisely my point.. the slimmed down lugs will give the appearance of being smaller. Increasing the size by 1mm offsets the slimmer lugs and the result may be a watch which looks basically the same size as the current reference.