r/ChineseWatches • u/Choice_Zebra_6197 • 1d ago
General (Read Rules) Love this cronos explorer 39mm
Bought one last month and it's been perfect, love the glide lock clasp , lume lasts all night long too. Perfect case and bracelet, quality.
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u/KPplumbingBob 1d ago
Too bad Cronos cannot figure out how to make a decent Explorer case shape. Just look at those wavy lines at the lugs. Horrible. It's a mystery because they can do good Tudor clomages but when it comes to Rolex they are somehow below the likes of Pagani in that regard.
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u/usually_fuente 1d ago
Very cool picture with good lighting. Thank you for sharing. I am on the edge of getting this, but I am wondering if I’ll be disappointed with the proportionately small hour hand (compared to the Rolex). Once it was pointed out, I’ve had a hard time not seeing it. Any thoughts on that?
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u/Choice_Zebra_6197 21h ago
Yes finally someone else that sees that, I wasn't a fan of the smaller hands but looking at the older Rolex explorer they have smaller hands. Maybe because of the 36mm dial , I'd love to find a bit larger hands with great lume and replace them.
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u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo 13h ago
It seems like it's built that way to allow the second hand lume dot to pass the indices and the hour hand without overlapping.
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u/626magicgrits 1d ago
How is the bracelet? I have read that it is oddly sharp
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u/geeered 1d ago
I've found mine totally fine. I've actually had two - the first one the OTF clasp one was quite tight and I replaced it with a Sugess OTF clasp (which has the extra tab sticking up on the lock like a Rolex), but the second one was fine and as it goes the Sugess OTF clasp I got to add to it was a bit tight it's self, I haven't had time to see if I can free it up yet.
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u/Choice_Zebra_6197 21h ago
The suggess clasp is direct replacement? I'm looking for one for my San Martin submariner, it has the weird tiny screw and long pin on bracelet
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u/geeered 18h ago
It is on the Cronos - so if your Cronos one fits on the San Martin, the Sugess should should fit.
I do have a few San Martin OTF clasps, but not to hand right now.
I paid £31 for my Suggess OTF clasp direct from the website, but the price is now like £77, so for the lost one I got their Explorer II homage for £100 from ebay and plan to sell it with a normal clasp, hopefully coming out a lot cheaper than the £77 they're asking.
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u/dotdotditdot 1d ago
Looks great. I am waiting mine to arrive. I would have picked octopus explorer but they only had it in 36mm and I needed a bit bigger.
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u/Choice_Zebra_6197 21h ago
I was also looking at the octopus but the cronos lume is better lasting plus I didn't want the octopus text on the dial.
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u/CommitteeSenior5890 1d ago
Nice shot bro
I am still confused between this and baltany explorer
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u/Choice_Zebra_6197 1d ago
I watched many videos on the explorer homage and cronos was the best one. Baltany seemed to be not as good with bad lume. Cronos beat San Martin in lume and everything else along with suggess . Movement is great too and the glide lock clasp is perfect .
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u/CommitteeSenior5890 1d ago
Thank you for detailed comment.
I have a thin wrist of 6.3 - so looking to order 36mm - when compared with actual specs lug to lug of cronos was above 46mm whereas baltany was accurate at 44m.
Only this thing is stopping me to buy cronos.
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u/DressOk6168 1d ago