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Stingray!

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  • 07-12-2020 12:14am
    #1
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭


    I don't know what's wrong with me. I used to be all for understatements, modesty and subtle quality. But recently I seem to like more bling. Bright coloured dials instead of black. Polished links instead of brushed. Mesh bracelets. An orange Seiko or better a Doxa. A white Rolex. Or even turquoise. And I was very much taken in by the extravagance of a stingray strap like when I came across this:

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    guitarhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭guitarhappy


    I don't know whether to laugh or cry.


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    #3
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    guitarhappy wrote: »
    I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

    I guess you probably like a black Rolex submariner? And you drive a BMW 520d?

    Beware though if this can happen to me, it can happen to anyone! :pac:


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    guitarhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭guitarhappy


    unkel wrote: »
    I guess you probably like a black Rolex submariner? And you drive a BMW 520d?

    Beware though if this can happen to me, it can happen to anyone! :pac:

    I drive a 2003 Toyota Tacoma with a dented in front bumper and right now I'm wearing an Archimede Pilot 42 with an ETA 6498 hand wind, small second hand at 6:00.

    I appreciate your words of warning though.


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    #5
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    It's only a few years ago that I drove cheap bangers and wore boring watches myself :pac:


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    guitarhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭guitarhappy


    unkel wrote: »
    It's only a few years ago that I drove cheap bangers and wore boring watches myself :pac:

    Be nice, or I'll rescind your 'Miss Congeniality' award. The one-owner '03 Tacoma, by the way, is a vintage classic, especially with the front bumper dented in mod. I'm waiting for my 20-year plaque in 2023.


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    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,092 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Yep getting on in years, because my first thought was:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs


    Granted the late 70's reruns but still... :D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    unkel wrote: »
    I don't know what's wrong with me.
    535408.jpg

    I dont know whats wrong with you either, that is an abomination.


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    #9
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Haha! That's what I thought too when I first came across a stingray strap online. Don't know how I turned around on it so quickly. I must have one now!


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    Lorddrakul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,704 ✭✭✭Lorddrakul


    @unkel - what's that watch? Is it an homage?


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    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,517 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    I'm a fan of Rayskin and sharkskin straps and may well order a custom one for my IWC whenever I finally lay hands on one ;)

    But...
    Even tho I know you are very much a blue guy!
    That's a lotta blue :P


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    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Is the strap rough? What's the underside like?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    893bet
    Registered Users Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭893bet


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Is the strap rough? What's the underside like?

    Rough ain’t the word.


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    Thirdfox
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    blue5000 wrote: »
    Is the strap rough? What's the underside like?

    It's generally paired with calf leather underneath.

    It's super smooth actually - rayskin is natural "ceramic" - and fireproof too (how you test for genuine rayskin). So it's almost like wearing a ceramic bracelet in terms of texture when you touch the top (if it's polished rather than left "bumpy").

    Rays form these balls of ceramic presumably for defence purposes under their skin. A super interesting material - my only reluctance in using this as an option for Sólás was its potential ecological impact vs salmon leather.

    A very hard wearing leather too so it will last a long time - though that is dependant on the paired leather underneath too.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Lorddrakul wrote: »
    @unkel - what's that watch? Is it an homage?

    Gruppo Gamma. It's a microbrand based in Singapore. They make only a handful of watches a day. From the Italian name (I think it refers to an elite Italian marine corps unit) and the look of the watches I'd say there is some Panerai homage going on there. And you'd only really pair a stingray leather strap to a diver, wouldn't you?

    Good specs too. ETA 2824-2 auto movement, super luminova, sapphire crystal, good quality straps


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    893bet wrote: »
    Rough ain’t the word.

    I'll put my Rolex on a stingray and show it here especially for you and Fitz to vomit over :p


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    #17
    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    Well according to thirdfox you cant even burn it with fire.(people obviously have tried).....

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    #18
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    And some stingray watch porn

    Good old no date black sub, a lot less boring now!

    rolex-submariner-on-rowstone-stingray.jpg

    Couple Panerais

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    Seamasters

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    And the Holy Grail!!!

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    #19
    Lorddrakul
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    Not sure if I like that or not. It looks a bit, organic.


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    893bet
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    unkel wrote: »
    I'll put my Rolex on a stingray and show it here especially for you and Fitz to vomit over :p

    Bonus points if you can get that other strap that we were vomiting over last week. You could used one half of each strap at the same time!


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    893bet
    Registered Users Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭893bet


    unkel wrote: »
    And some stingray watch porn

    Good old no date black sub, a lot less boring now!

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    Scat porn to be specific!


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    #22
    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    Any dr who fans? The zygons

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    #23
    redlead
    Registered Users Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭redlead


    Unkel - come on, pull yourself together man! It's only a matter of time before you will be selling off the rolex to get your first "iced" big bang! Haha


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    Wibbs
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    unkel wrote: »
    And some stingray watch porn

    Good old no date black sub, a lot less boring now!

    rolex-submariner-on-rowstone-stingray.jpg

    Seamasters

    f28a2896bc66b56116c095624e7e46f1.jpg
    Hmmm. I have to say it's definitely growing on me on the date free Rollie and the blue dialled Seamaster. I think it looks mank on the Panny though.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #25
    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    Wibbs wrote: »
    Hmmm. I have to say it's definitely growing on me h.

    Just as I suspected it would, an antifungal ointment should sort that out.


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    #26
    46 Long
    Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭46 Long


    I think the technical term for Stingray leather is shagreen. Pretty hard-wearing stuff by all accounts but I can't warm to the colour/texture.


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    #27
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,128 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Awful looking.


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    #28
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Ordered one :D


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    #29
    Fitz II
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Fitz II


    46 Long wrote: »
    I think the technical term for Stingray leather is shagreen. Pretty hard-wearing stuff by all accounts but I can't warm to the colour/texture.

    I think its spelled chagrin. :D...could not be more apt.


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    #30
    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,915 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    You better look away when I post a picture of it. Or the chagrin will be with you for the day :D

    Not with me, I can't wait to get it :p


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    guitarhappy
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭guitarhappy


    unkel wrote: »
    You better look away when I post a picture of it. Or the chagrin will be with you for the day :D

    Not with me, I can't wait to get it :p

    I've put my beer goggles on already. Please post lots of photos from every possible angle.


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