Post pics of your watches Part II
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The Monro Adventure arrived this morning. The presentation box is nice, I like the passport gimmick, it plays well with their adventure/travel schtick.
I've the red on wrist at the mo, it wears quite tall but not obnoxiously so. Very well finished, the knurling on the crowns and bezel all very nice and the smoothness of the movement in winding and adjusting all pleasantly pleasing.
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Liking that a lot B. Very lush buying both colour schemes too! The red is my pick.
Dig the compressor vibes. If it's tall you could opt for a two pice diver rubber strap? Double pass nato is a no go for me unless the watch is sub 12mm.
In my world I had a gra for a spb207. This would be gluttony, I own the 187 but have no green dial watches... Certainly wasn't buying another oem so compromised with oem dial/handset, nh35 and good afm case which I put a nice sapphire in with clear ar. Fitted a Caroline's slim caseback on it too, wears thinner/better than my oem 187, must be nearly 2mm shorter. Strap is a curved rubber with green liner.
Sunburst is subtle, less reflective, but that's a plus imo as the more reflective 187 shows slight distortion in some light around the indices (they're not applied, pressed) which is my only gripe on that watch. This dial mitigates that issue.
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Thanks Harry, I only actually bought the green. There was a raffle on Kickstarter for 3 of the red version. I was lucky enough to win one. They are the only 3 made in that colour, so fairly unique.
The straps are fairly decent too, with logo engraved on stay and keepers. I'll spend some time experimenting with ways to wear them.
I really like that Seiko, always enjoy seeing your own watches, and your builds even moreso.
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I've been doing the single loop thing for a while. Found it makes a watch sit much better on my wrist. 👍️ Funny enough when I got my first "NATO" way back in the pre web 90's that's how I figured it was worn. That and I cut off the excess... 😮😁
Doxa today:
Then later on a client said "oh you like watches, have this":
"God Tier" an' that. Apparently. 😁 I can see why they're the biggest selling watch in the world(I gather?). Cheap as chips to buy, very legible, light as a feather, size is "unisex", and in a pinch if you need to arm a bomb...
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Watch looking well B.
Mine arrived today too, loving it so far but it definitely sits high, so will try a few different strap options.
Impressed with the build quality, straps and lume.
I went for the artic white, was not lucky so just got one one watch today... 🤣🤣
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The white is very nice Mik. I'd considered it as my choice for a while but, went for the green as I wanted to see how I liked the colour as I'm considering a Sinn hunting in the future.
The Red Ltd edition has some nice touches versus the standard. A polished case and colour coded crowns are the main differences. The standard edition Green has a bead blasted case and even though the differences are slight?
I do prefer the Green, it wears more as a tool watch than the shiny red😉
A wee wristroll showing the height of the case on a single pass rigged NATO.
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I forgot I had a collection of NOS French made 60/70's straps and bracelets(mostly for LIP watches), as you do, so I slapped a rubber one on to my Yema Superman. I usually don't like rubber straps, but this one is actually very comfortable.
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It was a Yema idea in the 60's to lock the bezel to stop it moving on a dive. You unscrew the crown, set the dive interval and screw the crown down. T'is a bit fiddly tbh, though was one of their biggest sellers until the original company went bust in the 90's. Mine's from the 80's when Seiko had a stake in them.
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Stuck in painful N7 traffic, yesterday. Nearly had me wishing for an automatic. Nearly. 😁
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