Martu Black Friday time

missF · Post by **missF** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:03 am

A year or two back I bought a vintage yellow strap from Martu’s Black Friday sale. It seemed a bit outrageous but I love it. This year I decided to go for slightly outrageous again and ordered this for my sandstorm:

Martu makes very good quality straps, and 30% off in the sale is a real bargain. I’ll let you know next year sometime when it arrives!

Post by **Bahnstormer_vRS** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:00 am

^^^^ Thanks for the reminder Lindsey.

I really ought to get a few more straps from Martu.

Guy

suicidal_orange · Post by **suicidal_orange** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:18 am

They still have the purple one, I still don't have a watch it will work with. Ordered another instead...

missF · Post by **missF** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:26 am

suicidal_orange wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:18 am They still have the purple one, I still don't have a watch it will work with. Ordered another instead...

Buy the purple strap and this will create the right universal condition for the watch to appear

asqwerth · Post by **asqwerth** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:45 am

missF wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:03 am A year or two back I bought a vintage yellow strap from Martu’s Black Friday sale. It seemed a bit outrageous but I love it. This year I decided to go for slightly outrageous again and ordered this for my sandstorm:

...
Martu makes very good quality straps, and 30% off in the sale is a real bargain. I’ll let you know next year sometime when it arrives!

Thanks for the reminder. I visited the website and decided to get a nice padded strap for my Red 2012 FLE when I want to dress it up (it's mostly on rubber/silicone).

suicidal_orange · Post by **suicidal_orange** » Mon Nov 28, 2022 12:45 pm

missF wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:26 am
suicidal_orange wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 3:18 amThey still have the purple one, I still don't have a watch it will work with. Ordered another instead...
Buy the purple strap and this will create the right universal condition for the watch to appear

2023 FLE is going to be purple?! Sadly I think not, but as it will have to be a somewhat universally appealing colour to be a success I also suspect it won't be for me. Which puts me back keeping an eye out for something big and orange without a dive bezel, and I don't think the purple will go with that either

Post by **Bahnstormer_vRS** » Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:57 am

^^^^ Well?

Somebody had to order the Heavy Padded Vintage Purple strap. Didn't they?

Andrea's 'Heavy Padded' straps are one of my favourites, especially as I am able to get them in a the longer (85mm/135mm) length that I prefer and, to make the postage worthwhile, I ordered several others too.

Guy

missF · Post by **missF** » Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:13 am

^^^ I love how banter on the forum can drive us to higher things

asqwerth · Post by **asqwerth** » Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:20 pm

I ordered this:

It's supposed to be black but the pic makes the leather look dark brown.

suicidal_orange · Post by **suicidal_orange** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:53 pm

You know what? This doesn't look terrible

Bahnstormer_vRS wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:57 amAndrea's 'Heavy Padded' straps are one of my favourites

So you would be a good person to ask if the Sealander is a "heavy watch", meaning the strap will fit?

missF · Post by **missF** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:04 pm

suicidal_orange wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:53 pm You know what? This doesn't look terrible

I’d bet my watch fund (

) that anything is going to look good on this watch.

Post by **Bahnstormer_vRS** » Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:05 pm

^^^^ That's precicely why I ordered a 20mm Heavy Padded Vintage Purple strap.

I've also got a 22mm version coming for my green dial watches.

Guy

suicidal_orange · Post by **suicidal_orange** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:15 pm

missF wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:04 pmI’d bet my watch fund ( ) that anything is going to look good on this watch.

I don't think the blue and orange hybrid would look great, I find bright white looks a bit clean for a canvas strap too. Other than that you're probably right

How long are you expecting to wait for your new strap? One person giving a big discount must make for a long backlog...

missF · Post by **missF** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:18 pm

^^^ Guy or Patrick might remember better than me how long the straps took to arrive. Over two months I think. But to be fair to Andrea most of that time taken seemed to be due to the speed of Chilean snail Mail!

Edit - you can opt for two shipping options for Martu straps - free snail mail, or express courier service that costs about £60!

asqwerth · Post by **asqwerth** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 3:15 pm

I think the estimate given was 6 weeks or more? I'm treating it as an "order and forget" item, then I'll be pleasantly surprised when it arrives in Jan/Feb!

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