The Olmsted 38

Olmsted on Point

Loving the watch. Usually wear a 42mm so this is smaller than I am generally accustomed, but is a perfect size as my daily driver when I wear suits and for biz casual at work. Clean, simple, in a very positive way. Really enjoying the watch. It runs a few minutes fast each week (not the case with an Omega Seamster Diver 300m that I own); assuming this is par for the course with this particular movement but figured I'd ask).

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Couldn’t be happier with my new Olmsted/Grey/Date…. Oak & Oscar Olmsted. 38mm, 100-meter water resistance, automatic Swiss moment with 42-hour power reserve, dual-layer sandwich dial, and I even like the color. Shout out to Chase and Kevin for the great service too!

Nearly perfect

I love how the matte grey dial and orange second hand give the Olmsted a sort of industrial appearance, I love the sandwich dial, and the robust specs. I also really appreciate the field watch influence, but with a contemporary flair and without a focus on warfare. The only thing keeping the watch from being perfect for me is that it's too big. I have narrow wrists and 38mm is the largest watch I wear. (I miss 20th century styles, when men's watches were 30-36mm.) On the Olmstead, it feels like the numbers need to be bigger or the overall watch smaller; as it is, legibility could be better and there's too much empty dial.