1. Case Size

2. Second crown at 2 or 4

3. Dial

4. Hands

5. Lume or No-lume?


1. Overall case size: 37mm with 30mm dial.
(The Timefacors Expedition at 36mm has a 30mm dial. The original Antartic at 32mm had a 28mm dial.)

Of interest that the original Smiths company sized watches by the size of the dial.

There are people who complain that the dial of the 39mm Rolex Explorer is larger than the dial of the 40mm Rolex Sub... doh.

2. Second crown at 2 or 4? I don't really mind. I like both. The Longines L2.608.4. is at 2, so let's go for 4.

3+4. Dial and hands go together. I like the sector dial with the blued leaf hands above.



I also find the circular numbers with the red 12 very attractive.

5. I prefer solid blued leaf hands but lumed can look good too.