What's on your wrist? / What are you wearing? (WRUW)

McBeardy · Sep 14, 2022

dtf

Funnily enough my other half really likes the look of the leather band on the BB58, and mentioned I should purchase it for mine. Now I like the clasp, but not how the strap tail is opposite to how normal straps are. Now I understand its to do with the clasp (& many Grand Seikos do this). Does this bother you? Can it be worn the other way?

imagwai · Sep 14, 2022

McBeardy
Funnily enough my other half really likes the look of the leather band on the BB58, and mentioned I should purchase it for mine. Now I like the clasp, but not how the strap tail is opposite to how normal straps are. Now I understand its to do with the clasp (& many Grand Seikos do this). Does this bother you? Can it be worn the other way?

I couldn't get used to it, or get a comfortable fit, and ended up selling the strap I'd bought for the BB58.

dtf · Sep 14, 2022

McBeardy
Funnily enough my other half really likes the look of the leather band on the BB58, and mentioned I should purchase it for mine. Now I like the clasp, but not how the strap tail is opposite to how normal straps are. Now I understand its to do with the clasp (& many Grand Seikos do this). Does this bother you? Can it be worn the other way?

Honestly I hadn’t noticed that the strap tail points the opposite direction, I just put it on my wrist (most mornings) and think how great it looks on the leather strap. Most of my watches are on deployants or bracelets thou, so I don’t often wear something on a traditional strap - maybe why it doesn’t bother me.

The deployant is worth a mention, it’s beautifully made and super precise, each stage secured by a pair of ceramic ball bearings. My only complaint is lack of micro adjust, I ended up punching an extra hole in the leader in between two of the factory holes.

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Mspeedster · Sep 15, 2022

Felt like a fun day for a vintage Formula 1, Shell Oil style. 😀

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HoltzPlatz · Sep 15, 2022

Glacier hunting today

Jemagloh · Sep 15, 2022

Great Aquaracer, and awesome pics @HoltzPlatz! 👍

RushDom · Sep 16, 2022

Earlier this week…

RushDom · Sep 16, 2022

Today on the wrist: Dan Henry 1964 silver dial. The movement is just a standard Seiko mecaquartz but the bang for buck when it comes to the dial and overall aesthetic is very impressive. A nice tribute to early Carreras, 321 Seamaster chronographs etc.

I’n tempted to pick of the reverse panda variants next…bicompax version in particular looks good!