Chopard Alpine Eagle: Buyer's Guide & Overview

Just came back from my AD to try them. They are pretty difficult to get. I tried both size, 36 and 41 mm. First and Second pictures : The 41 mm is too large for me, especially the lug to lug which is about 52 mm. Although the dial size itself is OK because of the thick bezel maKe the dial smaller. As you can see from second picture, there are visible gaps between my wrist and lugs. The 41 mm wears masculine. The third and last pictures; The 36 mm wear very comfortable, fit my 6.7" wrist perfectly. It's quite elegant. Unfortunately, the dial size is very small, about 27 mm across. As you can see in the last pictures, it looks small on my wrist (close-up pictures always looks bigger, so a 1 meter distance is more accurate for the real size appearance). The Lucent steel A223 is very luxurious and shiny, almost like white gold. It has nice heft, and Chopard maintain the very high build quality. Everything feels solid. One thing I don't like : the clasp mechanism is rather cumbersome. It uses friction pin, but without any push buttton or lever to put your nail. You have to yank/pull the bracelet outward pretty hard. It is one of the most unintuitive mechanism I've ever known. Finally, left the AD with mixed feeling. The price is very reasonable, and the staff even offered 15% discount without me asking anything. But something about the size and the clasp mechanism does not quite right.