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Does anyone here own both a Superocean Abyss 42 and Seawolf? How does the size compare? Any pictures to illustrate the size difference?
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Sorry I can't speak directly to the SOII in 42mm but I do happen to have an old picture of the thickness difference between a SteelFish and a SeaWolf...it is pretty substantial. Wolf is left Fish is middle. Perhaps you can make some mental calculations btween the SteelFish(44/16.1) and SO II (42/15). Hope this helps. FWIW, I really like my SW if you are trying to decide between the two, but it is thick.

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I have an SO42 and a Skyland (which is slightly thinner than the Seawolf), and I can tell you that the difference is very significant in every single dimension.

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rplace wrote:
Sorry I can't speak directly to the SOII in 42mm but I do happen to have an old picture of the thickness difference between a SteelFish and a SeaWolf...it is pretty substantial. Wolf is left Fish is middle. Perhaps you can make some mental calculations btween the SteelFish(44/16.1) and SO II (42/15). Hope this helps. FWIW, I really like my SW if you are trying to decide between the two, but it is thick.

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Nice compare pic. Is that the XL PO?
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lmcgbaj wrote:
Nice compare pic. Is that the XL PO?


Yes the original, not the new 8500 movment...the new PO is a tad thicker. I tried them both and based on my other watches I actually like the way the original wore over the new version.
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LJUSMC wrote:
Does anyone here own both a Superocean Abyss 42 and Seawolf? How does the size compare? Any pictures to illustrate the size difference?


I have had both. No comparison pics sorry. The wolf is big thick monster compared to the abyss IMHO.
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Not mine but you can get the idea...
Superocean and seawolf

http://m.flickr.com/photos/panzer1331/4 ... /lightbox/
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rplace wrote:
Sorry I can't speak directly to the SOII in 42mm but I do happen to have an old picture of the thickness difference between a SteelFish and a SeaWolf...it is pretty substantial. Wolf is left Fish is middle. Perhaps you can make some mental calculations btween the SteelFish(44/16.1) and SO II (42/15). Hope this helps. FWIW, I really like my SW if you are trying to decide between the two, but it is thick.

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Very useful pic.

The real question is why is the TOC left out in the background? :p


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rplace wrote:
lmcgbaj wrote:
Nice compare pic. Is that the XL PO?


Yes the original, not the new 8500 movment...the new PO is a tad thicker. I tried them both and based on my other watches I actually like the way the original wore over the new version.

The 2500 PO looks like a baby compared to the Wolf. I had 2 wolfs in the past but never at the same time as the PO. Did not remember the wolf to be that massive. I guess short memory.
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Dr J wrote:
The real question is why is the TOC left out in the background? :p


I wish I had the scratch for a TOC right now. That is actually the grand dad to the TOC...1969 Top Time 810. Talk about thin.
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lol, funnily enough I was looking at it in the bokeh there and was convinced it was a 810. Then looked at the other modern pieces and concluded it must be a TOC and that they looked for more like the TT 810 than I originally thought.

Beautiful watch either way :-)
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