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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by MDF » Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:24 am

hoppyjr wrote:
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Love it, I should have kept mine in SS!
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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by hoppyjr » Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:29 am

MDF wrote:
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Love it, I should have kept mine in SS!
I didn’t appreciate these until I had it on my wrist.

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by seiko_shepherd » Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:29 am

Just landed in San Antonio Texas. Gonna spend a few days on my friends cattle ranch. Carne Asada, Carne Guisada and Barbacoa for lunch with my travel companion...

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by MDF » Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:31 am

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by CGSshorty » Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:36 am

Mine is blue, too.ImageImage
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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Joeprez » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:02 pm

It does look nice on the bracelet too!

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Jeep99dad » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:14 pm

ericf4 wrote:
unsub073 wrote:
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You've had or still have 3 Zenith Chrono's. Which one has been your favorite?

wow tough call, here they are. I would say that the new Defy 21 is my fav as the 1/100 of sec function is mind boggling in person. Also i love the beauty in the movement etc. CLOSE 2nd would be the Aged Steel and 3rd is the Stratos.


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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Jeep99dad » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:17 pm

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Jeep99dad » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:19 pm

RALAustin wrote:So, still not sure if there is a method to the madness, or just madness -- but here we are! I was really excited to get the Blancpain FF Milspec LE mid-summer, but that turned to disillusionment when I could not get the friction pins out to allow for strap changes, and since I bought the watch in large part because I was excited about 20mm lugs and strap options on a really light, comfortable FF I ended up flipping it quickly for the Rolex SD 50th anniversary. Still, I lamented the lost opportunity with the Milspec because it was an incredible watch to look at and ticked every other box for me (well, in a perfect world it would be 41.5mm instead of 40.5mm, but I was OK with the size given its intended use and my other large watches).

Fast forward several months and the new blue titanium 45mm FF Sport has been at the forefront of my mind of late, but then Mark posted the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III LE. I was sure I was going to hold firm, but with monsoons in Austin this weekend I think I read just about every posting on it and realized that the OC III now comes on spring bars with the drilled lugs and an extra blue nato strap. My resolve weakened, and anticipating future moves involving the blue titanium 45mm FF Sport, I reached out to Mark. Out went my 45mm Blue flinque dial Sport and in came this morning the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III. I will miss the flinque dial on the 45mm blue Sport, but I actually found myself wearing my black dial 45mm Sport more often and moving the flinque dial now makes long term sense for when I can find a blue titanium 45mm FF, which I am hoping will be a huge win because the main thing that kept me from wearing the 45mm FFs all the time was the weight (especially when combined with the 23mm lugs and screw bars).

So, here it is. The OEM sailcloth is still barely wearable on my wrist, but with the drilled lugs and spring bars I am hoping this will be the closest thing to the ultimate comfort, grab and go nature of my old No Date Subs whether on a nato, isofrane or one of my many vintage tropic type straps.

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by logan2z » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:27 pm

#triplezerotuesday

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Grahamcombat » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:29 pm

#greatlookingpanerai

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Panerai7 » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:52 pm

Jeep99dad wrote:
Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:19 pm
RALAustin wrote:So, still not sure if there is a method to the madness, or just madness -- but here we are! I was really excited to get the Blancpain FF Milspec LE mid-summer, but that turned to disillusionment when I could not get the friction pins out to allow for strap changes, and since I bought the watch in large part because I was excited about 20mm lugs and strap options on a really light, comfortable FF I ended up flipping it quickly for the Rolex SD 50th anniversary. Still, I lamented the lost opportunity with the Milspec because it was an incredible watch to look at and ticked every other box for me (well, in a perfect world it would be 41.5mm instead of 40.5mm, but I was OK with the size given its intended use and my other large watches).

Fast forward several months and the new blue titanium 45mm FF Sport has been at the forefront of my mind of late, but then Mark posted the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III LE. I was sure I was going to hold firm, but with monsoons in Austin this weekend I think I read just about every posting on it and realized that the OC III now comes on spring bars with the drilled lugs and an extra blue nato strap. My resolve weakened, and anticipating future moves involving the blue titanium 45mm FF Sport, I reached out to Mark. Out went my 45mm Blue flinque dial Sport and in came this morning the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III. I will miss the flinque dial on the 45mm blue Sport, but I actually found myself wearing my black dial 45mm Sport more often and moving the flinque dial now makes long term sense for when I can find a blue titanium 45mm FF, which I am hoping will be a huge win because the main thing that kept me from wearing the 45mm FFs all the time was the weight (especially when combined with the 23mm lugs and screw bars).

So, here it is. The OEM sailcloth is still barely wearable on my wrist, but with the drilled lugs and spring bars I am hoping this will be the closest thing to the ultimate comfort, grab and go nature of my old No Date Subs whether on a nato, isofrane or one of my many vintage tropic type straps.

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by nweash » Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:09 pm

RALAustin wrote:So, still not sure if there is a method to the madness, or just madness -- but here we are! I was really excited to get the Blancpain FF Milspec LE mid-summer, but that turned to disillusionment when I could not get the friction pins out to allow for strap changes, and since I bought the watch in large part because I was excited about 20mm lugs and strap options on a really light, comfortable FF I ended up flipping it quickly for the Rolex SD 50th anniversary. Still, I lamented the lost opportunity with the Milspec because it was an incredible watch to look at and ticked every other box for me (well, in a perfect world it would be 41.5mm instead of 40.5mm, but I was OK with the size given its intended use and my other large watches).

Fast forward several months and the new blue titanium 45mm FF Sport has been at the forefront of my mind of late, but then Mark posted the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III LE. I was sure I was going to hold firm, but with monsoons in Austin this weekend I think I read just about every posting on it and realized that the OC III now comes on spring bars with the drilled lugs and an extra blue nato strap. My resolve weakened, and anticipating future moves involving the blue titanium 45mm FF Sport, I reached out to Mark. Out went my 45mm Blue flinque dial Sport and in came this morning the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III. I will miss the flinque dial on the 45mm blue Sport, but I actually found myself wearing my black dial 45mm Sport more often and moving the flinque dial now makes long term sense for when I can find a blue titanium 45mm FF, which I am hoping will be a huge win because the main thing that kept me from wearing the 45mm FFs all the time was the weight (especially when combined with the 23mm lugs and screw bars).

So, here it is. The OEM sailcloth is still barely wearable on my wrist, but with the drilled lugs and spring bars I am hoping this will be the closest thing to the ultimate comfort, grab and go nature of my old No Date Subs whether on a nato, isofrane or one of my many vintage tropic type straps.

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WRUW 11 September 18

Post by nweash » Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:44 pm

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Guess we’re all type A?

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Knome » Tue Sep 11, 2018 2:54 pm

Jumbo dayImage

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by matt.wu » Tue Sep 11, 2018 3:32 pm

Knome wrote:
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Gotta admit. Should have kept mine. :(

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Rackness » Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:34 pm

Knome wrote:Jumbo dayImage
Fekin love these. If it was 100m wr I would sell off most of my collection and buy one tomorrow. Image

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Rackness » Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:36 pm

Still ramblin. I am I liking the “bond” nato.

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by spring-diver » Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:49 pm

EZM9 for 9/11Image

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Re: WRUW 11 September 18

Post by Captdave » Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:20 pm

RALAustin wrote:So, still not sure if there is a method to the madness, or just madness -- but here we are! I was really excited to get the Blancpain FF Milspec LE mid-summer, but that turned to disillusionment when I could not get the friction pins out to allow for strap changes, and since I bought the watch in large part because I was excited about 20mm lugs and strap options on a really light, comfortable FF I ended up flipping it quickly for the Rolex SD 50th anniversary. Still, I lamented the lost opportunity with the Milspec because it was an incredible watch to look at and ticked every other box for me (well, in a perfect world it would be 41.5mm instead of 40.5mm, but I was OK with the size given its intended use and my other large watches).

Fast forward several months and the new blue titanium 45mm FF Sport has been at the forefront of my mind of late, but then Mark posted the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III LE. I was sure I was going to hold firm, but with monsoons in Austin this weekend I think I read just about every posting on it and realized that the OC III now comes on spring bars with the drilled lugs and an extra blue nato strap. My resolve weakened, and anticipating future moves involving the blue titanium 45mm FF Sport, I reached out to Mark. Out went my 45mm Blue flinque dial Sport and in came this morning the Blancpain FF Ocean Commitment III. I will miss the flinque dial on the 45mm blue Sport, but I actually found myself wearing my black dial 45mm Sport more often and moving the flinque dial now makes long term sense for when I can find a blue titanium 45mm FF, which I am hoping will be a huge win because the main thing that kept me from wearing the 45mm FFs all the time was the weight (especially when combined with the 23mm lugs and screw bars).

So, here it is. The OEM sailcloth is still barely wearable on my wrist, but with the drilled lugs and spring bars I am hoping this will be the closest thing to the ultimate comfort, grab and go nature of my old No Date Subs whether on a nato, isofrane or one of my many vintage tropic type straps.

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