Do they spook the mules when you go to hook them up to the wagon of a morning and you get a notification tone?
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Do they spook the mules when you go to hook them up to the wagon of a morning and you get a notification tone?
I could never wear a cheap watch for more than a week without breaking them so i finally broke down and got a Seiko Divers 150. I wore out three straps and had the crystal replaced when it became so scratched i couldn’t glance at it to tell the time. I was out in the gulf one day fishing and went to fling a big chunk of what was left of a fish we’e cut up for bottom fishing bait when the strap failed for the fourth time and my watch sailed off to a watery forever home. We were in about 120 fathoms of water so i imagine that thing kept good time until the battery finally died.
I'm also a fan of minimalist design - this is a picture of the watch that I mentioned earlier that I cased myself. The steel case, lightly domed sapphire crystal, dauphine hands, and Swiss automatic movement (just an ETA 2824) were specifically chosen based on my specs, and the dial was hand assembled from bits and pieces of other dials that I found appealing when mixed together.
The project was a fantastic learning experience, but I don't think I'd ever do it again - at least not the dial part. Unless you've worked on watches, understanding just how small many of these parts are and how difficult they are to cleanly manipulate (without smudging, bending, or scratching) can't be overstated.
For those that might be interested, over on one of the watch forums, there is an orange Seiko solar diver that has traveled the world now for nearly 7 years, having its travels chronicled in Invalid Link Removed.
I was its proud host for about a month:
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This is the reason why I'm so fanatical about what spring bars I use and maintaining them, though honestly it seems like you'd be a great candidate for natos and other single piece straps in the future that likely would have saved your watch in similar circumstances! There's a reason why, at one point, they were military issue in certain countries!
Do they spook the mules when you go to hook them up to the wagon of a morning and you get a notification tone?
I'm getting old, but mule technology is just too old-school for me.
Kro, may I suggest Bonetto Cinturini 284 rubber nato. These are the most comfortable straps I’ve ever worn. They allow full wrist movement with lots of give and also keep the watch in place. They come in various colors, sizes, and hardware finishes. Plus, they won’t break the bank.
haven't worn a watch for years, but my husband does wear one. he recently started a collection of lower priced diver style watches, and he's having a blast. i got him one for his up-and-coming birthday, and will have to get him a second watch display box, as well 
Much like my tendency to customizing basses I also do the same with watches. Here are just a few.
Ha ha!! A similar fate befell my high school class ring. (No big deal, but a somewhat interesting story.)
In the early '70s, I was scuba-diving in the Florida Keys. Didn't realize it until I got back into the boat, but the ring slid off my finger at some point while diving. So that was it for my ring.
But what made it more of an oddity is that I had lost it one other time, although I had no clue where I had lost it. In early 1970, while I was in Vietnam, I received a small package. I opened it and there was my H.S. ring. Somebody in the K-9 Section at a Florida military base had found the ring nearly totally buried in their training area. It had "Johnstown H.S." on it, as well as the initials, "J.K." The kennelmaster knew that Johnstown, PA was my hometown, and the initials matched. (I had also worked dogs at that base.) He knew I was at Pleiku (Vietnam) at that time, so packaged it up and sent it to me. I thought, "How cool is THAT?!" And then I lose it for good about a year later in the Keys... (Sigh...)
Sorry for the derail. Now back to your regularly-scheduled thread...
Wild story there.
Lost my HS ring freshman year [we were the first class to get them freshman year] and it was found in the women's locker room 3 years later [
] and returned to me senior year.
Let's see... I have at least four Bonetto Cinturini straps in my watch drawer. They receive consistently high praise, so I'm always keen to give them a shot, but I've never bonded with one. Maybe it's the smell.
Once I found a mesh supplier that I liked, I never went back. So far that's my favorite material for typical daily use, but certain watches that do see less wrist time still have the NATO/leather treatment.
Did you mod those yourself? If so very nice work! See my note in post 183 about how I've personally found that it's not worth the frustration to do mine myself anymore - at least not since I've had so many good experiences with Duarte at NEWW.
No worries, different strokes.Let's see... I have at least four Bonetto Cinturini straps in my watch drawer. They receive consistently high praise, so I'm always keen to give them a shot, but I've never bonded with one. Maybe it's the smell.
Once I found a mesh supplier that I liked, I never went back. So far that's my favorite material for typical daily use, but certain watches that do see less wrist time still have the NATO/leather treatment.
Nice to have options for every taste.Yes, self modication.
I just love to tinker and test my abilities. Duarte seems to do great work.
If only the P Bass with tort and flats crowd would understand that!No worries, different strokes.
He's the bass player. You think they even notice he's there?
