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Thread: So, have I been wearing my NATOs all wrong?

  1. Dec 20, 2014, 10:28 PM #1
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    So, have I been wearing my NATOs all wrong?

    Found this while browsing for info on Accurist....



    Surely not, this can't be right!

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  3. Dec 20, 2014, 10:43 PM #2
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    It's almost our duty to contact this store and tell them that they're doing this incorrectly. Otherwise, we're gonna see more people strapping their NATOs like this and it'll drive us nuts.

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    Yeah... that's just wrong. Who ever thought this up doesn't have any common sense! If that is correct, why would the second piece not lay flat?
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    Utter bollocks but I do quite like the double ring look to the tang buckle


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    they have obviously left the product , watch and nato , with non WIS male model and cameraman -actually don't know if they are selling the watch or nato strap - i am more interested in the fact you are checking out Accurist
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    At 0:57, it's flapping under his wrist!
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    That's how I wear my one ring NATOs, but not a five, or even a three ring (too much hardware under the wrist for me).

    By one ring, I mean these:

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