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Daytona Appreciation - Post Your Daytona Pics & Opinion

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Yellobird said:
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A couple with a couple :)
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RiffRalf said:
except when wearing black belt and shoes I trust .... :p
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Nah mate, even when i go formal it’s still this strap. I don’t really give two hoots about ensuring the ensemble fits. Haha. I just find bracelets too heavy and i have to be careful where i’m putting my hands.. ;):p

But to each his own! Maybe one day i’ll leave the bracelet on.. probably for that 116622 i’m planning to buy.
 
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Daytonamania said:
Nah mate, even when i go formal it’s still this strap. I don’t really give two hoots about ensuring the ensemble fits. Haha. I just find bracelets too heavy and i have to be careful where i’m putting my hands.. ;):p

But to each his own! Maybe one day i’ll leave the bracelet on.. probably for that 116622 i’m planning to buy.
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Your watch looks really good on that brown leather strap. It's a bit like my Speedmaster which looks really great on a variety of straps on other people's poctires. But to me the steel strap is such an essential part of the watch that I always wear it with the steel strap. (Plis removing the steel strap is a bit of a hassle) When - not if - the time comes for my Daytona I eill probably feel the same way
 
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RiffRalf said:
Your watch looks really good on that brown leather strap. It's a bit like my Speedmaster which looks really great on a variety of straps on other people's poctires. But to me the steel strap is such an essential part of the watch that I always wear it with the steel strap. (Plis removing the steel strap is a bit of a hassle) When - not if - the time comes for my Daytona I eill probably feel the same way
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I totally get where you’re coming from. It’s like you don’t pair your finest silverware for dinner with a plastic drinking cup for the wine. But i love how the leather strap gives something so shiny and brilliant a bit of explorer’s ruggedness. I want to look good while still feeling comfortable in my own skin and imo this combo suits me best. But like i said, i’m only doing this because the Daytona can pull it off. The 116622 probably can’t!
 
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Daytonamania said:
I totally get where you’re coming from. ...
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Same here, i totally get your approach as well, and you can change the look of a watch so much by putting it on a different leather or even a NATO. Which is easy, snap snap with a watch spring bar tool or even more so with a pop off caseback opener. i do it often to my Russian watches of which I have a collection and my birth year Jaeger LeCoultre dress watch when I am in that Mad Men mood. Taking off a steel strap is much more of a chore though poking in the little hole of the end link tryng to press down on the spring bar so I just leave mine on.
I totally agree on how you describe the look of your watch, that brown leather with the white stitching. i think you can put a yachtie on a leather also. Rubber even or a NATO.
 
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