rek001 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Aloha y'all - well, I just received the Carrera Day/Date Singapore F1 green version from Joshua, really, really nice watch and even though I don't like the appearance of titanium, it is stunningly lightweight for a watch of this size. I am having a problem though - I got the watch with leather strap and I'm having a very tough time pulling the strap through the deployant far enough to make the strap short enough to wear. The strap is geting too thick to pull through any further, and so I'm prevented from wearing this very cool new watch. Any ideas or suggestions what I can do? Thanks very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rek001 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Ok, I spoke to Josh about this - nothing he can do. Did some more research, apparently Micky Padge got an OEM strap from someplace that he was able to use with the rep deployant, so I may go this route. Or, I may just get a 22mm strap with unbranded tang buckle and be done with it. Fair warning: if you have a 6.5" wrist and get the 43mm Carrera Day/Date you will not be able to size the strap down enough to be able to wear it. Besides, the strap leather is c**p anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 This was the seller, it was aftermarket, not OEM http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/watchstrapworlduk/ Seems not to have the genuine croc leather strap listed, might be worth asking him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rek001 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Hi Mickey, yes, I saw your photos showing the strap you got from this seller, looks VERY nice! I will check with him. And, if I may ask, did you have trouble getting this strap to go through the rep deployant that originally came with the watch? The slit is very narrow. Thanks much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Hi Mickey, yes, I saw your photos showing the strap you got from this seller, looks VERY nice! I will check with him. And, if I may ask, did you have trouble getting this strap to go through the rep deployant that originally came with the watch? The slit is very narrow. Thanks much. No problems at all, I have 6.5" wrists too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rek001 Posted May 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Thanks very much fro your help with this, Mickey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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