Reply With Quote36mm OP, with a dial colour to suit. My daughter has a lovely white grape dial one, which was a graduation present. Very nice. A good size, not petite at all.
My wife is quietly happy about the lack of depreciation on my Rolex subs and has now hinted she would like to join me in this madness!
She has a 6” tops wrist and when I cinch my 14060m to her wrist the strap dominates. The head looks ok but the strap makes the whole watch look too big.
So two possible options, do I go with a nice contemporary leather from the likes of Stevostraps or push the boat out and pick up a nice 14270 36mm explorer.
I have read the explorer wears bigger than its size belies, but it is a gorgeous watch.
Any thoughts from the collective, as I dont want to put her off as she supports me through my watch purchases. What do your ladies wear if they dont want a petite piece.
Thanks in advance Steve
36mm OP, with a dial colour to suit. My daughter has a lovely white grape dial one, which was a graduation present. Very nice. A good size, not petite at all.
35mm datejust - my missus has two, one gold one TT - she used to have "ladies" Rolex but her eyesight isn't what it was and these are perfect - she is petite at 5'2" and slim but the case and bracelet wear fine on her.
My wife has a 6" wrist and her normal watch is a YG 31mm Datejust.Originally Posted by higham5
If she's going out anywhere special, she wears a 16520 Daytona. The Daytona wears small and is actually quite feminine. The explorer is, in my opinion, a trifle butch.
Your best bet is to go along with whatever she choses. Happy wife happy life etc.
Mrsv wears a blue dial 36mm Datejust.
The new oyster perpetual black 36mm is lovely.
I love the Explorer 1 but for the wife I agree that the OP range would be a better option.
I had the 369 silver dial, lovely watch.
And it is very similar to the Explorer 1:
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Wow thanks for the rapid feedback guys brilliant , OP now that wasn’t on my radar.
Steve
I hope that is your wrist.I love the Explorer 1 but for the wife I agree that the OP range would be a better option.
I had the 369 silver dial, lovely watch.
And it is very similar to the Explorer 1:
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Another vote for the OP 36mm
It is, the wife's a lot hairier than me.
My partner sometimes wears a 34mm Oyster Perpetual and it’s quite big enough. But your wife needs to
try them on. See what she likes. There’s such a range of dial colours too. Only she will know what she really wants....
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Looking at the Rolex configurator now , she likes the white or silver dial. So progress 😀👍
Depends on her prefer style.
If she doesn't mind the older bracelet, and one of her reasons for liking the Rolex is the residual value then the 36mm Explorer make a lot more sense than the Oyster Perpetual range. Also make more sense than the DJ36. But if that is ruled out, then the DJ36 had to be the best choice, and allows so many different options of dial bezel, colours etc. There is sure to be one to fit the bill. Nothing wrong with the OP's at all, but I doubt they will fair anywhere near as well as an Explorer.
It's just a matter of time...
other peoples opinion irrelevant imho (see what i did there?)
take swmbo to the jewlers , let her try on a few then buy the one she likes best ...
all else is futile
Mrs P switches between a Polar 16570 and a 29mm Yachtmaster bi- metal and with 6” wrists they both look absolutely fantastic. I think the white face of the ExpII looks more subtle than a sub.
Pitch
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Mine had the very same, with fluted bezel and jubilee. Lovely all rounder and looked great.
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in your opinion ..
I’d say go for it. Sounds like a decent trade.
Edit: Apologies, I misunderstood the thread title.
Mine very happily wears 36 mm Datejust.
Day Date 36 on leather. Loads of permutations. Save £5k by getting pre-owned unworn.
Her viewpoint is valid OP, if you trust her taste.
My wife has pretty darn skinny wrist. She's got a DateJust 26 as an everyday watch. I guess it depends on her style and preference.
Again thanks for the input, some high street jeweller perusing needed to see sizes colours and what pops when she tries them on.
Steve
I bought my wife the 34mm olive dial OP which she loves, so much so she now wants the red grape dial for the weekends
My wife wears a 36mm datejust TT, fluted bezel, jubilee bracelet and clasp with champagne diamond dot dial. She loves it
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My wife wears a 36mm datejust TT, fluted bezel, jubilee bracelet and clasp with champagne diamond dot dial. She loves it
My wife went for a 34mm Oyster Perpetual date 115234 , white baton dial, gold fluted bezel. For her 34mm was just right. If I'd been left to pick something for her I'd probably have got it wrong.
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I bought my wife a vintage 1960’s thunderbird datejust a few years ago - it got returned to the jeweller as she ‘didn’t want to become another person mugged for their fancy Rolex in London’. Which I found a bit odd as she wears rings worth more - saved me a few quid too!
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Best advice so far...took two years for Mrs mjc1216 to decide on this one.I would not have come close to choosing the right one.
Well 7 months later my better half and I visited an AD in Ilkley Yorkshire. Great service from George and a fantastic range of OP’s and Datejusts in various combinations strap dial bezels.
In the end it was down to two 31 mm OP’s, a blue and red grape. The red grape was the winner and wifey is delighted. 31 mm is a nice size as its just looked right. Even though my wife is petite the 26 mm looked a bit two small.
Im also sure my comments regarding old age and eyesight were taken with a pinch of salt!.
So thanks again to everyone who chipped in with views ideas and suggestions
Steve
Got this for the Mrs as a surprise, she absolutely loves it and said it would have been the one she would have chosen so got lucky
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The blue is a stand out piece, really nice. The only reason my wife chose the red grape was to quote “ I would never have picked this colour until I saw it”
Glad your wife likes it, its nice to get some of the small things right , as often we dont:)
My wife has recently upgraded from a 28mm DJ to this, a 36mm steel and everose gold DJ, it really is beautiful.
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