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    Small (in all directions) Rodina handwind

    They've taken the 38.5mm Rodina and shrunk it. Firstly the diameter is now 34.5mm. Secondly thanks to removing the self-winding rotor from the ST17 and using a solid caseback (which is thinner than the display back and which also hides whats presumably now a slightly odd-looking movement?) the watch is only 7.5mm think. Hopefully this will mean it sits better on the wrist: with those long lugs the standard one never sat snugly on the wrist

    Unfortunately they've rather squished up the dial in the process:

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    Anyway: a small date-free manual, not too many of them on the market

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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    They've taken the 38.5mm Rodina and shrunk it. Firstly the diameter is now 34.5mm. Secondly thanks to removing the self-winding rotor from the ST17 and using a solid caseback (which is thinner than the display back and which also hides whats presumably now a slightly odd-looking movement?) the watch is only 7.5mm think. Hopefully this will mean it sits better on the wrist: with those long lugs the standard one never sat snugly on the wrist

    Unfortunately they've rather squished up the dial in the process:

    Name:  35mm rodina.JPG
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Size:  16.7 KB

    Anyway: a small date-free manual, not too many of them on the market
    I don't think the dial looks too bad actually. Good to see someone making smaller watches

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    Quote Originally Posted by whatmeworry View Post
    I don't think the dial looks too bad actually. Good to see someone making smaller watches
    but the 38 wears small thou ..but yes not to bad here is the 38
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    I didn't find the 38.5mm wore that small, because of the long lug to lug and the height of lugs - when I replaced mine with the 40mm Zungu, it didn't feel like a had got something bigger, tbh (smaller dial as well)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    I didn't find the 38.5mm wore that small, because of the long lug to lug and the height of lugs - when I replaced mine with the 40mm Zungu, it didn't feel like a had got something bigger, tbh (smaller dial as well)
    well it felt small to me it seem to fit right in the centre not that it was a bad thing it was comfortable but just seem a bit lost on my wrist lol if that makes sense ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    They've taken the 38.5mm Rodina and shrunk it. Firstly the diameter is now 34.5mm. Secondly thanks to removing the self-winding rotor from the ST17 and using a solid caseback (which is thinner than the display back and which also hides whats presumably now a slightly odd-looking movement?) the watch is only 7.5mm think. Hopefully this will mean it sits better on the wrist: with those long lugs the standard one never sat snugly on the wrist

    Unfortunately they've rather squished up the dial in the process:

    Name:  35mm rodina.JPG
Views: 208
Size:  16.7 KB

    Anyway: a small date-free manual, not too many of them on the market
    So why does it say automatic on the dial?

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    Quote Originally Posted by man of kent View Post
    So why does it say automatic on the dial?
    Ahahahahahahahahaha

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    Quote Originally Posted by man of kent View Post
    So why does it say automatic on the dial?
    Beat me to it!

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    I wonder if it's like some of the Chinese chronometers that I've owned?

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    lol I never even notice haha
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