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Think I might be making a cheeky purchase of one of these as a birthday present. The real life pics look pretty decent and an automatic for £165 is good value.
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andys wrote:Think I might be making a cheeky purchase of one of these as a birthday present. The real life pics look pretty decent and an automatic for £165 is good value.
Nice what case you gonna go for Andy? I really think the aviator case would look good with the auto movement and a inner diving bezel :)
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Dancematt wrote:
andys wrote:Think I might be making a cheeky purchase of one of these as a birthday present. The real life pics look pretty decent and an automatic for £165 is good value.
Nice what case you gonna go for Andy? I really think the aviator case would look good with the auto movement and a inner diving bezel :)
I'm looking at the other black option with the black GMT outer ring. Probably with one of the white faces with orange dials. Plan on getting both the orange and white (bit bling I'll admit) rubber strap as plan to use it for mountain biking.
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I looked at the orange rubber too, its quite hot! went for nato for comfort mainly. The pvd finish is very good so black is a good option - i rather like the steel bracelet - looks good quality considering the price...but thats the brand all over from my experiences. mines still going strong........losing a second a week, not awful really, i've had a fair few citizen quartz's that mostly lost 7/8 secs a month.

Hope we get to see it :)
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Problem is deciding! Just swapped to the black aviator style with the black/yellow ring. Means dropping the orange strap though
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andys wrote:Problem is deciding! Just swapped to the black aviator style with the black/yellow ring. Means dropping the orange strap though
How about black aviator, white dive ring, white or black dial, orange seconds hand and orange rubber strap? :)
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Dancematt wrote:
andys wrote:Problem is deciding! Just swapped to the black aviator style with the black/yellow ring. Means dropping the orange strap though
How about black aviator, white dive ring, white or black dial, orange seconds hand and orange rubber strap? :)
That was my design before the latest one! I'm proving to be very indecisive.
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:lol:

as neo said to the architect: "the problem is choice"
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Dancematt: What is the Citizen watch that you hav in the groupshot? It reminds me of a Tag Carrera.

Nice custom as well. A bit too busy for me, but thats the joy of a build your own.
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wagnetic wrote:Dancematt: What is the Citizen watch that you hav in the groupshot? It reminds me of a Tag Carrera.

Nice custom as well. A bit too busy for me, but thats the joy of a build your own.
Cheers, The Citizen is the 'World Perpetual AT' Model that came out last year, i'll add a piccy of that and maybe the hamilton for NMS75 later tonight. I Just got a new strap for the Citizen actually :)
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Here you Wagnetic, you may change your opinion on closer inspection:

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Kind of a close kluge, but lacking in the polish and details.

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Aaah i pretty much see where you were coming from now.....
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Dancematt wrote:
Galton321 wrote:Well done Dancematt for taking the plunge. ... Out of interest my Miyota auto powered Few is proving to be the most accurate watch I own bar none. :o
:lol: thats pretty cool Galton!...
Now we need to see ST Riders efforts to complete the trio!
A quick update. Taken very quickly on the 'phone. The camera isn't brilliant and file size reduced for upload.

Must make a confession. I didn't design this one but it is almost identical to one that I would have (this is black instead of a dark blue and wouldn't have gone for silver on silver sub-hands). Found it under the bargains section on the Few site. I suspect operates a little like CWL's Nearly New (returns?) clearance bit. Anyhow, for a third off the price I thought it worth a try. Haven't been disappointed so far. A good everyday watch.
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Nice one ST - first steel model i've seen - the diver bezel looks good and clean in reality too.
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