tazzman Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 During my latest "AD-visit" i noticed the wonderful bracelet on the Porsche Design Flat-6, do anyone have info if this will be repped in the near future or if the gen bracelet will fit the rep? - tazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellomen Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I don't think they will rep this bracelet. They even didn't plan to rep the IWC Aquatimer chrono bracelet but after sooo many requests they decide to do so after all. It could be possible that the gen bracelet will fit ... but do you have an idea of the price...? It could well be over 600 euro!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jot9011 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I had the same question when the flat 6 first came out. The response I got from Joshua was that there WERE going to rep the bracelet...and that it is coming out SOON............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Personally I feel that the watch looks much better on rubber anyway. I think the bracelet takes away from the beauty of the watch head itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pman Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I agree with Andreww. There are so many steel bracelets out there. I have a couple and that's why I love the rubber on the flat 6. It's a great contrast to an already beautiful dial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Personally I feel that the watch looks much better on rubber anyway. I think the bracelet takes away from the beauty of the watch head itself. In terms of appearance I agree with you, but in terms of comfort there is no comparison. Having a conventional SS bracelet means the watch will sit better and more comfortably on the wrist as opposed to the stiffness and hardness of chinese rubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I have in plan getting the flat 6 P...but I agree with other members that the rubber strap suits better this watch than the bracelet does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 In terms of appearance I agree with you, but in terms of comfort there is no comparison. Having a conventional SS bracelet means the watch will sit better and more comfortably on the wrist as opposed to the stiffness and hardness of chinese rubber. Well. I have to disagree here. I don't think having the watch in rubber directly translates to discomfort. I owned many reps with rep rubber strap (i.e. IWC Cousteau, Hublot Big Bang, Omega PO and Chopard Mille Miglia). They wear comfortably on the wrist even with rubber, except the Big Bang (sharp clasp). Infact when it comes with SS bracelet, the watch maybe tad too heavy. You can ask ByTor about his UPO too. I can vow that I can wear the IWC with rubber for extended period of time without any feelings of discomfort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Exactly Tak, the UPO on steel may look cool but it can be extremely uncomfortable after a full day of wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 That's really interesting to hear. The rubber straps have been stopping me from acquiring a lot of 'super reps' but if they are in fact comfortable, I may just get one to try it out. Nobody thinks its too stiff to wear a rubber strap around the wrist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subzero1 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 The Porsche is very comfortable, I use it for my workouts. Other rubber strapped watches such as the IWC CD and Chopard MM are also very comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italiano17771 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 most of the reps i bought recently have a rubber strap and to be perfectly honest with you... they are the most comfortable watches i own. dont get me wrong, i really like the bracelets, but the rep rubber straps that have been coming out are amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italiano17771 Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 almost forgot...the genuine bracelet should fit the rep...they did use a genuine to make the rep... but you never know. the genuine that was bout to rep this did have the bracelet so im not sure why they didnt make it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 That's really interesting to hear. The rubber straps have been stopping me from acquiring a lot of 'super reps' but if they are in fact comfortable, I may just get one to try it out. Nobody thinks its too stiff to wear a rubber strap around the wrist? Rubber straps are fine. Why not start off with a Big Bang ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vric Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Rubber strap like leather need time to soften a bit. I always hated rubber and wasn't sure about my HBB when I ordered it. Even the first few weeks, it wasn't comfortable. After a while (2-3 weeks) the rubber is finally as soft as leather and as comfortable. It's still not my favorite strap, but it won't stop me anymore to get a watch with rubber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pman Posted May 19, 2008 Report Share Posted May 19, 2008 I just bought a flat 6. It's one of the most comfortable watches I wear. The strap is much better than ever would have thought. The only thing that I don't like is that the deployant clasp makes it virtually impossible to adjust the strap on the fly. For example it got hot the other day and when it did I wanted resized the strap to be a little bit larger size to give my wrist more room. Unfortunately on the Porsche strap that requires a screw driver to adjust. You have to admire the simplicity of the SS Rolex band. All you need to adjust that is a paper clip or pointy object. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzman Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I never complained on the rubber-strap its actually really good. I have lot of rubber-strap watches, IWC, HBB (2), Porsche, Chopard (2) and also rubberstraps for my PAM and UPO. So I DO really like rubberstraps but the thing was that I really liked the look of the Flat 6 on SS-bracelet.. Anyhow I talked to Josh and according to him there will not be any rep of that strap, it was actually planed a while ago but they decided to not rep it. So paying several hundreds for the gen-bracelet that "maybe" fit, no thanks. end of discussion Its always funny how a question turns into something else -tazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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