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    • ChrisC
      Chris
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      I have a Dievas Vortex and Vortex Professional and like them a lot.  I had some modifications done, and the guy who did the work, Jay of MotorCity WatchWorks, said he considered them well made.

      No experience with the Maya, though.

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      • JDelageJ
        JDelage
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        Chris - what mods did you have made?

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        • neph93N
          neph93
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          @UnTucked:

          The CW C65 Trident Vintage is nice!

          https://www.christopherward.com/watches/dress/c65-trident-vintage

          Oh helllllloooooo [emoji7]

          About the same price as the Pinion Atom which is different but also nice.

          “Some of those that work forces
          Are the same that burn crosses”

          • Virginia Woolf
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          • UnTuckedU
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            @neph93:

            @UnTucked:

            The CW C65 Trident Vintage is nice!

            https://www.christopherward.com/watches/dress/c65-trident-vintage

            Oh helllllloooooo [emoji7]

            About the same price as the Pinion Atom which is different but also nice.

            Exactly…

            When I think of a "watch", this is what is pictured in my mind..... Something along the lines of the Pinion Atom, CW C65, or Hamilton Khaki Field.

            In search of:
            IHV-04, med.
            IHSH-185, large
            IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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            • ChrisC
              Chris
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              @JDelage:

              Chris - what mods did you have made?

              This was before the Vortex Tactical existed, so I had Jay take the face and hands from the Pro and put it in the regular model and vice versa.  Then he added a date window to both of them.

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              • UnTuckedU
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                You're no giant but you're not a tiny guy, and that bottom watch looks MASSIVE

                In search of:
                IHV-04, med.
                IHSH-185, large
                IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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                • JDelageJ
                  JDelage
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                  Dive watches are big but sometimes they wear more comfortably than the numbers would suggest.

                  What's the consensus on Stowa?

                  (I'm on a German dive watches bender. It's funny how there's a certain design style, I'll call it neo-Bauhaus for lack of a better term, that's over represented in German makers. Dievas, Damasko, etc, all do that.  😃 )

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                  • J
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                    @Giles:

                    DAMMIT

                    I need one of these now…..

                    https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/the-seiko-skx007-divers-watch

                    Giles I've got the Japanese version on a black shell band siting in my drawer…

                    山形県の英語教師

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                    • ChrisC
                      Chris
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                      You're no giant but you're not a tiny guy, and that bottom watch looks MASSIVE

                      Yeah, it does look enormous, doesn't it?  It's not a small watch- 44mm, I think- but that's a weird angle or something. It doesn't look anywhere close to that huge in reality.

                      I'd take another picture, but it's in storage…

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                      • DougNgD
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                        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                        • seawolfS
                          seawolf
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                          @UnTucked:

                          Anyone have recommendations for a good aftermarket metal bracelet?

                          Based on EVERY review I read/watch, the bracelets on all of the entry-level Seikos are notoriously shitty.

                          I got a really great one from yobokies (Seikoboy backwards) and I've never looked back. I can't remember, but he might be on ebay.

                          “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                          @zeebeeleather

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                          • GraemeG
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                            @DougNg:

                            I think this plays off suckers who think that they can buy something super tough and it makes them a badass.

                            Wait, isn't this why we buy Iron Heart gear? ??? 😶 😉

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                            • louisboscoL
                              louisbosco
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                              @Giles:

                              i'm really falling more in love with this pinion the more i see it. should i make this my goal for this year instead?! it reminds me so much of my Pam, especially the 3,6,9 font..

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                              • DougNgD
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                                We had one idiot years ago that kept saying that IH will stop a bullet.

                                It will not.

                                In fact, the FBI tests for ammunition is to measure how far a bullet will travel AFTER it goes through four layers of denim.

                                I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                  @DougNg:

                                  We had one idiot years ago that kept saying that IH will stop a bullet.

                                  It will not.

                                  In fact, the FBI tests for ammunition is to measure how far a bullet will travel AFTER it goes through four layers of denim.

                                  Be interesting (in an anal type of way) to see the spreadsheets for that, for the different weights of denim up to 32oz  😎
                                  Might also boost sales for XHS too  😉

                                  err now back to watches..

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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    @louisbosco:

                                    i'm really falling more in love with this pinion the more i see it. should i make this my goal for this year instead?! it reminds me so much of my Pam, especially the 3,6,9 font..

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • DougNgD
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                                      @elickser:

                                      @DougNg:

                                      We had one idiot years ago that kept saying that IH will stop a bullet.

                                      It will not.

                                      In fact, the FBI tests for ammunition is to measure how far a bullet will travel AFTER it goes through four layers of denim.

                                      Be interesting (in an anal type of way) to see the spreadsheets for that, for the different weights of denim up to 32oz  😎
                                      Might also boost sales for XHS too  😉

                                      err now back to watches..

                                      They’re testing the bullet, not the denim. It’s a standardized weight of denim

                                      I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                      • DougNgD
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                                        Just looked it up, it's 14.4oz denim.

                                        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                                        • JDelageJ
                                          JDelage
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                                          Follow up on my search for the perfect dive (vacation) watch. I just agreed to buy a pre-owned Damasko Dsub1. Will post pics when it arrives.

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                                          • neph93N
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                                            This about Hamilton brand watches on Heddels today… 
                                            https://www.heddels.com/2018/01/hamilton-watches-history-philosophy-and-iconic-products-2/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=0ff05271ac-RSS_daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0ae18d0e06-0ff05271ac-324644297

                                            “Some of those that work forces
                                            Are the same that burn crosses”

                                            • Virginia Woolf
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