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#2 2008-04-23 21:26:01
- maxthecat
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
like the stripe but would prefer that pattern on a standard band--non Nato-
I am for whatever reason tiring of the whole faux military watch look and and I (would)like the stripe on a beater timex-I have sort of assumed that military watch w/stripe has a UK origin-can you substantiate this?( a neat look and smart turnout pulls off many looks well but with weakness of Yankee dollar I hope these places are getting most of their biz in Europe.
max
#3 2008-04-24 00:15:02
- Moose Maclennan
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
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#4 2008-04-24 01:12:26
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
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#5 2008-04-24 01:29:16
- Moose Maclennan
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
#6 2008-04-24 06:36:39
- Horace
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#7 2008-04-25 05:59:35
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
Yeah, & the classic Timex is hardly huge either. My point is that making up 'approved' measurements for watch dials on the MBs is just a load of... you know.
Ditto trouser cuffs, if you choose to sport them.
Our Fathers and Grandfathers used to enjoy personal choice. Personal choice is "Trad"!
Give it a spin, if you haven't already.
S'nice!
J.
#8 2008-04-25 07:41:31
- Speas
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
FYI - Haven't used it but saw this on the "Andy's Recommendations" page:
'mention "AskAndy" and get 15% off your order at Smart Turnout!'
#9 2008-04-25 08:39:34
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
Yeah, that's one of his deals on the back of "Trad" - Baracuta too.
Business is business!
#11 2010-05-24 09:56:43
- Kingstonian
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
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#12 2010-05-24 12:36:32
- ckav
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
I was military for 6 years. I've been a civilian for 50 and see no prospects of narrowing the margin. I was at a party. This poseur with a military cronograph as big as a Cadillac hubcap was regaling potential bedmates about his time in the USAF hurricane patrol. I'm drinking with a personable guy who looked like Don Knotts. He finally spoke quietly;' you're lieing.' party goes dead silent as he produced his USAF officer's I.D. card and related he WAS a pilot in the hurricane patrol.
I just put a down payment on a vintage Bulova mechanical, restored by a retired USAF pilot 
) He has a black leather italian strap for it.
#13 2010-05-24 12:52:07
- 4F Hepcat
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
Have you ever tried on a Citizen Skyhawk - it weighs about 3 ton. Citizen is in the same league as Tissot, an adequate product spoilt by not being rare enough.
Most watch brands use to market 3/4 size watches of most of their models. Oris does this with some of their more traditional watches.
Vibe-Rations in Spectra-Sonic-Sound
#14 2010-05-24 15:57:16
- ckav
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
Those braided nylon bands eventually collect body oils, dirt and sweat and literally stink.
#15 2010-05-24 17:22:10
- Bishop of Briggs
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
This appears to be the real thing - http://www.cwcwatch.com/
Contrary to lies of FNB and Woofboxer, I (and most of the other "Buff Bastards") have been banned from posting on this forum. There are only a few posters left so don't waste your time on here. This forum is dead and nobody cares.
#16 2010-05-25 06:00:47
- Moose Maclennan
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Re: A Nice New Watchstrap For The Summer:
Simple pull-through bands, made from the same mesh as the tropical NATOs, cost only a few pence. I picked one up for my little rectangular Hamilton. Very comfy.