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[tribe125]

[Seriously]

Make room in my direction ..............

[ljb187]

Testing...testing...testing. Using an 18mm strap with 20mm lugs to try and hone in on a strap-style for this watch.

[KennethRSloan]

Arrived yesterday. As usual, I needed to remove 4 links. Alas, some fumble-fingered bozo had inflicted minor damage on the screws for the links on the 6 side (where I usually have to take most of the links from). So...I stopped in at my local Ebel dealer (disappointing display of stock on hand, minimal knowledge demonstrated at the counter - but good fingers and a supply of extra pins). $12 later, and it fits like...well, like an Ebel. As Barbra would say "it's like butter".

Rick complains that it's a bit wider than it is tall - but on my wrist that works. And...there are a lot of things in this world that are wider than they are tall. I used to be (key words: used to be) one of them.

I recently missed out on one of these with a beautiful black strap. While I love the SS bracelet, I will definitely be acquiring a strap (if it comes in "short") realSoonNow.
That makes 3 (count them, 3) Ebel straps that I have on my shopping list. This one - because I want it. Another - because the current strap is too long and (equipped with a deployment and no keeper) the strap sort of waves in the breeze. The third because...it's old and it fell apart.

Hint for a DIY project for someone with the right skills: devise a part that attaches (with bolts) to various Ebel watches and presents a normal bar (even a fixed bar would be OK) to the outside world, so you can attach 3rd party straps. I want to be the first to mount an Ebel on a NATO.

In the meantime - here's what I'll be looking at all afternoon and evening:

[Jazzmaster]

[CamB]

[Mikecfromli]

MWW Tatoskok

[meijlinder]

Day 5 of my Chinese rotation sees the Beijing ZunDa back on leather rally strap (guess that means summer is over....)

[whatmeworry]

Feeling funky today, with my new Timex (ref T2N393ZB)

[Strela167]