This place needs a watch thread
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BigGar
high on placebo
I've got three different BluShark straps. They're not crazy expensive and I think if you buy two for thirtysomething each you get the third one free, whatever...
I got an Alpha slim, a "Pajama" band, and a standard AlphaShark "premier" or something.
The Pajama is really comfortable and looks good. It's like having stretchy blue jeans on. They look like blue jeans but feel like fucking yoga pants.
The Alpha Slim is just that. It's little thinner material, dries quicker, but has round holes and a round adjustment catch. Not my favorite as the round holes and slim fabric are kind of a recipe for stretching and possibly tearing a bit.
Premier is thicker "seat belt" fabric, slotted holes and flat adjustment catch seems stronger as well. Not as comfortable but any NATO band is far more comfortable than pretty much any other band you've ever had a watch on.
I got an Alpha slim, a "Pajama" band, and a standard AlphaShark "premier" or something.
The Pajama is really comfortable and looks good. It's like having stretchy blue jeans on. They look like blue jeans but feel like fucking yoga pants.
The Alpha Slim is just that. It's little thinner material, dries quicker, but has round holes and a round adjustment catch. Not my favorite as the round holes and slim fabric are kind of a recipe for stretching and possibly tearing a bit.
Premier is thicker "seat belt" fabric, slotted holes and flat adjustment catch seems stronger as well. Not as comfortable but any NATO band is far more comfortable than pretty much any other band you've ever had a watch on.
BigGar
high on placebo
And yes, I feel like a fuckin' NATO band is pretty much a NATO band. No way I'd pay $70, or $100 or more for a nylon strap with a few metal catches. They're all strong enough to basically pull your hand off before breaking. I felt like a total rube spending thirty bucks on a BluShark when I could have bought a pack of ten different colors of NATO bands for something like sixteen bucks on Amazon. My buddy is a watch nut and said BluShark Alpha bands were the ones to have, so I bought a few. I'm not unhappy, but I know I could have spent quite a bit less, like 90% less...
The 2nd watch was delivered this morning. All titanium so pretty light considering the size.
This one fits since the bracelet is 8-3/4", roughly. Probably getting a nylon NATO styled strap, maybe even a leather variant. Straps are cheap enough and swap out so quickly, I may buy a few different colors for each one.
This one fits since the bracelet is 8-3/4", roughly. Probably getting a nylon NATO styled strap, maybe even a leather variant. Straps are cheap enough and swap out so quickly, I may buy a few different colors for each one.
gsteve
BAMF+
Gar , check out Rubberb straps. Might be something til you get a new bracelet i like mine a bunch.
Here is a better deal
40% cyber Monday.
NEW - The Infantry Seatbelt Nylon Strap w/ Brushed Hardware 18mm
Same as the one I posted above but this one is $19.99 before the 40% discount
40% cyber Monday.
NEW - The Infantry Seatbelt Nylon Strap w/ Brushed Hardware 18mm
Same as the one I posted above but this one is $19.99 before the 40% discount
I was looking at the new turtles...remembered I had one stashed away somewhere...6309-7040
I thought it was DOA...but I threw a strap on it and wore it today. Fuckers working and keeping decent time.
Lume on dial is non-existent...but the hands glow.
Seikos are like the Toyotas of watches...
Weird...Left it on the dresser overnight and it was running fine this morning.
I just don't trust it. The bezel is wonky..the dial has lost it's lume.
I can't believe how prices on these 6309's have risen. Maybe it's worth re-habbing after all.
My watch fetish is back in full swing...It took a hit after 20 choice pieces were burgled...still makes me nauseous.
I just don't trust it. The bezel is wonky..the dial has lost it's lume.
I can't believe how prices on these 6309's have risen. Maybe it's worth re-habbing after all.
My watch fetish is back in full swing...It took a hit after 20 choice pieces were burgled...still makes me nauseous.
fuzzuki
BAMF
Who's that?
BigGar
high on placebo
How do you break a Glock?
OP
scottcolbath
BAMF+
BigGar
high on placebo
That thing got run through a wood chipper or something.
OP
scottcolbath
BAMF+
OP
scottcolbath
BAMF+
Oh, for fuck's sake. I was just being a smartass. Here's a Glock.
S.C.
S.C.
fuzzuki
BAMF
Wow, So many ways to respond to this. But if you trust him with your watches, so be it.
Nice find...
I've been wearing it and it's been working fine. It sat for many years.
I got it on ebay so I thought it coulda been cobbled together...but it all checks out...built 7/1981.
Bezel is wonky and the crown tube needs some love...wears great.
I've been wearing it and it's been working fine. It sat for many years.
I got it on ebay so I thought it coulda been cobbled together...but it all checks out...built 7/1981.
Bezel is wonky and the crown tube needs some love...wears great.
