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 Posted: Tue May 27th, 2008 10:53 am
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IanM



Joined: Sun Apr 15th, 2007
Location: Perth, Australia
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 Hi 3Ters. I have loved these for a while, but jumped on one recently. You have all seen photos of the kit with which they arrive - cute 3 holder case, strap changing tool, spare springbars, thin rubber strap, spare strap and so on. But I have tried a new combo that is now my favourite and which may prevent me from putting that rubber strap on it ever again.

My 50 has the red tipped second hand, bund dial and white on black date. Superb build quality, wears bigger than the 42mm and an absolute joy on the wrist. Highly polished (like the new strap buckle - see below) but I don't find it hard to keep clean and scratch free - yet! I saw a Savage strap and bought it second-hand from a seller in the US, then matched it to my incoming Stingray 50 for the following outcome. Head and boots now mated for life.

What do you think of these before and afters?

Before:



After:





And a gratuitous shot from the seller of the strap to show why I went for it... that is his Stingray, not mine... I will post some more comprehensive pics when the weather here improves enough for me to go outside and unstrap it for a full frontal. A new incoming Bob brown buffalo might look nice on this too ;)



The strap is a Savage 22mm x 6mm honey-stitched leather with a gigantic pre-v buckle. Soft as butter and so comfy I don't know why I resisted leather in the past.

Cheers all - IanMhand6.gifhand6.gif