Saw you eyeing the Tudor chrono which I believe is the same size as the Seamaster. Does the Omega really wear that big? Curious, because I really like the white dial Seamaster for my next purchase, but the Tudor Panda has me 2nd guessing. Need to try both of them on tho to really see.
smp has a 42mm case while the bbc has 41mm but both lug to lug is about 50mm
the tudor is actually 1mm thicker at ~14.5mm while the omega is 13.5mm
so technically both will wear similar with omega actually being slimmer and thats whh when i got the text for the black bay, i didnt commit and it sold within 30min
i dont know how heavy the tudor is but the seamaster is one heavy watch on a bracelet
definitely try it on first as that will tell you which watch is for you but in the end it gon’ be the smaller minutiae like how the lug curves down and if its going to overhang or how the lugs are shaped, looks like the omega flares out a bit more with a bit of a curve and a slow descent while the tudor drops down like a cliff after a few mm
good example is the sub, they increased the case to 41mm and upped the lug width to 21mm but they slimmed down the lugs so it actually kind of look smaller than the previous gen
the tudor looks like the lugs make it slimmer and the bracelet tapers so that might help it look smaller on wrist and while the chrono pushers may make the watch look bigger on the black bay, the seamaster has crown guards and the dumb valve
the panda dial contrast on the tudor kind of make it visually smaller too as its not just one giant white dial, the contrast of black bezel -> white dial -> black subdials doesnt make it as big as its size indicates
sorry, didnt mean to write a whole book about the two
ive just been obsessed with the white smp since its release and then the black bay chronos been everywhere the past week so even if i hated it, i couldnt escape it
