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Beautify strap Peasant.

Was that a pre-made one or can you customize it with different colour stitching for the same money. Instead of orange at the ends red or black maybe.

From what I read he will make the strap to suit your required length for whatever the price ends at auction. Is this right?

LL

unkel wrote: »

..those starting prices on eBay are very reasonable too. What prices roughly have you seen them sell for on eBay?

I've only come across this seller two or three weeks ago, at that time prices started at 1 euro and I got my strap for a laughable 17.50. (the orange bit seemed to turn other buyers off )

My guess would be that his prices will only go up ...especially as he asks 99 Euro if you custom order via his website

I had no issues with that, bid went through and obviously I got the shipment also.

I wrote to him in German though ...don't know how good his English is.

unkel wrote: »

He only ships to Germany though

peasant wrote: »

I had no issues with that, bid went through and obviously I got the shipment also.

I wrote to him in German though ...don't know how good his English is.

I ordered a strap from him through e-bay.ie yesterday(went to ebay.de first for item number) but it wouldn't let me pay for it as he doesn't have PayPal as an payment option.

I sent him a message through ebay.ie regarding payment (in English). He said to add €6.90 to the winning auction price for delivery to Ireland and tell him my preferred strap width and length.

He gave me his paypal email address and I sent payment which he acknowledged.

Now the wait.

The Black Bettys

Cyrus wrote: »

Pam 359 on an OEM Assolutamente strap

Lovely.. its unusual to see all the digits on a Pam

Seiko SNZH71J1 aka "The Piston"

A watch from the Seiko 5 series with a brown, racing/tachometer style dial.
It comes from the factory on a brown rubber strap.



The strap is of good quality and quite comfortable, but the colour is "meh" at best But I already had something else in mind. A dinner and a strap change later it looks like this:



much better :cool:
I was kinda sorry to take this strap off the Quondam, but it fits the Seiko much better. On the Quondam the strap was inbetween holes, either too loose or to tight, here it's just perfect as the Seiko is that bit smaller.

But back to the watch.
Main reason I went for this is because I really like the structured case



nice mix of brushed and polished surfaces and then there is that that grooved center section sort of floating between the lugs and on the case bottom.



And the dial is quite nice too:




So is the bezel and the crown




Plus it's a Japan domestic market version which should help resale (if it ever comes to that)


bahhh ..just noticed I set the day wrong

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Must.... look for that..... or similar. Very nice peasant- very nice indeed.

Can I ask, if it's not rude- where you bought it and how much you paid for it? I'm seeing prices of €185 or so all in on eBay.

http://www.creationwatches.com/products/seiko-automatic-sports-89/seiko-5-sports-automatic-divers-snzh71j1-snzh71-snzh71j-mens-watch-2391.html

Its one that has tempted me before then dismissed seeing peasants pictures has me reconsidering

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Can I ask, if it's not rude- where you bought it and how much you paid for it? I'm seeing prices of €185 or so all in on eBay.

Got it from an Italian seller on the bay for 142.50 + shipping (20 !) (sold out now)

There are cheaper options out of Singapur / Hong-Kong (especially if it doesn't have to be the "made in Japan" version) but I don't like playing the customs/ Fed-EX / UPS charges lottery.

Nice Tissot. Nice racing look to it.

It's Sunday, it's pissing rain and blowing a gale ...warm thoughts are called for