116660 DSSD Observations

[Kevin of Larchmont]

In my recent post of about a month ago about my new CPO purchase of a Mk1 DSSD a poster on the thread said it would be interesting to hear my observations after I have worn it for awhile. I have dailied it since then and here is what I have observed.

First, I think it sounds a little delusional for a guy with a 6.75" wrist to say that a watch that weighs almost half a pound is one of the most comfortable I've ever worn but it's true. I have the GlideLock set at the next-to-smallest adjustment notch so it's free to move but not too much and thickness of the watch and caseback keep the crown well elevated above the back of my hand. The sheer size of the watch head along with the aforementioned thickness also keeps the edges of the narrow bracelet from interacting with the sides of my hand. What this translates too is zero hotspots where the edges of other watches tend to come in contact. The weight itself is really not noticeable because as a rule I have always enjoyed a substantial watch and own a number of them.

Timekeeping has been variable but has settled in wonderfully. Initially it seemed to be losing a second a day which I was thrilled at. The first night the date (set by the SA) didn't change at midnight so I addressed that the next day and then watched it lose a second a day for about five days when I realized I hadn't given it a full forty winds so I did that and then timekeeping turned and it started gaining about a second a day which I was equally thrilled at. Once another five or six days had passed and it reached one second faster than my starting point I thought I'd try crown down overnight instead of dial up which is my habit with any watch and in the morning it was down five seconds which was a little more than expected but hey, it's a little machine that I am just getting to know and I was glad to know it. Now here's the thing, since then for about the last two weeks this watch has been dead nuts accurate, fluctuating up or down only a fraction of a second from baseline depending on time of day, activity or rest. This absolutely thrilling.

As for the day to day I've only worn a couple of cuffed shirts in the last month and the watch passed easily under the buttoned cuff, probably facilitated by my small wrist. Previously to the DSSD in twenty-five years I had only caught two people looking at a Rolex on my wrist. In the month I've owned this one I've caught three, none of whom were watch guys. This watch has presence but still to most people with an untrained eye it's just another big black diver. Maybe they were considering the contrast between the watch on my wrist and my wrinkled whiskered visage.

From my view down at my wrist I have not tired of staring at this thing. I've even had a few Oh Shizzle moments about how this watch might affect the rest of my watches by demanding so much affection from me. I've only worn my EXP 1 to the gym once a week and the EXP II a few times to measure my affection temperature for it and it has cooled a bit. This honeymoon has lasted longer than any other with no sign of slowing. I know things will reach an equilibrium and I will get other watches back into rotation but there is no sign of this yet.

Each new watch is exciting but this one has been special.