Which Watch are you wearing today?

[mtngunr]

Man, I'd really like that watch if it came with a matching metal bracelet. I just don't care for straps.

Some guy may know just what you are looking for...

Which Watch are you wearing today?

www.okshooters.com

 

[Matratliff]

 

[beardking]

Some guy may know just what you are looking for...

Which Watch are you wearing today?

www.okshooters.com

I thought that looked familiar. After I posted this, I looked the watch up and was able to find the same one (I think) as in the post you linked. It's now on my wishlist.

 

[mtngunr]

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If it's super-legible, I love it. Bonus points for lefty.

 

[antkiller]

For GED, you can see (sorry about glare) that the Citizen has a larger dial than the Seikos (which both have identical dial sizes, despite lensatic distorsion). Of the flieger/flyer/pilot/field watches available, the Citizen is in top three for case size (both others IWA efforts over the years) and maybe top dawg for indices boldness, certainly the only one of large cardinal pips where the 3 o'clock nearly as large as the others.



You can also see it is so light it floats in a tub of water like balsa on mercury, while the Seikos sink like Simonized lead bricks. I will use mine for a PFD, but you might want one on each arm for waterwing use.



And for CENSORED scratching, you can see the Citizen almost too good to point of drawing blood, and boy, is than bandage gonna hurt coming off!


It does have 21.5mm lugs and a 22mm HD NATO was a tight squeeze between lugs AND between springbars/case, but works.

On purchase, the official Citizen store on Amazon has very good prices, the black dial/titanium bracelet version (maint.-free, but kinda wrecks the field watch look) priced cheaper than the high quality very sturdy leather with green dial. I think the leather/green more attractive in an LL Bean field watch flavor but doubted it going well with an OD strap for a military guy...brown/tan would work, but I am set in my ways.

Agree with you on the strap size issue, though I really like the TI I would like an option in a soft strap that I haven’t been able to find.

 

[mtngunr]

I thought that looked familiar. After I posted this, I looked the watch up and was able to find the same one (I think) as in the post you linked. It's now on my wishlist.

If in any doubt...
BM8560-53E
and link here, where I note they just bumped up the leather/green by $20 since my order, and wouldn't be suprised if the bracelet followed (unless a slow mover)

Amazon.com

 

[mtngunr]

Agree with you on the strap size issue, though I really like the TI I would like an option in a soft strap that I haven’t been able to find. View attachment 523709View attachment 523709

The HD NATO from C&B is 1.6mm thick, quite beefy for nylon, but soft once it breaks in (or thrown in a buttoned pocket and washed), and only places it tight are slightly raised welded edges/holes, although constant removal/replacement will no doubt cause edges to fray sooner. The one-piece version will scuff case back to some degree, but if a bar fails, the watch is still there. They sell a two-piece, but am unsure if it could be wrestled in and not cause insanity. I wouldn't expect any difficulty at all with any NATO of more standard thickness. The equipped springbars sure didn't have much of a collar to grab with a tool.

PS- I'd think any 22mm normal leather strap with quick-release/no-tool/no-fighting-tight-fitting-strap-for-tool-access springbars would work, not like I had to fight my HD NATO to get it on or off the multiple times I've already done so since night before last.