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AP Diver in tactical gear

donerix

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Finally finished my pool and my new workshop and had some time to play around with some ideas I had.
I have made probably over a hundred AP Diver straps by now, but I started to get tired of all the croc, hornback and shark versions and wanted something a bit more tactical.
A customer ordered a nice grey canvas strap for his AP Diver:



And that got me to think and I made this:





Can be worn as a bund strap or as a regular strap. I tapered this one down to 18mm at the tail and buckle because I didn't want it to over power my regular size wrists (7"):












Now I just wish I had never soid my DLC APD, because this combination sure would look stunning:



My friend who bought it from me gave it to me to take the pic (... and ordered the strap already :) ). Great to see the difference of VAC's work in comparison to a stock watch - especially the crystal:



BTW - VAC was extra nice and made me a blue seconds hand which will be installed ASAP.
 

carlton

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Very nice looking strap, makes the whole watch look so different from the usual rubber or leather strap.:thumbsup:

By the way, i'm just curious to know that is it possible to make a strap for diver using sailcloth?:thinking:
 

phoucku

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holy shit.. I want one!! can you make one in gun metal grey? PM me a price if you could.. thanks
 

donerix

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Will have to look for canvas in that color, but shouldn't be too hard ti find.
Sailcloth will work but is - like canvas - a bi@tch to work with..
 

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carlton

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Will have to look for canvas in that color, but shouldn't be too hard ti find.
Sailcloth will work but is - like canvas - a bi@tch to work with..

Nice to know that sailcloth does work, should look nice on the diver i think. :thumbsup:
 

ThinkBachs

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Needs rivets maybe???

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:)
 

phoucku

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Will have to look for canvas in that color, but shouldn't be too hard ti find.
Sailcloth will work but is - like canvas - a bi@tch to work with..

if you can get it close to gun metal grey, let me know. I'll definitely take one. Thanks..