![]() Time will tell whether the 54 is with me for the duration, but it has every indication. That one has been a friend for over twenty five years. The only one I still have is a beautiful steel Seiko 5 with blue dial and gold hands and hour markers. I bought a few vintage 34-36mm pieces and they just felt right to me. With a lizard strap it was great with a suit. My first decent watch was a 32mm very thin Seiko quartz and I wore that every day for several years. I’m 62 years old and when I began wearing watches over forty years ago most of the vintage watches available were 34-36mm. The 37mm size is absolutely perfect on my 7”-71/4” wrist. ![]() The snowflake hands and rivets are things I respect and they are examples of Tudor standing proud against the critics. It just looks a bit bigger than I would ideally prefer.īUT! How amazing the size and proportions of the 54 are!!! Simply GODLIKE.Ĭlick to expand.The 54 is probably a bit out of my budget, but I will sell a few watches to bring it back in line. ![]() Once again, please keep in mind that all the "issues" are minor, almost non-existent, and most likely are a result of severe over-watching and over thinking.Īfter all, the BB58 doesn't overhang my wrist, so I did nothing wrong buying it. So may be a 20mm lug width works well with it. DJ isn't a dive watch and lack of a dive bezel makes it look bigger than a diver of the same diameter. but in certain light conditions the lug width of the BB54 feels a millimeter or two too big. I heard people love 20mm bracelets on 36mm Datejusts, may be. To me it must be either a full snowflake hands set for keeping the Tudor identity, or a Mercedes + lollipop combo for the authenticity.īut half here half there doesn't work well I think.Īnd I still believe that for a 37mm watch the lug width must be 19mm or less. What it does make though is a feel of a frankenstein watch made of different aftermarket parts that just fit the size of each other. Why is it there? What was the reason fo it? Tudor ran out of snowflakes for a while? If it was for more authenticity then they should've probably used a mercedes hour hand there as well. I think it's something like if you wear a pair of brown shoes with a white-ish jacket you look fine, yet if you have one brown shoe, one white shoe and a white-ish jacket, that's.different.Īnd then the lollipop seconds hand. But with the 54 bezel marks don't suit the dial color scheme and the whole perception just falls apart. Even though the bezel+dial combo sit on a steel case the overall feel is very organic. ![]() The OG BB58 doesn't have this issue because bezel marks follow the dial indices color scheme. The 54 feels assembled from fitting parts of different watches. I still can't bring myself to like a mixture of gilt indices and silver bezel marks. BUT! I still feel that the 58 is a (very little) bit better watch. So! The size of the 54 is as perfect as the perfection can be. Please note that all the "issues" if I may call these like that are minor, almost non-existent, and most likely are a result of severe over watching and over thinking. And so he handed me the 54 to try in different light conditions, to walk around the store with it etc. After he saw a Black Bay on my wrist he started treating me as a family member. The gentleman at the boutique was very nice and knew all things Tudor. I've been wearing the 58 for 2 months and I'm still not sure that the dimensions are 100% legit for my 6.5" wrist. During a business trip to Shanghai I had a chance to spend some time at a Tudor boutique and once again try the BB54 (this time on a bracelet) and see if I was wrong going for a BB58 Blue 2 months ago. ![]()
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