Big boned FF....
In toying with the idea of a gold watch I was curious how much heavier it would be than what I'm already used to only to find the steel FF on the bracelet (even a few links short!) is already heavier than a gold DD. Oof. ...
That's over 30% heavier than my Tudor Black Bay in SS.
I'm surprised they were able to use that much steel. If it were in 18K I'd find it insufferable.
For reference my steel Grand Seiko
SLGA021 lake suwa is 176gr. Your FF is proper heavy. On the other hand when I tried the new 42mm FF in titanium ( with strap mind you! ) I was surprised of its heft, couple days ago I had tried the Omega NTTD titanium on titanium mesh bracelet and it was ...
Yes exactly, one of the reasons I like wearing
the SLGA021 is its heft. That FF though… I’d like to try how it feels on the wrist, should be pleasant, the titanium FF weight wise was like a normal stainless steel steel watch.
Very heavy for sure.
Here’s a picture of a white gold Day-Date I owned from 2017 and your FF weighs more 😁 ...
Here you go yacomino.
The platinum is short by a link or two which are in my banks safe deposit box with the papers. Yellow gold Day-Date below 👍 ...
Thank you so much! Between gold and platinum, which do you prefer wearing?
Does the platinum feel too heavy after a while?
I would recommend the smooth bezel version.
The newer platinum version is virtually indistinguishable from white gold because Rolex made the decision to discontinue the smooth bezel in platinum and only offer the fluted bezel in platinum now. A big mistake by Rolex in my opinion.
Need to take care…
That you do not start developing asymmetrical wrists, given how much extra weight one shoulders 😉👍🏻 It certainly is a tad heavier than I would have expected. A truly cool watch but I imagine I would have put it on a strap, given the heft 👍🏻 ...