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Any time a watch is more than link 42mm link in diameter, link I tend to wonder about its wearability. At 45mm, the Blast is right in line with what Ulysse Nardin likes to do these days. Discreetly sized dress watches are something that I associate much more with the company's past than with its present. While 45mm is not for everybody, there is an enthusiastic audience for watches of this size.

As anyone who lived through the 1980s can attest, the new Explorer draws from a lineage of two-tone link Rolex sport watches. Still, there was a not-insignificant amount of outrage when Rolex first dropped this watch back in April 2021. The punters couldn’t stomach a pure tool watch link like the Explorer being pushed into two-tone territory. But there’s a ton of precedent for this. It’s nothing new, and, honestly, shouldn’t link come as any surprise.