I wear my Pelagos everyday as a stonemason, it's a tank. Heavily water and dust resistant. My wrist expands throughout the day and the clasps springs expand and detract with it. The bezel is amazing as a quick timer and the titanium is so light and scratch resistant, this isn't a dress watch or even a sports watch it's an amazing tool watch I'll keep it forever and pass it down to my son when he takes over the company
How does the titanium case hold up? Only heard forum scare stories by those who don't own one... Got a BB GMT and want a diver. BB41 is cool but considering going full dive mode with the Pelagos.
@@King_Harrold I own both the Pelagos LHD and the Black Bay GMT. Unless you are going saturation diving the Black Bay GMT would still work because the Black Bay is a dive watch. For deeper dives the Pelagos is Tudor's answer to the Rolex Sea Dweller, with the helium escape valve. I feel like Jacques Cousteau would wear this if he were alive today. I wear both of these watches regularly. The titanium is such a wearable and practicle material- its light, strong, and its like stainless steel with a sun tan.
Good review. Having "Rotor Self-Winding" on the dial is historically correct for Tudor. (Also one of the most elegant touches to the ETA-based Black Bays.) I agree the red text helps break it up.
Wearing my Pelagos LHD right meow as I watch this video, and I couldn't be happier with my choice! Fantastic looking watch, great in house movement, and being left hand drive as well as titanium it is quite unique, thus a great addition to my collection.
Reviewer mentioned the bottom line of text is too close to the 6 o'clock hour marker. I believe this is intentional so the 5 lines of text and 6 o'clock hour marker closely resemble the snowflake hour hand.
Absolutely hit it out of the park with the 5-line and red. Albeit, I will admit a 4-liner would have been better. It's a modern Red Submariner 1680 without being an obvious homage. This is much more organic. Your "missteps" are my homeruns, exactly what got me to look at the Pelagos LHD wherein the basic line I barely noticed. The LHD is "spot on", for me. I'm not right, and you're not wrong. We just like different things. Being most likely twice your age and having seen Red Submariners in the wild as a child, this watch ticks all the boxes.
I've had this Pelagos in ti for about five weeks but started wearing it regularly about two weeks ago. The more I wear it, the more I like it. I'm not talking about left hand drive either. I love the weight and size of the watch. Millimeters as many reviewers have pointed out over the years are over rated. The weight doesn't feel overly heavy or light. It has enough mass to express the value that is in this watch. Yet, it is light enough not to wear me out. I have some kind of thin wrist which I haven't measured as of yet. I own a variety of watches including the Grand Seiko-Snowflake, a Rolex (Batman), a Tag H. and a number of Quartz, auto and wind up watches. I hadn't known that there is a limited edition or something like that. As to the date balance: I like the date window of the Pelagos in the new style. I can do without the red lettering on the face. I do not like any red on the date; don't need it. Love the flat black bezel, ceramic. The 70 hour power reserve has come in handy already. While my other main auutomatic ran out of reserve and will require a date advancement of a day, I have not run into this problem with the Pelagos. I suppose if the spacing from the six o'clock marker was the same as the shield from the triangle marker, the balance would make more sense. The 42 mm or whatever it is seems perfect for me and the legibility of the watch face is totally amazing. When I wear this watch, the general public has no idea of what it is. It makes it easier for me to wear this watch. My standard RHD does not dig into my wrist at all. I love the adjustibility of the bracelet and its expansion. No one has remarked about the break-in of the springs on the auto adjust. I'm still not sure about the number of links I need in the band. I may well put another half link back in to lengthen the band so that the spring loaded clasp doesn't have to do so much work and I won't continue to have an impression on my wrist. I think also, that the springs could have a little less pressure and that would make the watch more comfortable; however that would have to be very carefully adjusted. Once I get the adjustment on my wrist perfect, I see myself almost never taking this watch off. It checks every box on my list. I don't care about the Black Bay. I even prefer the name of the watch: Pelagos. The numbering is interesting. but with a Q letter and huge numbers, numbering doesn't make the watch all that valuable. With lettering and six numbers, one can have up to 99 million watches released all the way up to one number short of a hundred million. So what is the point of numbering? Well, as long as one records the number, if it is ever stolen, at least the police pawn shop detail and the watch community can post the lost watch with its serial number. AF
You don't know WHY there's an alternating black/red Roulette date wheel? You sound young. When you get older, the date indicator starts to get difficult to read. Having odd numbers in black and even numbers in red is a great visual clue if the number's looking a bit blurry to you. Solves the problem of a 2 looking like a 3 or a 5 looking like a 6 or an 8 looking like a 9!
Excellent review. Especially like the break down of the snowflake hand and it’s distinct shape associated with Tudor. Very cool thank you for the great review and content. 👊🏼
Very, very nice vid. That side to side was useful. I must say I wish they'd release a LHD in blue, I'd buy it. Don't mind the 5 lines of text, either. Makes it look tool-ish.
Outstanding watch review, especially the contrast bw the Back Bay and Pelagos LHD. All those "quirky" elements you highlighted make this far more compelling and interesting than the usual Tudor. Making me think, "I need one of those." Nicely done....
12:12 totally agree and I can’t unsee it: the text is so close to the 6 o’clock marker. Why did they do that!? It’s always bothered me. All they needed to do was match the distance with the line spacing and it would have been perfect. Also, I’ve always thought GENEVE was too big and off balance with the TUDOR text...
Too bad that only the lefty has this color setting. I wish the black version would have a red line of text on the dial. Now it is a little bit dull imho. The lefty is more exciting to watch.
Wear it on the left hand with the crown on the left, because of the comfort! Why do you need the crown on right side? Do you change the date or time having the watch still on the wrist?
I mean sub has exactly same amount of letterings why people are bothered so much about that of Pelagos. Or does all youtuber have to include such info?
I just bought this watch. One of the lume on the bezel fell off after 5 days. I didn’t bump or drop the watch. Any one know if this is just a defect or poor design?
One thing , mine is number 555, when is the number going to stop, current about 8,000. feel like its not as good as when i 1st got it, feel like ive been played.
Is it just me, or the LHD looks "taller" than first gen at 16:15 ? p.s. Very nice and thorough review, some bigger watch review chanells should watch and learn how to do their job. Keep up the good work.
It's a reference to the military heritage of tudor.
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2 years ago... 1 year ago... Today: it's not a limited numbered edition, but it's supposed to be a short run. Basically they haven't set an exact number, but it's not supposed to be a fixture like the BB or standard Pelagos and presumably they aren't producing as many (LHD) in scale to the aforementioned, clearly a lefty watch isn't going to endear itself to the average consumer. It will mean something when they finally cut it off.
This sheep mentality over the 5 lines is quite ridiculous. The Rolex Sub that most wet their pants over has 4 lines, including 'Submariner' in large font. Let it go ppl. It looks great and isn't worth two minutes from 10:35. You could do a full review in two minutes.
I got one yes I gets scratches pretty easily but I took mine to the jewellers and they both them out with no problems whatsoever and you couldn't tell that it was being done that's what you get for quality you can just get it rebuffed time and time again with it being titanium
I have this watch I was one of the fortunate ones to get it with the numbers under 100 still have the box that States not to be opened until November 2016 when it was launched and have the original box and all its papers hopefully it will be a good investment with it being in the 100 Club I would love to see anybody else who's in the 100 Club on here love this watch two bits
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There are a few methods to maintaining the titanium case, from what I've seen a rubber eraser makes the case look like new given that we're talking the standard titanium shallow scratch and oxidization mix.
Why can't you make your content accessible by formatting the auto caption into closed captioning? I'm Profoundly Deaf and it is very hard to enjoy your content having to rely only on the dreaded auto captioning
Don't understand your statement "Pelagos" being there. Does the Submariner have "Submariner" on the dial? Does the Daytona have "Daytona" on the dial? Does the Yacht Master have "Yacht Master" on the dial? Seems to be a trend; yet you don't ask why those have the name on the dial. Since "we already know what watch it is"
I am I the 100 club I was one of the first to get my number is under between 50 and 60 I believe it's the best tool watch in the world better and the submariners from Rolex because it's made out of titanium and there is no Rolex is out there what I made of titanium plus it's for left is like me
Great watch but, grade 2 titanium for 4K ..?? The Seiko Shogun for example is made out of grade 5 titanium. Just sayin'. I will add a piece of text about this subject "I was made to understand that the titanium used by Tudor is deemed as a Grade 2 Ti, instead of the higher performance Grade 5 Ti. Grade 2 Ti is purer in the sense that it doesn't have aluminium and vanadium added to make it into a Grade 5 Ti. Unfortunately, it is inferior to the Grade 5 Ti as it doesn't comply to high stresses as required for aviation applications. Generally, Grade 5 Ti is about three times stronger than Grade 2 Ti. Of course there are other properties where Ti has advantages over stainless steel, especially in density or weight. In that sense, Grade 2 Ti is also softer, hence being less scratch resistance than Grade 5 Ti and normal stainless steel"
Two line Tudor is far more balanced and visually appealing to me still. If the ETA version didn't exist for me to compare it against, I'm sure this would appeal to me more but all the littke back steps just ruin in.
You've made the same comment on every Pelagos video. You honestly must think it makes you sound intelligent. You must have five Patek's in the collection with that amazingly classy taste you have for 40mm watches. Or perhaps you can't think for yourself and you're a slave to tradition and what others tell you.
I never understood why right-handed people would wear this or any destro watch on their left wrist. "On larger watches It gets rid of the dig"? So you just prefer the crown digging back into your forearm instead of the back of your hand? If a watch crown is digging into you, you're wearing your watch way too tight.
wornandwound You cannot bend your forearm the way you can your wrist? Wow. Thanks for the condescending remark, Captain Obvious. Try holding your arm out in front of you or down at your side with a watch on. Bend your wrist back. The action of bending your wrist back clearly pushes the back of the watch case into your forearm. If you wear your watch with the crown on the forearm side, the crown will dig into your forearm when you bend your wrist back. Try putting your hand on a flat surface and bend your wrist back. You will feel the watch digging into your forearm more than the back of your hand.
It wasn't meant to be condescending. Have worn a handful of destro watches and not once have I had any issue with the crown pressing into my forearm. That's the general the consensus from a lot of people who love destro watches. Your experience may be different.
That was the reason to buy the LHD for me! See for example the SINN EZM 3 OR 13. For tactical purposes, the crown has to he on the left side. I don't understand why people want to wear the watches having the crown in the direction on the hand? Do you change date/time or wind your watch still having on the wrist?
I wear my Pelagos everyday as a stonemason, it's a tank. Heavily water and dust resistant. My wrist expands throughout the day and the clasps springs expand and detract with it. The bezel is amazing as a quick timer and the titanium is so light and scratch resistant, this isn't a dress watch or even a sports watch it's an amazing tool watch I'll keep it forever and pass it down to my son when he takes over the company
Cool Story, but titan is more scratchy than steel, actually.. and it is also not even grade 5 titan(
I’m a stonemason too, just ordered a lhd but there’s no way I’ll ne wearing it for work.. I do use £50 notes as tingles though lol😂
I bought this watch 4 months ago. There has been one day when I didn't wear it and my wrist hated me that whole day. Great watch.
Stu 🧐🧐
How does the titanium case hold up? Only heard forum scare stories by those who don't own one...
Got a BB GMT and want a diver. BB41 is cool but considering going full dive mode with the Pelagos.
@@King_Harrold I own both the Pelagos LHD and the Black Bay GMT. Unless you are going saturation diving the Black Bay GMT would still work because the Black Bay is a dive watch. For deeper dives the Pelagos is Tudor's answer to the Rolex Sea Dweller, with the helium escape valve. I feel like Jacques Cousteau would wear this if he were alive today. I wear both of these watches regularly. The titanium is such a wearable and practicle material- its light, strong, and its like stainless steel with a sun tan.
Super comfortable
As a lhd owner, when u look at it, the text combine with the six clock marker resemblance snowflake hour hand, the 2 liner dial look very plain
Good review. Having "Rotor Self-Winding" on the dial is historically correct for Tudor. (Also one of the most elegant touches to the ETA-based Black Bays.) I agree the red text helps break it up.
Wearing my Pelagos LHD right meow as I watch this video, and I couldn't be happier with my choice! Fantastic looking watch, great in house movement, and being left hand drive as well as titanium it is quite unique, thus a great addition to my collection.
Reviewer mentioned the bottom line of text is too close to the 6 o'clock hour marker. I believe this is intentional so the 5 lines of text and 6 o'clock hour marker closely resemble the snowflake hour hand.
Robert Shapiro that’s a good observation, and I’ve often thought of the resemblance to the snowflake . Subtle and clever if that was their intention!
Good call!
Absolutely hit it out of the park with the 5-line and red. Albeit, I will admit a 4-liner would have been better. It's a modern Red Submariner 1680 without being an obvious homage. This is much more organic. Your "missteps" are my homeruns, exactly what got me to look at the Pelagos LHD wherein the basic line I barely noticed. The LHD is "spot on", for me. I'm not right, and you're not wrong. We just like different things. Being most likely twice your age and having seen Red Submariners in the wild as a child, this watch ticks all the boxes.
the red pelagos dial is cool as hell.
I have had my 2018 sub for almost a year now and i tried the lhd on today and am picking it up tomorrow.
Best Pelagos review ever.
Mine has replaced my submariner as my every day watch, I use it every day in the army
Interesting! I guess you dont wear it when it gets rough? Or if you do, how would you rate the toughness of it?
I agree the round hour markers are annoying. I like square or rectangle markers. Good job Zach,Cheers!
Bought one two days ago.. Love it.
I've had this Pelagos in ti for about five weeks but started wearing it regularly about two weeks ago. The more I wear it, the more I like it. I'm not talking about left hand drive either. I love the weight and size of the watch. Millimeters as many reviewers have pointed out over the years are over rated. The weight doesn't feel overly heavy or light. It has enough mass to express the value that is in this watch. Yet, it is light enough not to wear me out. I have some kind of thin wrist which I haven't measured as of yet. I own a variety of watches including the Grand Seiko-Snowflake, a Rolex (Batman), a Tag H. and a number of Quartz, auto and wind up watches. I hadn't known that there is a limited edition or something like that. As to the date balance: I like the date window of the Pelagos in the new style. I can do without the red lettering on the face. I do not like any red on the date; don't need it. Love the flat black bezel, ceramic. The 70 hour power reserve has come in handy already. While my other main auutomatic ran out of reserve and will require a date advancement of a day, I have not run into this problem with the Pelagos. I suppose if the spacing from the six o'clock marker was the same as the shield from the triangle marker, the balance would make more sense. The 42 mm or whatever it is seems perfect for me and the legibility of the watch face is totally amazing. When I wear this watch, the general public has no idea of what it is. It makes it easier for me to wear this watch. My standard RHD does not dig into my wrist at all. I love the adjustibility of the bracelet and its expansion. No one has remarked about the break-in of the springs on the auto adjust. I'm still not sure about the number of links I need in the band. I may well put another half link back in to lengthen the band so that the spring loaded clasp doesn't have to do so much work and I won't continue to have an impression on my wrist. I think also, that the springs could have a little less pressure and that would make the watch more comfortable; however that would have to be very carefully adjusted. Once I get the adjustment on my wrist perfect, I see myself almost never taking this watch off. It checks every box on my list. I don't care about the Black Bay. I even prefer the name of the watch: Pelagos. The numbering is interesting. but with a Q letter and huge numbers, numbering doesn't make the watch all that valuable. With lettering and six numbers, one can have up to 99 million watches released all the way up to one number short of a hundred million. So what is the point of numbering? Well, as long as one records the number, if it is ever stolen, at least the police pawn shop detail and the watch community can post the lost watch with its serial number. AF
You don't know WHY there's an alternating black/red Roulette date wheel?
You sound young. When you get older, the date indicator starts to get difficult to read. Having odd numbers in black and even numbers in red is a great visual clue if the number's looking a bit blurry to you. Solves the problem of a 2 looking like a 3 or a 5 looking like a 6 or an 8 looking like a 9!
highnrising and it's a nod to the rolex datejust 36 or 38( I forget) with the same but red ODD numbers.
Your reviews are the best
My absolute favourite watch I must get one
Very nice job, like the way you stayed to script and covered everything perfectly. Thank you, I am in the market now
Excellent review. Especially like the break down of the snowflake hand and it’s distinct shape associated with Tudor. Very cool thank you for the great review and content. 👊🏼
Thanks for watching!
I love mine I love the red text it makes the dial less busy
Very, very nice vid. That side to side was useful. I must say I wish they'd release a LHD in blue, I'd buy it. Don't mind the 5 lines of text, either. Makes it look tool-ish.
Outstanding watch review, especially the contrast bw the Back Bay and Pelagos LHD. All those "quirky" elements you highlighted make this far more compelling and interesting than the usual Tudor. Making me think, "I need one of those." Nicely done....
12:12 totally agree and I can’t unsee it: the text is so close to the 6 o’clock marker. Why did they do that!? It’s always bothered me. All they needed to do was match the distance with the line spacing and it would have been perfect.
Also, I’ve always thought GENEVE was too big and off balance with the TUDOR text...
It's an amazing watch I had ever seen heavily dust and water resistant it's wow❤
Please do a review on the Tudor North Flag ! There aren't many reviews clearly showing the North Flag.
Got mine today . Very impressed with it
I like the look of it but the indices put me off a bit. Would be a slam-dunk if they were a bit smaller or not so blocky.
Great in details review. Thanks for this, I bought the watch !
Honestly having it face that direction is probably more comfortable - really I had a friend with a Sub who had a permanent indent
I wish I could buy this same watch but in RHD, but with the same dials colour scheme.
My next watch, and I'm a lefty to boot.
Amazing review thanks for all that information
Too bad that only the lefty has this color setting. I wish the black version would have a red line of text on the dial. Now it is a little bit dull imho. The lefty is more exciting to watch.
Wear it on the left hand with the crown on the left, because of the comfort! Why do you need the crown on right side? Do you change the date or time having the watch still on the wrist?
I mean sub has exactly same amount of letterings why people are bothered so much about that of Pelagos. Or does all youtuber have to include such info?
I just bought this watch. One of the lume on the bezel fell off after 5 days. I didn’t bump or drop the watch. Any one know if this is just a defect or poor design?
Really Nice Watch I Like it because it's a Left Handed Watch Never Seen this Before!!!I'm Left Handed Really Really Nice!!!!
Love mine. Got lucky and my dealer had an under 20 number available
Ismael Martinez under 20! Mine is in the 2000 XD
Love this watch.
One thing , mine is number 555, when is the number going to stop, current about 8,000. feel like its not as good as when i 1st got it, feel like ive been played.
Awesome review. Can you guys consider reviewing the IWC Pilot Chrono Le Petit Prince?
very good review
Do you have His and Hers Watches Left Handed and Right Handed Watches!!!! Nice Glow at Night!!!!
This is my some day watch. Still collecting $400 and under. Since I'm left handed is there a less expensive lhd out there?
Sinn ezm3
Is it just me, or the LHD looks "taller" than first gen at 16:15 ?
p.s. Very nice and thorough review, some bigger watch review chanells should watch and learn how to do their job. Keep up the good work.
Love your reviews. I'd like to see a 40x48x13 size with date at 6.
Is this to be worn on the right wrist then?
Great video, much appreciated.
Really beautiful watch, and at a decent price for what you get. 👍
impressive review
I had the LHD and sold it because it's very top heavy and tall on the wrist. Great watch but better options in the tudor range even
LHD Pelagos only comes in Black? How about blue?
Beautiful!
Not a limited edition, the numbers on the back don't mean anything apparently.
It's a reference to the military heritage of tudor.
2 years ago...
1 year ago...
Today: it's not a limited numbered edition, but it's supposed to be a short run. Basically they haven't set an exact number, but it's not supposed to be a fixture like the BB or standard Pelagos and presumably they aren't producing as many (LHD) in scale to the aforementioned, clearly a lefty watch isn't going to endear itself to the average consumer.
It will mean something when they finally cut it off.
nice review bro
Where do you get that leather band??? It’s so cool
WHATS THAT BEAUTIFUL BLACK RUBBER STRAP SIR?
Really well done review!
Love this
world best watch review :)
This sheep mentality over the 5 lines is quite ridiculous. The Rolex Sub that most wet their pants over has 4 lines, including 'Submariner' in large font. Let it go ppl. It looks great and isn't worth two minutes from 10:35. You could do a full review in two minutes.
Why does the LHD have the Red Pelagos....
The date😜
When will the pelagos be renewed? I'm looking forward for them to to reduce the 5 lines to a max of 3
Want to buy the Pelagos, but afraid the Titanium will scratch easily and look like crap in a year.
Moment in Time same, plus it looks dull
I got one yes I gets scratches pretty easily but I took mine to the jewellers and they both them out with no problems whatsoever and you couldn't tell that it was being done that's what you get for quality you can just get it rebuffed time and time again with it being titanium
I have this watch I was one of the fortunate ones to get it with the numbers under 100 still have the box that States not to be opened until November 2016 when it was launched and have the original box and all its papers hopefully it will be a good investment with it being in the 100 Club I would love to see anybody else who's in the 100 Club on here love this watch two bits
There are a few methods to maintaining the titanium case, from what I've seen a rubber eraser makes the case look like new given that we're talking the standard titanium shallow scratch and oxidization mix.
Why can't you make your content accessible by formatting the auto caption into closed captioning? I'm Profoundly Deaf and it is very hard to enjoy your content having to rely only on the dreaded auto captioning
wonderful review. this is the way should be, we only want to see the watch. not the guy,
Don't understand your statement "Pelagos" being there. Does the Submariner have "Submariner" on the dial? Does the Daytona have "Daytona" on the dial? Does the Yacht Master have "Yacht Master" on the dial? Seems to be a trend; yet you don't ask why those have the name on the dial. Since "we already know what watch it is"
In general, putting the name of the model on the dial feels pointless, and most watches would be better off without the extra line of text.
I replaced my Omega Seamaster and OG Sub with this baby.
You sold me on the LHD.
I am I the 100 club I was one of the first to get my number is under between 50 and 60 I believe it's the best tool watch in the world better and the submariners from Rolex because it's made out of titanium and there is no Rolex is out there what I made of titanium plus it's for left is like me
Can I offer some constructive criticism with regards to your presentation?
Yes
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Entry level? I don't think so. Entry level at $4400? That's the price of my luminor? Would you also call that "entry level"?
In the luxury world, it definitely is entry level.
Great watch but, grade 2 titanium for 4K ..?? The Seiko Shogun for example is made out of grade 5 titanium. Just sayin'. I will add a piece of text about this subject "I was made to understand that the titanium used by Tudor is deemed as a Grade 2 Ti, instead of the higher performance Grade 5 Ti. Grade 2 Ti is purer in the sense that it doesn't have aluminium and vanadium added to make it into a Grade 5 Ti. Unfortunately, it is inferior to the Grade 5 Ti as it doesn't comply to high stresses as required for aviation applications. Generally, Grade 5 Ti is about three times stronger than Grade 2 Ti. Of course there are other properties where Ti has advantages over stainless steel, especially in density or weight. In that sense, Grade 2 Ti is also softer, hence being less scratch resistance than Grade 5 Ti and normal stainless steel"
Great … Another Diver on my wishlist :-O xD !
Two line Tudor is far more balanced and visually appealing to me still.
If the ETA version didn't exist for me to compare it against, I'm sure this would appeal to me more but all the littke back steps just ruin in.
I agree, great watch but just too many text lines.
Looks like Gone WithThe Wind with all that text on the dial.
Move the crown to the right, take metal (not these white) hands, skip the the fourth and maybe the third line, and take my money.
If only it was slightly smaller... 39-40mm diameter would be perfect!
The rubber strap looks cheap
It’s a left hand version why are you wearing it on your left wrist, it should be on the right!!
Issue this, issue that ! The only issue with this watch is YOU !!!
Great watch, but that caseback looks cheap.
jubitolik in what way does it look cheap? It’s a typical Tudor caseback.
If it was a 40mm, I would instantly buy this watch.
How large would a wrist have to be to fit this watch well in your opinion?
You've made the same comment on every Pelagos video. You honestly must think it makes you sound intelligent. You must have five Patek's in the collection with that amazingly classy taste you have for 40mm watches. Or perhaps you can't think for yourself and you're a slave to tradition and what others tell you.
I never understood why right-handed people would wear this or any destro watch on their left wrist. "On larger watches It gets rid of the dig"? So you just prefer the crown digging back into your forearm instead of the back of your hand? If a watch crown is digging into you, you're wearing your watch way too tight.
The crown wouldn't dig into your forearm because you cannot bend your forearm the way you can your wrist.
wornandwound You cannot bend your forearm the way you can your wrist? Wow. Thanks for the condescending remark, Captain Obvious. Try holding your arm out in front of you or down at your side with a watch on. Bend your wrist back. The action of bending your wrist back clearly pushes the back of the watch case into your forearm. If you wear your watch with the crown on the forearm side, the crown will dig into your forearm when you bend your wrist back. Try putting your hand on a flat surface and bend your wrist back. You will feel the watch digging into your forearm more than the back of your hand.
It wasn't meant to be condescending. Have worn a handful of destro watches and not once have I had any issue with the crown pressing into my forearm. That's the general the consensus from a lot of people who love destro watches. Your experience may be different.
@ why all the hate? To each their own.
That was the reason to buy the LHD for me! See for example the SINN EZM 3 OR 13. For tactical purposes, the crown has to he on the left side. I don't understand why people want to wear the watches having the crown in the direction on the hand? Do you change date/time or wind your watch still having on the wrist?