Same Duro, heavier wrist
By Kenji Watanabe, Osaka ยท
The bracelet version adds about 20 dollars and quite a lot of weight. Everything else is the 2007 formula: 44.2 by 12.1 mm steel case, 200 m, Module 2784, mineral crystal, date at three.
I am honestly unsure the bracelet improves it. The folded links feel thin and the clasp is basic, as you would expect at 70 to 90 dollars, and the extra mass makes the big case flop on a thinner wrist. In Osaka in August, though, I would take steel over the original resin strap, which becomes sticky after ten minutes on the Midosuji platform. My suggestion: buy this version only if you like bracelets, and swap it to a cheap 22 mm rubber or NATO when the weather turns.