The Unofficial Sinn U series ownership experience thread

[U2inSpe]

Hi, Tim,

thx again for your frosty report and vid.

To continue my last posting:

Here in Germany the temps was around 15 Degree Celsius plus. ( = 59 Fahrenheit). Oh, boy, what a december.

And now, some days later, we have in Germany a temperature fall down from 15 C to ................... 10 C.

What a cool difference to Ontario.

cheers
U2inSpe

Please drink a good hot cup of coffee at Horton´s for all your "fans" in Germany and worldwide.

[tonupbklyn]

can anyone provide input/comments on comparison of U2 vs. 142.
i was looking at the 756 for awhile, but i think the size and heft of the U2 is more my liking.

is it bigger and/or heavier than the 142?
does it sit higher?
any other comments?

i'm unable to see/try on a U2 in person, so your comments would be most helpful.

thanks, all!
- M

[Tim got his boots back]

can anyone provide input/comments on comparison of U2 vs. 142.
i was looking at the 756 for awhile, but i think the size and heft of the U2 is more my liking.

is it bigger and/or heavier than the 142?
does it sit higher?
any other comments?

i'm unable to see/try on a U2 in person, so your comments would be most helpful.

thanks, all!
- M

Hi. Here's a quick size comparo

142
diameter 41mm
lug to lug 44mm
height 17mm

U2
diameter 44mm
lug to lug 50mm
height 15.45mm

The U2 is heavier. Much more so if comparing the titanium version of the 142 to it.

[tonupbklyn]

i have the steel version of 142.
have any idea if the U2 is heavier?

are you sure you have the diameter on the 142 correct? it's the same size (if not slightly larger) than my PAM117, which is 44mm.

my SMP GMT is 41mm in diameter, and the 142 is WAY larger than that.

anybody here have both the 142 and U2...maybe a side-by-side pic?
something tells me the 142 might edge out the U2 in size and weight.

[Tim got his boots back]

I'm sure that somebody said that the U2 was heavier because of the denser sub steel but I really can't tell ya for sure. I'll go with what you are saying on the dimensions. I remember that somebody here said that they didn't like the 142 because it was skinny compared to it's height. I could be wrong. The weight of the U2 without straps or bracelet is 170g.

The dimensions I quoted came from chronomaster.com

[Tim got his boots back]

Just checked the watchbuys site and they say the latest 142 St II is 44mm in diameter so you are correct Sir. The height they have is 15mm. No weight is given.

[tonupbklyn]

thanks for the input, Tim.
i think some of that info on chronomaster is off.
regardless, at the very least the U2 seems comparable in size and weight to the 142. so long as it's not significantly less it should be ok.

now if only i can find a used one at a good price :)

[Tim got his boots back]

I'm sure that the U2 is either equal to or more than the weight of the 142. It is a seriously heavy chunk of metal. If you get it with the ss bracelet, it's super heavy but wears nice. The U series case is very thick and the caseback is 4mm thick I am told. If your looking for heavy, this is it.

cheers,
Tim

[tonupbklyn]

i just found on hacmac's review of the 142:
"...weighing 176 grams including the bracelet. The case is 15mm thick and measures 46mm from the tip of the screwed-down crown to the opposite side of the case..."

wow, the U2's case alone is almost the entire (case and bracelet) weight of the 142.
NIIIIICE!

[Tim got his boots back]

The U2 case only weight of 170 seems right as i have a seiko black monster that weighs 150g and the U2 feels way heavier. Add to that, with an ss bracelet and clasp, about 90 to 100 grams, most likely more. I think U2inSpe said his ss bracelet alone with all links weighed 106 g or something like that. That bracelet is super thick.

It wears quite well. I see a few U2's coming up on the sales corner. You shouldn't have to wait for long to find one. Many buy them without having any comprehension as to the size or weight of whole package and put them up for sale soon after receiving them and trying them on. Not their cup of tea. You should get a chance to get ahold of a nice almost BNIB one.

I highly recommend it.