The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 1005

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Originally Posted by prayingrobot 


Understood, and thank you. Given it is reasonably water resistant and steel not gold, my hope is that I won't damage it but neither will I have to think about protecting it. I don't know whether annual calendars are more delicate than other Nautilus iterations, or whether they are all now tougher than in the past. $1-2k every five or six years is not far off, that's what I was quoted for routine maintenance. I use my kobold, sub, quartz tag, or even g shock for abusive stuff like biking or shooting. Didn't know cooking was a contact sport! Talking to my insurance agent today.
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As long as you aren't using it for really abusive stuff it will probably be fine.  My friend that owned a steel Nautilus use to wear it all the time no matter how abusive the activity, and it just couldn't stand up to it.  If he only had to get it serviced every 5-6 years he wouldn't have cared, and he probably would have kept it.  But it was having to send it back and get repaired every 2 years or so that he grew tired of.  Also that was a while ago and when a regular service without any repairs was probably just under $1,000...so with repairs it was costing him about twice that.  Anyway, congrats and enjoy your new Nautilus.

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Originally Posted by Hayward 


I was always under the impression that the GMT used a different case, but it could simply be that the bezel on the GMT makes the case look different.
I actually like the look of the new explorer two, especially with the white face. However size wise it's simply too big.
Thanks for the compliment BTW.

Hi Hayward,

I did a little research and there are a few subtle differences in the cases.  The shoulders protecting the crown are a little narrower on the GMT than on the Sub.  Also, the Sub is .5mm thicker (although I think thats just the case back that is thicker), but that might make the Sub sit slightly higher on the wrist.  Overall, the cases are quite similar, but you were right there were a few differences. 

I have tried the new Explorer 2, and I think you are right it, might be a bit too large. However,  I do like its lugs on it as they are more tapered than on the Sub C or GMT C.