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25 October 2018, 10:21 AM | #871 |
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25 October 2018, 11:47 AM | #872 |
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25 October 2018, 11:49 AM | #873 |
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25 October 2018, 11:54 AM | #874 | |
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What's wrong with the quick release bars? I thought they were a smart idea for folks who like to change straps a lot. Are they less secure?
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25 October 2018, 12:11 PM | #875 | |
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On leather straps if a quick release spring bar fails you either have to cut it out of the strap to reuse the strap, or throw the strap away. The quick release lever on the spring bar gets a ton of abuse since the strap can't rotate around it. Every time your strap moves it puts direct pressure onto the lever which cause premature failure. Have you taken a quick release spring bar and compressed the spring in it? Pretty weak if you ask me. Compared to a normal spring bar they are inferior imo. I change straps all the time and I don't use them. I use a spring bar tool perfectly fine. Like all things, your mileage might be different. I personally don't recommend them to anyone who values their watch. |
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25 October 2018, 12:38 PM | #876 | |
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Thanks for the info, I did not know that! Will steer clear of them.
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26 October 2018, 10:49 AM | #877 |
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Many thx, Gents
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26 October 2018, 11:28 AM | #878 |
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Have no idea.. Not being there or doing that..- Others may know..
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26 October 2018, 05:05 PM | #879 |
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I’ve been buying those Barton bands with quick release for over a year and I never had a problem.
I even put one of their strap on a sigma dial 1601. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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27 October 2018, 01:09 AM | #880 |
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Chip I wasn't trying to discredit you. I was stating what I know as it has happened with multiple of my customers. So I helped them out with solutions to there problem.
On the Rolex it works better than a Seiko diver since the lug holes diameter is .9mm. Where on the diver it is 1.2mm. Beautiful pics like always. |
27 October 2018, 01:18 AM | #881 | |
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Please rest assured I didn’t take it that way. If I came across as as defensive, I apologise, it was not my intent. With that said, everything you said above has been a concern of mine as well, and I tugged on them a bit and twisted them a little before I trusted them lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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27 October 2018, 01:27 AM | #882 | |
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27 October 2018, 01:30 AM | #883 |
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Yes and one is coming to visit me next weekend. It will be trouble lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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27 October 2018, 01:52 AM | #884 |
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Really nice stuff above!
New and old and some classic bracelets! Great collection!
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27 October 2018, 03:11 AM | #886 |
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Long gone SBGX115
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29 October 2018, 08:52 PM | #888 |
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Back to my turtle...such a great watch. Comfortable, easy to read, accurate and something different...
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SLA019 on marinemaster waffle strap (really don’t like the strap it came with)
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I'm hoping the GS will bring out an updated version for the 25th Anniversary Edition.
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Seiko 605 on razor wire
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Feeling quite at home!
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