I am not so recovered as I would like to (I can still hear the waitress saying "Oh its so big..." - about your vintage 6152 of course -) but I am fortunate enough to sport your skill on my wrist.
Vintage is definitelly the way to go...
Strangely your "bloody" weather helped the vintageizing process of the strap!
BTW thanks for the compliment but I think with my spoken english def-con I could hardly survive as a stand up comedian!!!
Hope we meet again soon and that Oswald and Gil can join the party!
Like we concluded before, what a wonderful community we got here!!!