This is the model my wife gave me as an anniversary present and as a celebration of retirement, five years ago. I had admired the Submariner for 40 years and she felt it was time. It will pass to my son someday who has already earned it as a U.S.Navy Rescue Swimmer. It is robust, comfortable, elegant, and casual all at the same time. It truly is the only watch you will ever need.
114060 with maxi case all the way... The slightly slimmer bracelet is so comfortable and the case has more wrist presence even though it is 40mm..Most people would not even know the difference, let alone give a flying pigs grunt... But for me the 114060 is better if not way better....
The 124060 has better proportions and a better movement, the clasp is perfect if you have a 7 plus inch wrist, I would get the 14060 if I had smaller than 7 inch wrists
Well first of all new movement has 70hrs reserve, it looks and feels smaller, despite 41mm size. AR coating on inner side of safir cristal. Hour hand is fetter and longer, second hand also. Alltogether better and more composed watch.
@@AndrewJohn4Athe proportions of the 114060 are way off. The fat lugs and skinny bracelet (in addition to looking really odd) not only make the watch look unbalanced, it also wears that way. It’s top heavy because the bracelet is too thin in relation to the head of the watch. The 124060 corrects these proportions, and as a result the watch wears much more balanced on wrist. So the watch looks better and wears way better. Also, you’re getting a 70hr power reserve with the new movement and AR coating on the underside of the crystal. Both are big upgrades. The minute hand is longer on the 124060 and looks the way it should. The short hand always bugged me on the 114060. The new sub is approximately 1/2 millimeter larger than the outgoing model, so don’t worry about it wearing larger. If anything, it wears slightly smaller because of the improved proportions.
There is a subtle difference between a Sub owner and a Speedmaster owner in that you will have a greater chance of finding a Lambo in a Sub owners garage (you will also find him wearing his clothing labels/logos on the outside of his garments) whereas the Speedmaster owner would more than likely have a Ferrari in his garage and would wear Purple label Polo sans logo (or you know how you can tell when a rich guy is wearing expensive clothing?, unless you own the items yourself, you can't).
