shultzie

i thought about that - but two things: 1) where do you get a tube (four actually - one for each side) that small? this isn't standard by any means 2) Cut a plastic tube? I couldn't get a metal cylinder up in - plastic would just fold.

Thanks DH - i did find it rather amusing I was pressing the button - problem was not that (pin never made it that far!) - it was the vinyl strap itself - the part of the strap that you (maybe not you per se but me) insert the pin into is weird - almost working the pin through a thick epoxy, or somefin'. I've had resistance getting pins through my rubber pam straps but this was different. it just stuck like tar. removing a broken piece was even harder... To answer your question - no notch on the strap - where you are pointing, far as I can tell, is part of the watch case and the strap (or bracelet) is attached to the sides. (kinda opposite the way a pam is) there is a locking mechanism where the button is. The pin is tapered in the middle so the locking mechanism can hold it. The strap is holding in place because the pin parts are partially through the case and the strap holes are so tight the pin parts can't move. This may not last but for long its pretty damn effective in the meantime. remorsefully the Ti bracelet has been rendered useless because it needs a whole pin and I'm guessing there's not a plethora of spare pins around for the ingy like there are for pams... but i could be wrong. anyone know of any? anyway its a rep...and I can always get another one someday. maybe macguyver me a way to use the bracelet. PS I don't have the chrono and i have awful photo capability, but it does indeed look sharp on the strap.

Picked up my new Inge AMG at the post office today. Returned home with visions of that black "kevlar" (read "rubbery") strap wrapped around my wrist and surprisingly excited to put away my Pams for awhile, I set about to transform this sleek Titanium timepiece into a sporty casual charmer. Using the conveniently supplied push pin tool I pressed the release button, inserted the companion tool into the pin hole and out came the bracelet pin...no muss no fuss. Other side - no problem. "this is easy" I forebodingly think to myself. I noticed the rubbery strap holes were a bit tight so I used a common paper clip to try to open it up abit. It seemed to give with no problem, stretched abit and so I figured I was ready for pin insertion. As I said the fit was tight (thats what she said! wacka wacka) and gave quite a bit of resistance. So i pushed gently with the flat side of a screwdriver head...no go. pushed a little harder, still no go (all this time fairly certain I have centered correctly) As you well know the bracelet pin for the Inge is tapered in the middle to lock into the watch case...anyone want to guess what happens next? *Snap!!* the pin snaps in half. "MUTHER*&^%" I am surprised at how well I actually handled this development (after my initial outburst). I had immediately resigned myself to the fact that the Ti bracelet was now a paper weight. But i still got a rubbery strap! Half a bracelet pin being easier to insert than a whole pin - I proceed to gather the two halves of my once whole bracelet pin from the remote locations around the house they had flown off to. but I'm not going to be fooled again, I grab the push pin tool...(remember the push pin tool?) in hopes of opening the strap hole a bit. I stick it in and turn it a bit and *Snap* goes the push pin tool. Now i have a dowel.. "Oy" - now I am determined. Using my needlenose pliers i really bully the bracelet pin halves into the strap and they catch the case holes and quicker than expected, watch is now half strapped and holding on pretty tight. Optimism sets in. Of course in the process of putting the other side of the strap on - the second bracelet pin broke in half also (I go to the gym, lift weights..but I DO know my own strength) Meh - at this point i'm jaded. I apply the same bully tactics to the other side knowing full well once they are in, they may never come out again. When both pin halves are properly flush, I breathe in deeply with satisfaction. Then I notice that buckle side of the strap is on upside down. Don't ask me how I corrected this cuz trust me - two halves of a bracelet pin may be easier to get in - but they are much harder to take out. Sufficeth to say it took unorthodox methods. That "rubber" is really a b*&^h to move a thin piece of metal through - I'm counting on that misfortune to work to my advantage, cuz it's holding the strap on like a vice Watch is great - gorgeous, held up fine to the beating it took with no scratches. Now any similar experiences? are there actually bracelet pin replacements? (assuming I could ever get the pin out) Thanks for your time

is it possible? shipped from Taiwan on monday. Arrived in So Fla on Wednesday!

Wow - Amazing work!!! whoever is getting this is one lucky guy!

23... and 5 in transit... i might gotten carried away

I think he's selling off his remaining pieces and some personal pieces... but i could be wrong

ordered friday - left Taiwan today...

Any thoughts on what will go in that last slot?

well um...er...I am a righty but like I said - I do empathize with your plight AND if you need a commitment, hell - I'll give you one just 'cuz I believe in the cause (and cuz I'm a frivolous SOB who occasionally acts irrationally)

Check with Flanders over at the Leftorium! Seriously lefty - I'm a big Pam sub fan so I empathize with your dilemna. Hope you can pull it together.

@V - if YOU can't make this watch work then I may as well give up...you were my one hope. My Obi-Wan I know it B - but I figured I'd reach out in desperation cuz of course I want to like it. I guess its relegated to Oliver or Annie (or Leela?) status. Poor orphan @SteveG - I can't even qualify what i don't like about it...I just don't. Its no one thing...its the package. Thanks all for the reality check - much as I don't want to face it!

Sorry Steve - I loved it in the pics. Fine watch, keeps great time, chrono resets perfect... I just look in my watchbox and see it and it just doesn't do it for me but with the right strap?

Thats the one V

253 chrono regatta so I am turning to the members to show me how to love it. Show me some strap combos that work with this watch - rubber? black carbon weave? dayglo silicon? anything? or the watch has to go...

So the secretary will be single soon? (you are in So Fla right?)

Thanks for the side by side Tourby - the Arktos has become my favorite Pam too. I have been considering getting the new version - you just pushed me over the edge....

my sister bought me one for the holidays - i guess she figured I was all into watches. its still in the box - i feel bad but it doesn't stand up to my reps - it really did strike me as "fossilesque"

The thanks goes to Colin for his generous donation to RWG (more than even the bid price folks). and judging by the picsyou found the perfect use for it - its a great look on a great watch! Enjoy!

I know the pic doesn't do it justice, but black/silver subdials isn't getting any luv Asian 7750 runs great - I couldn't be happier with any of my reps.

If "8 days" is good "10 days" is better!

hey - ya got a nice box out of it!

remember shrinky dinks? draw on the plastic, stick it in the oven and it shrinks and hardens! ladies and gents - it's the future of rep dial production

which begs the question: High quality rados?

Yah - in fact the lever is the only way I can push in the crown on my 092. It wont go in any other way