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Cloaca
1906
Feb 27, 2018
I got my Crown & Buckle melange (linen and royal) perlon straps the day before yesterday. My thoughts:
- Probably good summer straps when you're sweating and want something less sporty/military than a NATO.
- Nice material, nice texture
- Quality control problems with the latitudinal "weft" (not really an accurate term since the fabric is woven on the bias) not being perpendicualar to the sides of the strap, and it's uncorrectable because of the sewn and melted parts.
- One of those kinds of thin, slippery straps that makes you afraid you're going to drop your watch on the concrete when you put it on or take it off. Best to do at a desk with a towel underneath.
- Very small, just enough for my 7-inch wrist, but not a milimeter more.
- Very fiddly to put on because the buckle is the kind with the tang in the middle of a buckle frame, a double-D buckle, not a D-buckle. The material is floppy and hard to thread through the buckle, despite some stiffenner on the end. And the keeper is difficult to use also, especially if it's near the buckle, where a second layer of the fabric floats free. This is basically a put-it-on-at-home-in-the-morning strap that you don't dare touch until you take it off. Maybe you'd like to loosen it up during the day? Probably best to make do.
- The overall feel is lightweight and might not be great on a big watch, although it worked for me on a thick diver. The buckles are very delicate looking, thin stamped metal, with the frame about 2.5 mm wide.
- Personally, for my lifestyle, I would more often use a NATO. In the same order I got a NATO from Crown & Buckle that I would judge to be average. I got their "premium" quality, which has the color I wanted, not their more expensive "supreme" quality.
Cloaca
1906
Feb 27, 2018
Yikes, Haveston looks really serious. They look like they have taken control of the production process and are turning out custom webbing and hardware, whereas Toxic looks like he has contacted every vendor on Alibaba and has found the best that Shenzhen, China, has to offer (his bargain "R&D" sales hint at some bum vendors that he's discovered along the way and some wrong turns and miscommunications with suppliers).
kpjimmy
12656
Feb 27, 2018
CloacaI have no issues with anything made in China nowadays. Heck the Ferrum Forge Falcon x WE x Massdrop made that folder and IMO is a great folder for the price. And that's just one example.
Again I reiterate that I like the overall quality of toxics and I keep returning there, but if there's a different one to try, which I did fine one in Canada that I am getting to see how their slim seatbelts look and feel like.
kpjimmy
12656
Feb 26, 2018
Lunchtime lume!😎
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Asheikm
2537
Feb 26, 2018
How many times a day do you check your pulse with the DMT? You could conduct experiments. For example, baseline pulse vs. "someone is not doing what they should be" pulse!
kpjimmy
12656
Feb 26, 2018
AsheikmLOL I use it as many times as I use my tachymeter and chrono functions. :)
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