It’s time for a 38mm Datejust

[gnuyork]

Originally Posted by samson66

The key word in the top sentence is "market." Rolex has their own science in how they market their watches. The OP41 is 39mm. The 40mm Daytona is just over 38mm. Agree it makes no sense and it has bothered me for years. I don't see other watch companies overtly lying about the dimensions of their watches but Rolex sees fit to do it. Rounding up to the nearest mm is fine, but marketing a 39 mm OP as a 41 is just blatant misrepresentation IMO.

As for 38 being perfect they can't make every model in 5 or 6 different sizes. They have a 36 and they have a 39.4. So if 38 is good for you we are only talking about 1.4mm difference here. I think most people are happy with one or the other. It wasn't real long ago that 36 was the largest they offered in a Datejust so I'm thrilled that folks like me with larger wrists at least have a larger option.

I hear ya, but they have made changes to the Sub size recently, the OP 41 size last year. I think they wouldn't be out of line making the 36 to 38mm...If not for the fact that 36mm is so classic... but so was the sub at 40mm.

I can wear 36mm, but the date just feels a tad small, even for me. I would bust down the doors for one in 38mm. Right now I'm being very non-comittal between the 36 and 41 and change my mind daily (since the Exp 39 has been discontinued). Not that I can get my hands on either anytime soon. I have tried both on in the past though, and as I mentioned, I was surprised at the 41...

But... I only did give it a try because I read on TRF here that it wasn't actually 41mm... so there's that.