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Dec 2, 2014, 02:06 PM
#21
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I think if you see a strap and think that would look nice on your watch, why should the budget then change your mind ?
Why should the cost of the strap be relative to the cost of the watch ?
A strap can really change the look of a watch and personally I would not be swayed by price.
Flip this on it's head, should an expensive watch have a cheap strap on it, for example, current trend is for NATO or Perlon straps, under £10, on £4000+ Rolex watches, in my opinion these look great and fit with the watch.
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Dec 3, 2014, 12:01 AM
#22
A strap costing more than a watch? I'd have to buy watches that were £25 and under...
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Dec 3, 2014, 01:02 AM
#23
Original Gangsta
Originally Posted by
tribe125
A strap costing more than a watch? I'd have to buy watches that were £25 and under...
So, used Omegas then.
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Dec 3, 2014, 03:47 AM
#24
Casual iPhonographer
Originally Posted by
M. Montaigne
So, used Omegas then.
Or a brand new Seiko..
*backing away very slowly as not to be noticed*
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Dec 3, 2014, 06:09 AM
#25
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I've just sold the watch but I still have the strap...
An ABP aligator NATO on a Seiko FFF
The other is my wife's Louis Erard on a calf strap from ABP.
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Dec 3, 2014, 06:19 AM
#26
Totally go for it!
This is super easy to do in my watch price range (old Russians often about £30) and initially I balked at over £20 on a strap
But, it can take your watch into another league
Everything you've heard about cordovan/ horween/ Juchten is true
RIOS are my goto for value here
It's the final countdown! PM me before they're all gone!
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Dec 3, 2014, 06:24 AM
#27
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That's a C&B strap, which cost perhaps half again what the watch cost.
But this photo doesn't tell the whole story. At the risk of seeming really eccentric...
I bought a black Super Engineer II for this watch. Yes, I did. Unfortunately, the lugs aren't long enough for a SE2, so this watch isn't as bad-kitteh as I intended.
But wait, it gets worse...
I also bought a titanium Seiko quartz watch, because the Hello Kitty watch has a movement that is supposed to be a drop-in replacement for a Seiko movement and I thought I'd be able to put the HK watch guts and dial into the Seiko, and have a nice case. The movement fits but the stem doesn't.
And worse...
My current plan is to put this dial in a Seiko automatic, and hopefully I'll be able to use the Super Engineer.
Last edited by neurogenesis; Dec 3, 2014 at 06:26 AM.
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Dec 3, 2014, 07:37 AM
#28
It's so wrong how much I want that dial. In a pre-war cushion case on a dusty sky blue perlon.
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Dec 5, 2014, 03:31 AM
#29
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Watch $120, strap $375
Peace,
Preston
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Dec 5, 2014, 03:41 AM
#30
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