What time is it? Watches and horology

people don't care whats on your wrist.

Cept us

awaiting buckles

Get those big buckles..

Can you do a 20/18 strap and I'll supply the buckle?

possibly :)

rather do a straight 20, and give you a choice of buckle, these straps would look pretty daft at 18mm and 4mm thick

awaiting buckles

nice patina

cheers man.
was thinking of bees waxing / conditioning them, but not too sure, I might lose it as they will go darker.......
any recomendations? don't want to use tallow

I had reservations about wearing a fake watch but over 6 months no one has even noticed it, people don't care whats on your wrist.

It's like riding a Create with Colnago decals on it. It may fool the casual observer, but you'll always know it's fake.

wear what you want
ride what you want
do what you want

some of the fakes are probably a lot better quality than the originals, in the fact that they are usually hand made, not mass factory produced..

I wouldn't buy a fake 31t®um watch strap.

They are made by a fake 31t®um?

imposter

some of the fakes are probably a lot better quality than the originals, in the fact that they are usually hand made, not factory produced..

I have never seen a fake that was anything other than a cheap and nasty POS produced in a Chinese factory. Never seen a hand-made one, and never seen one of even acceptable quality.

then you ain't seen nuttin'

then you ain't seen nuttin'

cheers man.
was thinking of bees waxing / conditioning them, but not too sure, I might lose it as they will go darker.......
any recomendations? don't want to use tallow

I had to soften my ammo pouch. I used a clear off the shelf leather conditioner and rubbed it in by hand. The oils from you hand and the warmth help feed the leather. I also rubbed in some gum tragacanth to the edges to burnish them.

They are made by a fake 31t®um?

Yup in a Shangdong area factory full of mumbling Chinese people drinking pints of Czech larger churning out leather watch straps using nothing but a hammer. Shocking really.

Can you do a 20/18 strap and I'll supply the buckle?

I might be a +1 on this, i will need to measure tonight

NGFARR!!!!!

Just heard back from Omega - my late 60s Constellation is un-repairable due to a lack of parts - which apparently is the one thing that Omega repairs almost never says. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

Any maverick Omega repairers out there? Or any ideas if there is any hope of salvaging the case/face for hard dorrah?

Wow. It's not a tuning fork movement is it? I have only ever heard that about them.

I had to soften my ammo pouch. I used a clear off the shelf leather conditioner and rubbed it in by hand. The oils from you hand and the warmth help feed the leather. I also rubbed in some gum tragacanth to the edges to burnish them.

thanks again, I got the tragacanth, but as i said earlier the leather is too soft, so trying to burnish it just roughs up the edges :(
have got some conditioner though.

Yup in a Shangdong area factory full of mumbling Chinese people drinking pints of Czech larger churning out leather watch straps using nothing but a hammer. Shocking really.

all twoo

I might be a +1 on this, i will need to measure tonight

as i said above, because these are 4mm + thick, it would be better at 20mm straight
(not sayin' this because i don't want to try and cut down a straight 22 :)

Wow. It's not a tuning fork movement is it? I have only ever heard that about them.

Standard movement.

I keep thinking to myself: "Late 60s - that was only like 20 years ago! How can they not have parts. Oh. Wait. Bollocks."

Very annoyed.

What movement does it have then? Late 60's Constellations are hugely collectable, so this is going to be a bit of a shock to a lot of people unless you've got an obscure calibre.