Old Explorer II Meets New Version

[w4rmk]

So I had been wanting to check out the new updated Explorer II for a while but none of my local ADs had them in stock. This afternoon we were walking by our local Ben Bridge and I spotted the new one in their case and stopped to check it out. Below is a shot of it next to my current ExpII. My impressions were that while the new one is nice, it's not "twice the price nice". Meaning the cost of the new one is double what I paid for my current one. I thought the case a little too thick and just a tad too big for my wrist. I like how the older version sits lower on my wrist. I did like the bigger hour markers and orange 24hr hand. Also the new band is great. I was struck by the price (which you can see in my picture). Oooch! It was pretty much the same price as the new ceramic GMT II they had in stock as well.

So a funny thing happened, I was all jazzed to see the new ExpII and end up falling for the new GMT IIc. For me it was much more of an eye catcher than the new ExpII. I came away thinking -- I'll keep my old ExpII and would love to find a good deal on the new GMT IIc. The polished center link band on the new GMT IIc was really sharp. Now I just need to wait for the aftermarket prices on the GMT IIc to come down a little bit more.