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| Posted: Tue Oct 28th, 2008 12:57 pm |
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Isthmus 3T WIS
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I have 2 of these alba divers. Both of mine are on the stock bracelet. The blue mantaray that you have does not come stock with a bracelet. You'll have to do like I did and source it separately (or buy a variant with the bracelet, swap it out and sell it). Sadly I know of no seiko bracelets that will fit without modification of the endcaps I tried lots of different OEM seiko bracelets before finally sourcing the OEM Alba one. The reason most didn't fit is because the lug space is very shallow and a bit narrow. Everything I tried, even when it fit the curvature, was either to wide (so it clattered) or too long (so the springbar wholes didn't align). To it's credit the original endcap is made to cause a neat effect. It actually sits lower than the surface of the lugs and fits below the bezel. This causes the top of the endcap to line up with the rounded flared sides of the case, causing a cool visual continuity effect. The bracelet itself is very nice and heavy, much like that on the monsters. Unlike the monster bracelet, it is held together with split pins (not pins and collars) so it is easy to adjust. The clasp is the standard friction type fliplock used in the 3 OEM bracelets for seiko's base SKX divers (it's not the spring loaded push-button flip lock used in the monster). IMHO, unless you really must have this watch on a strap, try to source the OEM bracelet. BTW, I got mine by posting a WTB on the boards of various fora. I think it was the add from PMWF that got me a reply. Good luck. Last edited on Tue Oct 28th, 2008 01:07 pm by Isthmus |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28th, 2008 03:22 pm |
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HogRider 3T WIS 
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Thank you very much for the info! Looked at a couple of images and the Alba SS bracelet does look great. I'll see if I can find one.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28th, 2008 04:42 pm |
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Edgel 3T WIS 
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I'm thinking a brushed Watchadoo would be the ticket.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28th, 2008 05:55 pm |
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Isthmus 3T WIS
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NOt sure if that would work. IIRC you would have to use the Watchadoo that takes fat spring bars. still this watch has a big mix of brushed and polished surfaced that might class with the purely brushed watchadoo. That plus you would still end up with that odd looking gap that bracelets leave between the lugs. To me, this is one ins which the original bracelet works best. Another option is to use the original end cap and mount anoter bracelet onto it.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 02:01 pm |
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HogRider 3T WIS
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It's been a while but here is an update with a photo. Ended up finding the original bracelet and yes, I'm very happy I did. Thanks to all who participated in this thread! 
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16th, 2008 02:07 pm |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Awesome! some great watches. hand6.gif
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