Best Submariner Homage?

[Fullers1845]

We sure have similar tastes as far as watches go ;) !! Wanted to go for the orange monster too but didn't know if I'd be able to carry it off... so went with the black monster and absolutely love it. Btw, the orange is still on the wish list !!

Could you post a better wrist shot of the debaufre if possible, would give me a much better perspective.

TIA.

This is probably my best "straight on" wrist shot of the 42mm Ocean 1 on my 7" wrist. It's not on the bracelet in this one, but you can get the idea of how the case lines up on my wrist.



Here's another with the bracelet, but the angle is not as good.



(BTW I still think the 39mm looks perfect on your wrist. )

[viper_]

This is probably my best "straight on" wrist shot of the 42mm Ocean 1 on my 7" wrist. It's not on the bracelet in this one, but you can get the idea of how the case lines up on my wrist.

(BTW I still think the 39mm looks perfect on your wrist. )

Thanks a lot for the pics... does make the picture a lot more clear. Been putting the watch on and off my wrist like a maniac... and still can't come to a conclusion!!

The watch does look perfect in pictures, maybe 'coz it's just 2D, but in person I feel it looks very petite on my wrist. The Tissot Touch Expert at 42mm looks humongous in the pics but in person it doesn't look that huge. The monster is 41mm yet looks a lot smaller than the Tissot.

The worst part and the main reason for my indecisiveness is that the movement is just purrrfect!! If I didn't know better, I would have said that this is a quartz watch running on batteries. The watch actually came in yesterday noon... had taken the pictures but couldn't post them yeterday... and believe it or not, in the past 31hrs it has not gained or lost a single second!!! Add to it that it's been sitting in the case all the time.

One last request, since we both have monsters, could you tell me how does it wear in comparison to the monster on your wrist? I mean does it look like a bigger watch or a tad smaller? Any additional comparitive info is more than welcome !!

Thanks again!

[Fullers1845]

My Ocean 1 wears bigger than my Monster. It's lines are cleaner and its dressier than the Monster, but there is no question, the 42mm Ocean 1 is the bigger watch. It is especially noticeable in the case diameter and lug-to-lug length. Thickness is about the same.

[Fullers1845]

So, Viper. What'd you decide? Are you keeping the 39mm or trading for the 42mm?

[viper_]

So, Viper. What'd you decide? Are you keeping the 39mm or trading for the 42mm?

Sorry for the late response... spent most of my time wondering what to do... lol!! Showed to all my near and dear ones and the general consensus was that the watch does look a little small, but not that small either.

So long story short... I tried the watch a couple of times and decided that the watch does look OK, and no sense wasting in shipping the item to and fro. Logged on to post on this thread and had a look at ur pics again... this one in particular...

....and saw the 39mm on my wrist and went... nah!! Just wasn't comfortable with the size,it felt more like a compromise. Btw, the debaufre honestly looks awesome on your wrist. So my weird logic said that my wrists are 6.75", approximately 6mm smaller than yours. The 6mm distribution would be somewhat like 2mm smaller each on the top and bottom side and 1mm each on the side of the wrist. So with a 2mm smaller wrist i.e just considering the top part, if I were to wear the watch, it would be just 1mm smaller on each side of the lug... so basically not a huge difference !!

So using the incredible power of idiotic deduction, I finally sent the watch back this noon to be replaced with the 42mm model!! Usually when you do stuff using this kind of logic it tends to backfire more often than not... but I hope the watch retains it's awesome on my wrist like it does on your's! Fingers crossed!!

Sheesh.... so much fuss over a watch !! Will be back with pics and review when the watch arrives.

Thanks a lot for the help once again!!

[Fullers1845]

No problem, man! Sounds like you put yourself through the ringer on this one. For a long time I wondered if I should have got the 39mm, but finally decided the 42mm is right for me.

Looking forward to seeing the new one when it arrives. Cheers!

[apidya]

The lume dot fell off my Alpha so I might need to get a Steinhart.

[~kyle]

The lume dot fell off my Alpha so I might need to get a Steinhart.

The lume dot fell off of my Alpha MilSub after it was less than two months old. I've emailed AlphaUSA four times now and never recieved a reply and I wasn't even asking them to fix it, I just wanted to know if I could buy a replacement.

I do still like it though and wear it every day.

[TicTocTach]

They've got bezels on the Alpha CN web site - I suppose Alpha USA may have some as well. May not be on the web site, though.

Clair

[~kyle]

They've got bezels on the Alpha CN web site - I suppose Alpha USA may have some as well. May not be on the web site, though.

Clair

I would assume they would as well. That's why I've emailed them. But like I said, no response.