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This one? What do you think?Originally Posted by Rev-O
These are great. Are the straps still available??
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Is there a way I can block you and not see your posts?This one? What do you think?
If you look on page 1 there is still some cloth available.
Just by way of an update I have plans to purchase some more tweed next month. I'm very fond of the place in Dublin where I've bought everything to date
(Kevin & Howlin in Nassau St - opposite the side gate of Trinity College and well worth a visit) but if this thing is to have any future it strikes me that buying at full retail in somewhere selling top quality schmutter to American tourists is perhaps not the most prudent approach. I'm hoping to make a short trip to Donegal and knock on the door of a couple of weavers. Given how relatively little material is needed for a strap I'm hoping that I might find a couple of places with a remnants basket but I'm also mindful that continuity for some patterns is also going to be key.
With this in mind I will be looking for tweed with certain characteristics and I'd be grateful for people's thoughts. My thinking so far:
1. Predominantly black but with some flecks, probably to include a bit of red.
2. A dark brown herringbone
3. Predominantly navy blue - like the blue in the last batch but darker.
Last edited by Carlton-Browne; 23rd November 2017 at 18:41.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
How long did they take to arrive for everyone ? I had an email from Andrea on the 17th October to say that they were being posted but they still haven’t arrived yet.
Heard on the 29th Oct, received last week.
The best I've had was a week and the worst a month. That doesn't sound great.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I'd love one but I've bought too many just now so need to hold off for a bit
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Could've been held up at customs perhaps?
That looks outrageously good 🤤Mine's here too, some very quick and dirty iphone pics...
Thanks Alan!
BR
Ian
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Still waiting for mine, then I need to buy a Watch to suit it !
Anyone got a nice Vintage Datejust for sale at handy money ?!
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Experimenting with these is a most pleasant diversion. I've moved the dark grey salt & pepper onto the 'Curta' Amphibia which I think works better than the Cosmotron, and is in keeping with the colour scheme of Type I and early Type II Curta models.
My light-grey "herringbone" didn't quite work with the watch that I initially had in mind, however inspired by Caruso's post I tried it on an X-33 and I'm very pleased with the result.
Tweed, the original Kevlar.
That does look surprisingly good. I've always thought of tweed as, if anything, the original camouflage pattern.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
That looks great. I got the herringbone too but in 22mm so too big for my X-33, but it goes ok with my Steinhart Bronze.My light-grey "herringbone" didn't quite work with the watch that I initially had in mind, however inspired by Caruso's post I tried it on an X-33 and I'm very pleased with the result.
Tweed, the original Kevlar.
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Thanks very much CB, as with everyone here I think these straps are rather lovely!
Ed
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Finally managed to wear the new strap. I’m liking it and it seems appropriate on a chilly day like today.
Received and gift to fundraiser made yesterday. Haven't had time to fit it yet but looks extremely well made.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Sub on the mid grey salt and pepper. I need to find a less clashing jumper!
I have saved what I consider to be the best of mine until last. I was one of the few who went for the dark green "houndstooth" tweed. Because it has a fairly large pattern I decided on a minimum lug width of 22mm in the hope that the colours and the design would both be clearly visible.
I don't have many watches that had an even remote chance of working, but in the end took a bit of a gamble on it not looking absolutely dreadful on my "tropical dial" flightmaster 910 and I'm grateful to C-B for his patience whilst I procrastinated.
Andrea has done a marvellous job with the symmetry of the pattern.
Personally I think that the colours complement the dial, and the thickness of the strap works well with the large case size.
It catches the sunlight beautifully.
The combination might not appeal to many, but I absolutely love it. I certainly intend to order some more straps following the Donegal trip.
Once again, many thanks to Alan for making this happen and also for giving the fundraiser a boost.
Bloody hell, that's brave!
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I'll go with 'different'.
The colours do go well with the dial, and there's not many straps you could say that for!Personally I think that the colours complement the dial, and the thickness of the strap works well with the large case size.
It's arrived and on one of Eddies finest. Thanks to Carlton-Browne and Andrea for an excellent strap and donations to the fundraiser to boot!
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That is really smart
It's arrived and on one of Eddies finest. Thanks to Carlton-Browne and Andrea for an excellent strap and donations to the fundraiser to boot!
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You are professor cuthbert calculus and i claim my five poundsI
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Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
My straps have finally arrived and I must say the blue looks great on the Tudor BB Bronze
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I am liking how it’s made my dornblueth more casual.
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No they are leather lined on the inside.
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Besides the one I’ve put on my Speedmaster I also ordered one to go on my Grandad’s old watch...
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