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  1. 21st March 2013, 11:31 #1
    techireland2000
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    The Speedbird has landed

    after a long time looking, the Speedbird GMT finally arrived and the hunt is now over..
    currently sitting on a stowa leather until I find something else leather to get the honour of holding this on my wrist..
    strap suggestions very welcome..

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  2. 21st March 2013, 11:44 #2
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    Leave as is - that's perfect.
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  3. 21st March 2013, 11:45 #3
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    Why change? That looks good.
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  4. 21st March 2013, 11:48 #4
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    That's 3 of us then !
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  5. 21st March 2013, 12:11 #5
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    The perfect GMT watch, congrats

    I'd suggest a Rios 1931 Oxford.....

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  6. 21st March 2013, 12:41 #6
    techireland2000
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave E View Post
    Why change? That looks good.
    yeah, I agree with ya on that Dave, that looks nice ....
    But, the strap originally had polished studs and in my quest to flatten them , I removed some of the coating and the gold colour from underneath is peeking through..
    A little OCD creeping in there I think..

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  7. 21st March 2013, 20:04 #7
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    Congrats on the new watch! Personally I think the SBIII GMT looks absolutely best on NATOs, and particularly this one:

    http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...ed#post2306901

    But guess that depends if you like NATOs or not.
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  8. 22nd March 2013, 12:54 #8
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    Very nice and good to see that your long search eventually paid off. I do like these a lot.

    Your strap choice is good and suits the watch very well. I also very much like the Rios which Dapper suggested. It would be good to see how that might look.
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  9. 22nd March 2013, 13:17 #9
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    Get it on a NATO :)

    One of my favourite watches, by far!
    It's just a matter of time...
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  10. 22nd March 2013, 13:23 #10
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    Looks good as it is though I never took mine of its bracelet, watch is now long gone...

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  11. 22nd March 2013, 15:47 #11
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    Glad you like it :)
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  12. 22nd March 2013, 16:28 #12
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    That is a lovely watch... time to investigate.

    Apologies if this is a stupid question but are any of the Speedbird watches larger than 39mm Dia?

    Thanks
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  13. 22nd March 2013, 19:48 #13
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    Very nice, needs the matching bracelet.
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    Very glad you finally got one :)
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    Mega watches. :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by SlimJim16v View Post
    Very nice, needs the matching bracelet.
    Totally agree. Think they look AMAZING on the original bracelet!
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    The Speedbird has landed

    I love that on the leather but I couldn't have a different manufacturer stamped on it to the watch. A major part of my OCD.
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  18. 23rd March 2013, 00:13 #18
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    Nice Pilot watch. Congrats!
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  19. 23rd March 2013, 14:00 #19
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    That's a very nice watch.
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  20. 23rd March 2013, 19:19 #20
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    If I had one I think I'd rotate between the matching bracelet and NATO - it is a tool watch after all
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  21. 24th March 2013, 20:49 #21
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    Congrats on the new watch! The SB III GMT is a grail for me, one day I hope to own one.
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