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    • ChrisC
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      Are those black hands on a black face, or just another crap pic from Hodinkee?

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      • neph93N
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        @Chris:

        Are those black hands on a black face, or just another crap pic from Hodinkee?

        Crap pic

        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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        • AnesthetistA
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          I like the look of the LMM-01. For $250 for the quartz you can’t go wrong.
          I’m wearing the Seiko Presage “Starlight” tonight.

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          IG: bluehandsslim

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          • JDelageJ
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            Those Presage are nice. I didn't know anything about them but many of them are quite lovely.

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            • M
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              Can anyone recommend a good quality leather watch strap maker in the UK? I’ve found the Toshi website and the offerings there look pretty good? Does anyone have experience of these?

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              • GraemeG
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                Equus Leather do some very nice watch straps. Unfortunately they cost £150 and up, so probably not in the scope of this thread.

                Tender offer some good straps through the Trestle Shop in Bakers bridle leather. They're £45, but only come in an 18 mm width. (Someone should suggest to Will that a 20 mm model would be a good idea. The hardware could fit that size.)

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                • neph93N
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                  Quite liked this for something inexpensive, conservative, and relatively straightforward…

                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                  • GraemeG
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                    @Graeme:

                    Equus Leather do some very nice watch straps. Unfortunately they cost £150 and up, so probably not in the scope of this thread.

                    Equus have a 15% off promotion that's running until 28th January, use code EQUUS15.

                    @neph93 the Visodate looks nice. I'd be tempted to push the budget up (err, nearly double it), and get the Tissot Ballade Powermatic, which has their sweet, chronometer grade movement.

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                    • GraemeG
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                      Hodinkee have a write-up of the Visodate, which seems positive. I found it whilst trying to find their article on the Powermatic watches.

                      They also have an introductory piece on the Ballade, which goes into why I like it, along with a hands on.

                      Whilst searching, I also found their hands on with the Tissot Heritage 1936. It's a nice looking watch, but now discontinued. (Jomashop still have them, and there's the similar T-Complications Squelette, though it's a more contemporary design.)

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                      • GilesG
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                        @neph93:

                        conservative, and relatively straightforward…

                        So was John Major…

                        "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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                        • neph93N
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                          @Giles:

                          @neph93:

                          conservative, and relatively straightforward…

                          So was John Major…

                          True, but I’m so Boris Johnson otherwise that I need a bit of Major for balance.

                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                          • neph93N
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                            @Graeme  I do like the Ballade. The 1936 not so much. The font is a bit much for my John Major inspired tastes. As ever I’ll read the literature you kindly provided.

                            «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                            We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                            • GraemeG
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                              @neph93 if you liked the 1936, your tastes would be more Rees-Mogg than Major, and that would be a very bad thing.  😛

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                              • neph93N
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                                @Graeme:

                                @neph93 if you liked the 1936, your tastes would be more Rees-Mogg than Major, and that would be a very bad thing.  😛

                                Indeed. On an entirely non-political, purely personal level, that man gives me the willies.

                                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                • neph93N
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                                  I know in my heart that this is fugly but I'm still strangely attracted to it…

                                  «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                  We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                  • ChrisC
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                                    Wide date windows have always annoyed me. They seem pointless and are unappealing aesthetically.

                                    Otherwise, I kinda like it, too.

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                                    • ColeC
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                                      Modified Seiko with new Obbi Good Label Military Watch Strap Type I

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                                      WTB:
                                      IHJ-96-OLV Size L
                                      IHE-13

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                                      • neph93N
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                                        Nice. That strap is great. Rough and chunky.

                                        «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                                        We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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                                        • JDelageJ
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                                          All - what's the consensus on Steinhart? Looking at the bronze Ocean1 diver…

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                                          • ColeC
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                                            Great value for money.

                                            I got the Ocean Vintage Military Mark I and it is unbeatable for the price.

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                                            WTB:
                                            IHJ-96-OLV Size L
                                            IHE-13

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