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    NATO - Over or Under

    A few folk have said to me it 'has to be 'under,I am an over man myself.

    Just incase you dont know what I mean:

    Over



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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    No definitive answer - 'cause long goes over and short goes under.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    I'm an over as long as it's long enough.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    No real need for me to vote, but I'm an under :)

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Under every time :)
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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by stoneyloon
    I'm an over as long as it's long enough.
    +1 :lol:

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

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    You could wear the buckle at six ...

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Under..
    Under..
    Under..

    Get that extra loop cut off now..!!

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Over, without a doubt.

    That Tudor Sub is a thing of beauty BTW 8)


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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Over !!

    Under is for girls :twisted:

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK
    No definitive answer - 'cause long goes over and short goes under.
    +1

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by GraniteQuarry
    Over !!

    Under is for girls :twisted:
    Here here :lol:

    Quote Originally Posted by SternG
    Over, without a doubt.

    That Tudor Sub is a thing of beauty BTW 8)


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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK
    No definitive answer - 'cause long goes over and short goes under.

    same for me, i hate it when they dont reach the secound hoop

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Over at the moment on my PRS17C because the strap is long enough to tuck under both keepers but short ends go under.

    Seem to recall reading somewhere that the miltary rule is to fold over.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by soapy
    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK
    No definitive answer - 'cause long goes over and short goes under.

    same for me, i hate it when they dont reach the secound hoop
    I've never had a NATO reach the second hoop.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by stoneyloon
    Quote Originally Posted by soapy
    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK
    No definitive answer - 'cause long goes over and short goes under.

    same for me, i hate it when they dont reach the secound hoop
    I've never had a NATO reach the second hoop.
    NATOs vary in length. My Maratac Desert Tan is a good half inch longer than the TF 'Bond' and ,as we all know, a half inch makes a lot of difference.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by JDB
    a half inch makes a lot of difference.
    Have you been speaking to my missus? :blackeye: :D

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    i am a all over guy :lol:
    & yes that tudor would look even under very well :shock:
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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonmurgie
    No real need for me to vote, but I'm an under :)
    I hope you dont mind me pinching your photo :D

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    Always over for me, there is always too much spare to tuck it under for me, the loop at the end ends up being too big

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    sorry to do this chaps, but i can't see any difference between the 2 pics! Where am i going wrong??

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by ghosty
    sorry to do this chaps, but i can't see any difference between the 2 pics! Where am i going wrong??
    Over = see the tail, as in folded over itself
    Under = dont see the tail as in tucked back under itself

    Does that make sense?

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Under imho....I couldn't think that there could be any other way.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by stoneyloon
    Quote Originally Posted by soapy
    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK
    No definitive answer - 'cause long goes over and short goes under.

    same for me, i hate it when they dont reach the secound hoop
    I've never had a NATO reach the second hoop.
    maratacs are the perfect length for it

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by BigD
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosty
    sorry to do this chaps, but i can't see any difference between the 2 pics! Where am i going wrong??
    Over = see the tail, as in folded over itself
    Under = dont see the tail as in tucked back under itself

    Does that make sense?

    AAAHHHH i'm well over then!

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by ghosty
    Quote Originally Posted by BigD
    Quote Originally Posted by ghosty
    sorry to do this chaps, but i can't see any difference between the 2 pics! Where am i going wrong??
    Over = see the tail, as in folded over itself
    Under = dont see the tail as in tucked back under itself

    Does that make sense?

    AAAHHHH i'm well over then!
    Good lad :D

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Over is the way to go! Especially when they start to fall apart :)

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Under here.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    I think under just looks cleaner.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    :lol: natos are my favorite straps but wtf are you lot on about here?

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by Karl
    :lol: natos are my favorite straps but wtf are you lot on about here?
    Whether to tuck the tail over or under :roll: ... they sound anal to me ... and they should stick it where the sun don't shine. Like in Alaska or something. :blackeye: :lol:

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    :lol: think i got it now john. No vote then i do both. I always wear em buckle/tail at 6 not 12 too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karl
    :lol: think i got it now john. No vote then i do both. I always wear em buckle/tail at 6 not 12 too.
    Quote Originally Posted by abraxas
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    :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: You could wear the buckle at six ...

    john
    I tried to lead them in that direction but the heathern didn't want go. :roll: :lol:

    Wearing the buckle at 6 is "the correct way" as it puts less stuff "on the outside" to catch on things.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Another Over lad here,under is just too fiddly for my fingers.(missing right pinky,the rest are all thumbs :lol: )

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by abraxas
    Quote Originally Posted by Karl
    :lol: think i got it now john. No vote then i do both. I always wear em buckle/tail at 6 not 12 too.
    Quote Originally Posted by abraxas
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    :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: You could wear the buckle at six ...

    john
    I tried to lead them in that direction but the heathern didn't want go. :roll: :lol:

    Wearing the buckle at 6 is "the correct way" as it puts less stuff "on the outside" to catch on things.

    john
    ah so you did John just read back, thougt it was just me acting strange. Any more 6 o clockers out there ?

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by heboil
    Quote Originally Posted by SimonK
    No definitive answer - 'cause long goes over and short goes under.
    +1

    +1 - True... true...

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    Although I've had loads of natos,fitted one for the first time this week and it's over but that was probably down to luck not judgement :)

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Ex-military type here, so it's got to be over, with the buckle at 12.

    Still got my issue G10 too (write off...) though sadly a quartz; if only I knew then what I know now ('Gulf accounting').

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    U is for under.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    I find it better over but I like my TSS NATO as it just makes the 2nd metal loop so it just sits there. I am wondering whether to cut the other NATO straps to match.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    under for me...

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    under for me...but i'm a zulu man myself :D !!!

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Under for me, as there is no part flapping around and getting damaged. And I wear my strap the other way around - the buckle on the '6' side of the watch and the long end on '12' - that way the whole bundle of buckle-and-rings does not get in the way when I put my arm on a table or wherever (think crawling on the ground, military style). There is also less chance of it snagging. And I cut off the second part, or buy an RAF version, so I can center the buckle and make it sit closer to my wrist.
    Anyway: under.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by Karl
    Quote Originally Posted by abraxas
    Quote Originally Posted by Karl
    :lol: think i got it now john. No vote then i do both. I always wear em buckle/tail at 6 not 12 too.
    Quote Originally Posted by abraxas
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    :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: You could wear the buckle at six ...

    john
    I tried to lead them in that direction but the heathern didn't want go. :roll: :lol:

    Wearing the buckle at 6 is "the correct way" as it puts less stuff "on the outside" to catch on things.

    john
    ah so you did John just read back, thougt it was just me acting strange. Any more 6 o clockers out there ?
    moi :)

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Over.

    But I've also heared that the strap should be looped on the inside of the wrist and not on the outside like us normal people,can anyone varify this,and if so for what reason.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by Karl
    Quote Originally Posted by abraxas
    Quote Originally Posted by Karl
    :lol: think i got it now john. No vote then i do both. I always wear em buckle/tail at 6 not 12 too.
    Quote Originally Posted by abraxas
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    :arrow: :arrow: :arrow: You could wear the buckle at six ...

    john
    I tried to lead them in that direction but the heathern didn't want go. :roll: :lol:

    Wearing the buckle at 6 is "the correct way" as it puts less stuff "on the outside" to catch on things.

    john
    ah so you did John just read back, thougt it was just me acting strange. Any more 6 o clockers out there ?
    ive just started wearing mine like this and its a revelation, seems much more tidy
    Good luck everybody. Have a good one.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Nato newbie, and - so far - it's been under all the way.

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Under, as I find it neater :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by seikopath
    ive just started wearing mine like this and its a revelation, seems much more tidy
    Agreed, but I've also just discovered I much prefer Zulu/Rhino RAF/2 ring style.
    "I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked ... it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed."

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    Re: NATO - Over or Under

    Quote Originally Posted by seikopath
    ive just started wearing mine like this and its a revelation, seems much more tidy
    Me too. Never thought about doing it until I saw it mentioned in this thread. Now I have it just feels correct.

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