Sorry TSC, just saw your post now.
Nope, that one lasted all of 2 days.
Apologies in advance, this is going to be pic-heavy.
It can look kind of 1/2 OK in the right light :
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- but hard to dismiss the 60-a-day smoker's rotten teeth images the lume colour brings to my mind.
BTW, needed to cut the 2nd pass off to avoid raising the watch head to perfect door-frame collision height -
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Think the wife has designs on it to attach a leash to for her colleague's cat, or something similar. Here's aforementioned cat; hmm, don't think I want to mess with him :
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I do want to try the strap on my 2503 Railmaster first though. Won't be soon - just this afternoon adjusted bracelet with new 1/2 link instead of a full one to see if it stays centred.
It'll be hard for it to equal either the old Phenomenato 'Bond' -
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- or even older "Alias Marlow" (member here & eBay) Bond RAF straps, which look exactly like Connery's (pre-NATO) RAF strap from the first 007 movies ...
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(the subtle red lines disappear at arms length etc - people couldn't even even see them until Blu-Ray version of the early films came along). Following 6 are borrowed pics :
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IMHO far nicer, in fact classic.
William.
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Nicely stated, William!Sorry TSC, just saw your post now.
Nope, that one lasted all of 2 days.
Apologies in advance, this is going to be pic-heavy.
It can look kind of 1/2 OK in the right light :
View attachment 15502205
- but hard to dismiss the 60-a-day smoker's rotten teeth images the lume colour brings to my mind.
BTW, needed to cut the 2nd pass off to avoid raising the watch head to perfect door-frame collision height -
View attachment 15502206
Think the wife has designs on it to attach a leash to for her colleague's cat, or something similar. Here's aforementioned cat; hmm, don't think I want to mess with him :
View attachment 15502499
I do want to try the strap on my 2503 Railmaster first though. Won't be soon - just this afternoon adjusted bracelet with new 1/2 link instead of a full one to see if it stays centred.
It'll be hard for it to equal either the old Phenomenato 'Bond' -
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- or even older "Alias Marlow" (member here & eBay) Bond RAF straps, which look exactly like Connery's (pre-NATO) RAF strap from the first 007 movies ...
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(the subtle red lines disappear at arms length etc - people couldn't even even see them until Blu-Ray version of the early films came along). Following 6 are borrowed pics :
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IMHO far nicer, in fact classic.
William.
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Nicely stated, William!
I wrote about the Bond Nato on my blog some time ago;
The Teeritz Agenda | The Bond NATO Strap - As I Understand It
And much of what you say mirrors my own thought on these NATO/Regimental straps.
The AliasMarlow ones were perhaps the closest to what we saw Connery wearing in Goldfinger. There was another brand called Corvus some time ago, but they appear to have gone bust. They were quite pricey, IMHO.
Anyway, the PO works well on a basic black NATO too.
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And, to stay on-topic, I don't mind these two pics;
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Great stuff, Tino. I remember reading your link a good while back.wrote about the Bond Nato on my blog some time ago;
The Teeritz Agenda | The Bond NATO Strap - As I Understand It
Love it!#NoirNovember
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