Non CW of the Day

nbg · Post by **nbg** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:00 pm

^^^^ unfortunately they are Paul. I was fortunate to buy an unused one from a member on TZ-UK, who had bought it for the Speedy Tuesday he is expecting. Like many he got fed up with the wait, so decided he no longer needed the strap.

I had a spare all brushed Omega deployant, so now good to go when my Speedy Tuesday turns up.

A £12-£14 alternative, with normal pin buckle, to give the style a try is the WatchGecko Cordura range, where they have two different styles.

Neil

ItsAliveJim · Post by **ItsAliveJim** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:30 pm

Korkki · Post by **Korkki** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:38 pm

Psalty · Post by **Psalty** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:23 pm

gaf1958 wrote:
Psalty wrote:
gaf1958 wrote:Here's a pic of the strap on my wrist. The leather thins out from 5mm at the lugs down to about 2mm at the clasp. It's really nice to have this chunky style of strap on a proper deployant rather than use a buckle.

The guy who made it for me borrowed a friend's Omega clasp to make sure everything fitted properly, so I had him make two more for me in a reddish brown while he still had the clasp.
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Nice! Let me see, because I don't have all this straight. Horween is a producer of leather in Chicago, USA, but your straps were made by a friend in AU. Correct?

I have a Bader clasp ready for exactly that purpose, but I'm not sure where I can find someone to skive a strap that way. Really like it, and that leather is perfect on the DA44.
The strap was made by a guy in the US, not Australia. I had a lead to him (don't remember where from though) on a couple of deployant straps he had made to suit Omegas. I bought this brown one, then when it arrived I asked him if I could get another couple of them made in red-brown Horween rather than pure brown. It turned out that the clasp he'd borrowed to make the initial batch had gone back, but he managed to grab it again to make/check my two. I gather it was a bit outside his usual fare consisting of constant thickness straps.

If (and it may be a big if) I can find his contact details I can pm them to you if you're interested. They're not cheap, but I think there's quite a bit of work in them and Horween is probably not inexpensive either.

"Horween" and "custom made" rarely show up together in the cheap section.

Thanks so much. This is really very helpful!

Cheers!

gwells · Post by **gwells** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:26 pm

kiter65 · Post by **kiter65** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:00 pm

I think this is probably the most comfortable watch I've ever owned

The only problem is I forget I'm wearing it and have a little panic every now and then thinking I've lost it

smegwina · Post by **smegwina** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:15 pm

kiter65 wrote:I think this is probably the most comfortable watch I've ever owned

The only problem is I forget I'm wearing it and have a little panic every now and then thinking I've lost it

God, that's pretty. And it has the little laughing man logo!!! Love it.

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kiter65 · Post by **kiter65** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:18 pm

Cheers Nick

footycrazy · Post by **footycrazy** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:34 pm

nbg wrote:
footycrazy wrote:
That's a nectarine of a watch you have there Graham. I was going to say Peach, but thought it best to stick to what was in shot.

Neil

Thanks Neil, you got my intention completely.

smegwina · Post by **smegwina** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:50 pm

Set up and ready to wear tomorrow.

Thought I would go for the simple, clean look.

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jtc · Post by **jtc** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:00 pm

Spot of touristing today

kiter65 · Post by **kiter65** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:01 pm

smegwina wrote:Set up and ready to wear tomorrow.

Thought I would go for the simple, clean look.

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Think you might need to do a bit more setting up,Nick

smegwina · Post by **smegwina** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:07 pm

kiter65 wrote:
smegwina wrote:Set up and ready to wear tomorrow.

Thought I would go for the simple, clean look.

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Think you might need to do a bit more setting up,Nick

Ah bollix, must have turned the crown the wrong way and moved the proxy world time....

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footycrazy · Post by **footycrazy** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:33 pm

Seamaster charged for bedtime duties.

gaf1958 · Post by **gaf1958** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 12:37 am

jtc wrote:

Spot of touristing today

Nice to see a photo of good weather in the US today. The LE Speedy just adds to the photo.

P.S. That's still one on my "would love to own" list!

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