Looking for the factory OD (olive drab) green strap that came one the Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive BN0157-11X. I figure surely someone has replaced that factory strap and it’s in someone’s parts bin. This is the 20mm stiffer rubber dive strap. Would off…
Continue readingWhat did the tritium lume look like?
For any of our older members here that remember, what did it look like? Perhaps like modern lume paint right after the UV light or sunlight? Just a very strong glow all the time, until the tritium finally died? Genuinely curious. Reckon nobody was doin…
Continue readingHelping an ill fitting strap…
Anyone have a strap they love… but can’t get the right fit? Adjustment holes are a tad far apart… so it too tight or too loose. No goodilocks zone… Anyone ever put a small patch of moleskin on the caseback? Would act as nonskid and tighten the fit just…
Continue readingYour most accurate cheap automatic movement
By this I mean budget/workhorse movements non regulated from the factory. Like Miyota 8203/8204s or Seiko NH35s or Seiko factory watch equivalents. I’ve got a Citizen diver with the 8204 and it keeps +5-7spd and certainly no more than +10spd. This is w…
Continue readingDo all Perlons do this?
I try to like Perlon straps… well I only have one. But it seems to get narrow and stretch with use. More specifically it ends up with gaps between the lugs exposing the spring bars. Is this just a thing with Perlon straps? Or maybe cheaper ones? Do som…
Continue readingCitizen auto diver dropped… stopped a day later😩
Gasp… it happened. Was putting on my new Citizen NY0120 and it slid off the strap… fell a bit lower than waist high onto the tile kitchen floor! Two little dings on the case… just enough to remind me to be more careful! Didn’t stop running, still keepi…
Continue readingWhy no rechargeable quartz divers?
Not dive computers, assume most are rechargeable. I mean a quartz diver with an internal rechargeable battery. Contacts on the back and a plug/clamp to charge it, like a smart watch. It could probably have a bigger battery, one big enough to drive a sw…
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