Thanks glenn, thats the 1st time i have had a pin come out……………maybe 6+months(cant even remember when i got the bracelet). Will keep an eye on it, if persists it will get a dab of loctite
Hello everyone. Sorry to derail this thread a little, but I need some help from the watch guys
(I’m more into knives and I try not to get interested in other stuff like lights, lighters, fidget tools, watches and whatnot…
Anyways, I own a Skagen watch (809XLTBLN) and I’m kinda bored to repair the leather straps every half year.
I was considering making a new one, sewn, not glued, but I have more other projects to finish.
The metal band is well above € 50, maybe one of you watch pros knows where to get it cheaper or maybe a China made version.
The biggest problem is that the wristband is not held with pins like usually but the strap is held with 2 little screws.
On the leather version there’s a thin metal sheet with 2 holes for the screws between the 2 sheets of leather.
As an aspiring watch-collector, with only 2 Citizens and 1 Seiko :), does anyone know of a chronograph watch that you can just turn the outside bezel to 30 minutes, for example, and it chimes an alarm when the time is up?
Don’t really want to use a digital watch if possible.
Thanks for any suggestions
Lou.
I’ve never seen that, I think the separate spring and bell would double the size of the watch.
It’s sad because most quartz watches have alarms that are too quiet, especially if they are also waterproof.
(Speaker is inside the waterproofing, plus usually in the back against your wrist.)
I’ve been collecting watches for some 30 years and never seen a wrist watch with rotating bezel alarm. The Seiko Bell Matic with internal rotating alarm set bezel ring is as close to what desire that I have seen. Although not a chronograph it is automatic. Rather small on the wrist (36mm) compared to most of today’s 40mm plus diameter watches.
One of my vintage Seiko Bell-Matic’s Mdl 4006-6010
No problem, I was just busting chops but it doesn’t always convey well with the written word.
Found a couple of vids with that Seiko, it’s got such a vintage sound (and look) to it…I love it.
Sometimes I just need a quick nap or break and it would be nice to have an audible reminder that I could quickly set to 15-minutes or so without having to cycle through some buttons.
That Casio looks about as like as close as I’ll get.
Thanks.
Lou.