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I am in shock, slide film used in 2013 and medium format at that! Now that's a real challenge! Anyone still use 4x5" or 8x10" care to have a go and photograph their collection or a watch?
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great pics gents. I am looking forward greatly to acquiring a Mark XII RAF and putting a leather NATO on it...
Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch. all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
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hebe Wrote:These straps have a significant disadvantage, the case back is treated like polish by the strap in addition of particles of dirt and dust.
I would NEVER use these straps.
HEBE
So that's why the world is full of display-back watches! They are NATO strap resistant. Happily, my Mark 11 has the benefit of 61 years of use and the NATO strap is unlikely affect a case back with an appropriate level of patina. Rest assured HEBE, I will not use a NATO strap for my younger watches. A very good point you have made.
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I just don't like Nato straps, they make the watches look cheap, pulling them down to the Nato strap level. That they make the back of the watches ugly is just the straw that breaks the camel's back (Google translate: is this really good English?).
Kind regards, Paul
What you do may not be so important, but it is very important that you do it well. (my variation of a saying by Gandhi)
Let's see everyone's NATO straps on their IWC's! Here's my 3717 on a grey/black NATO.
James
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Cheers Greg Chalk
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Miniature by size only, GREAT by nature.
Lovely picture.
Tom
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Regards, Shing | email iwcforme1976 (at) gmail (dot) com
time does not change us. it just unfolds us. max frisch.
all that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that. baltasar gracian.
I would NEVER use these straps.
Regards
HEBE
I recently saw a very nice Inge 666 but when looking at the case back there was an unremovable pattern from an old Nato.
Polish wouldn't help much here, you literally need to grind it away with the material as well...
/Anders
watch the time...
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So that's why the world is full of display-back watches! They are NATO strap resistant. Happily, my Mark 11 has the benefit of 61 years of use and the NATO strap is unlikely affect a case back with an appropriate level of patina. Rest assured HEBE, I will not use a NATO strap for my younger watches. A very good point you have made.
Last edited: 17 May, 2013 - 09:58
Kind regards,
Paul
What you do may not be so important, but it is very important that you do it well. (my variation of a saying by Gandhi)