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Love those Mondaines. And the digitals. Oh and the Tissot ain't too shabby either.

I posted a pic of this watch a week or so ago on a mesh strap. Though I got it very cheaply it seems for one of these*, I broke a cardinal rule of mine, namely; "if a watch is best known for having a steel bracelet, then NEVER buy one without as you'll break your feckin heart trying to source one(™)". Ok it's a bit of a mouthful of a rule I grant you, but a good one. But like the gobshíte I am in this case…

Sooo after two or three years of looking, I got nada. When they came up they were either attached to watches for crazy money(to me) or just crazy money(I've seen links go for 50 quid in auctions). Omegamania in a big way. Anyhoo while perusing my usual hail mary ebay searches, one of which is "seemaster". Yep. The bracelet came up(1268/241 for the Omegamaniacs ). Yay! Got it at auction for 50 quid. The most I have ever paid for a strap. Ever and ever. :eek: It arrived today.



Double bonus was it has all the links so if/when I come to resale more nourished men and women than me are in the picture. I removed four to fit me. One helluva taper on it. The abomination of filth that came out of the ultrasonic cleaning. :eek: Oh. My. God. I added bleach into the second wash. Actually a bit of the old domestos sparkles up SS no end.

Shot of it on the oul wristicle.



Makes a big diff to the watch and now it's "correct". TBH and I'm not sure why, this was always in my mind as a "flipper", a watch I'd sell on quickly. I really liked the watch and love the background of it being Omega's first inhouse quartz at a time when they were at the very forefront of the new tech(and streets ahead of the Japanese). And since I can't afford a Marine Chronometer *sadface*… But I didn't flip it. Now this bracelet seals it and I likely won't. I also like how the very early quartz seconds hands hit the marks smack bang on the money. Seiko today make a big deal of this in their Grand Seiko quartz(which BTW don't always hit said markers on the money), yet the Swiss guys and gals were doing it 40 years ago.

/essay.




*found the receipt and just over the 200 quid mark, which isn't too shabby. I thought I'd paid more TBH, though 200 is my limit, 250 if I have a (in)decent claret in me. ;-) Thought mine was a 1975, turns out it's a 73, so an early batch.

Aye true enough B and being the cheap bastid I am... however I am middle aged and the spread could hit anytime soon, so it might be prudent to hang onto them… I was surprised to find the extra links. It looks like the original owner just used the clasp adjustments to fit. Even with my scrawny wrist I have two links left and I reckon you could get down to even the tiniest lady's wrist no bother. I've never been that much of an Omega fan TBH, but over the years I have noticed they made damn fine bracelets, better than Rolex IMH. Quite a bit better actually, in vintage anyway. Longines have had some cracking bracelets too, but seemed to have been made for either Rambo on (more) steroids or rejects from Trocaire boxes like me. Not much of a middle ground going on. Though for me one of the coolest OEM bracelets was the "ladder" style one on the Zenith Defy Diver. Funkayyy.

gucci wrote: »

It may lack the elegance of Wibbs 893bet/Ghostchant's Omega

FYP. I have a huge amount of affection for Casio's. Bloody great watches and they really pop in stainless steel.



Funny enough that Omega of mine allows you to change the hour hand/timezone without stopping the watch or moving the minutes hand. It was a big feature of their early quartz movements. Dunno if Omega quartz are still like that?