My Explorer 124270 Experience

[Jorge Borbolla]

Hi guys,

It's been a little over a week since I received my Explorer 1 124270 and I would like to give you some of my impressions:

I'm 6'3" with a 7 inch flat wrist so I feel I manage a wide range of sizes.

When I first put the watch on my wrist at the AD I was pretty happy and excited, I didn't even think much about the size at that moment, all I could see was the quality and that beautiful deep rich black dial with the classic Explorer layout.

As time passed, I started to feel that the watch looked small on me, giving me doubts about my purchase decision. Selling it crossed my mind, but I didn't want to look/feel like a flipper, so I decided to give a little more time for my brain to adjust to the sizing. (Also, the Explorer fits ANY collection)

In the time that I received the Explorer, I also received a SUF 180 which is a 38.5mm size, I find that size perfect for my wrist and I found myself switching back and forth between watches in the same day.

Whenever I wore the SUF, I thought, I wish the explorer was a little bigger, but at the same time, I really wanted to wear the explorer more than the SUF.

So I started wearing the explorer all day and even sleeping with it, it is a joy to wear, so unobstrusive and comfortable, but when I look down, again that thought of "smallness" crossed my mind.


So then, after many days of thinking if I made the right decision it hit me. This is the Explorer's way. This is part of the 127240 experience, its not that I find the watch small, its the way it is supposed to be, it becomes part of you, perfect under any situation, all you need nothing you don't.
It started to make sense in my mind and instead of thinking big/small, I started to think the purpose of it.

So in the end, I'm very happy with the decision, after many days I finally "get it".
There are many other watches that can be bigger but this one suits its purpose like no other watch.
And I'm ok with that.