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Looks great, Ricky. (n/t)

Not bad,but I think that watch is begging for some leather.  (n/t)

If so, I can't hear it.
Honestly, I'm just not much of a Leather Fan.

Sure that's partly due to dearth of XXL straps that will actually fit me Plus Sized wrists.

But also my Home Climate. Do you really wear leather of a Georgia summer? 'cause here in Mississippi I find leather to be totally unsuitable from roughly May to September.

You are right about the leather in Summer and especially in our part of the region.
I have just switched my last watch from leather over to my Summer strap. I only wear bracelets or rubber straps in the Summer.I don't even want to wear my only nato in this climate. June through August feels like how they describe the Amazon jungle! I do not look forward to walking out the door in the morning and become instantly wet! These Maratacs are my new favorites for the humid summers here. They have the look of woven material and a comfortable feel. The best part is they're rubber! Just put one back on my Landmoster tonight.

Re: I don't even want to wear my only nato in this climate.
I consider nylon straps to be an excellent choice in hot & sticky weather. Especially those of the braided sort. They don't call them "tropics" for nothin'!

Resin / rubber straps.. well, I ken that they're a logical choice for the duty on paper. But I don't like the "slippery" feel of them when the weather turns sauna-like. Honestly, I'm not that big a fan of rubber to begin with. Perhaps 90% of the time (maybe more) I wear bracelets or nylon straps. Frequently both simultaneously.

You're a strange , RL. >>
>>because I see photographic evidence that you are a 12-clasper (the normal way).

But yet, you're a known 6-buckler. (the *ahem* non-conventional way.) (As shown in your more recent post above.)

But, hey, as long as you are enjoying your wristwatches, that's what matters.

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..because I see photographic evidence that you are a 12-clasper (the normal way).

Ahh.. why do you call it "12-clasper"?

'cause when the clasp opens, 'tis on the 6 o'clock side. Then it pivots towards 12...

Is that the "normal way"? Honestly, I don't know!

I just know..

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But, hey, as long as you are enjoying your wristwatches, that's what matters.

..that's the way I like 'em.

Re:
...I always think of the outside "over" piece as the clasp, and the "under" parts as the deployant. Standard seems to be just the way you have yours... Every bracelet in Reto's shop is that way.

Re: ..I always think of the outside "over" piece as the clasp, and the "under" parts as the deployant.
That's as Clear As Mud to me.

Searching for simplicity and uniformity: If it has a flip-over safety-lock, that hardware should lie on the 6 O'clock side. That's The Ricky Way.

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Standard seems to be just the way you have yours... Every bracelet in Reto's shop is that way.

Well then. I am perhaps a more conventional sort than I get credit for bein', no?

I think Dave is referring to the situation when the clasp is fully open.
The outer part that shows when closed (what Dave called the "clasp") will be attached to the bracelet on the 12 o'clock side of the watch.

Doh! Now I get it!

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The outer part that shows when closed (what Dave called the "clasp")..

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..will be attached to the bracelet on the 12 o'clock side of the watch.

..is indeed attached at 12 on most of my watches.

"Most", ye'll note, for there are exceptions! Witness this :

Click HERE for larger photo or HERE for supersized photo

Note that the strapped is rigged "conventional" there. IOW the buckle, if it had a buckle, would be @ 12. However, with the addition of the diver's deployant, this means that the clasp shell ends up @ 6.

And, yeah, I did try to swap the strap around so that it's rigged backwards My Way. However, the strap on this thing is subtly asymmetrical. I'm not sure this is intentional - it may simply be a tolerance stack-up issue - but, while it's possible to cram it together the other way 'round, it just doesn't fit right.

Ah, I was a bit by your earlier answer. What exactly did you mean by>>>
saying most clasps are detachable at either end?

Re: ..saying most clasps are detachable at either end?
In the spirit of "A single picture's worth a thousand words":

Click HERE for larger photo or HERE for supersized photo

Ah, yes, not what I was thinking.  (n/t)

Well, what WERE you thinkin'? (n/t)

I thought you were referring to how it can be opened, but that didn't make sense to me, so I was  (n/t)

Ah! Yeah..
.. indeed! That'd be a darned good trick, that would.

Re: The outer part that shows when closed (what Dave called the "clasp" will be attached to the bracelet on the 12 o'clock side of the watch.
Except that on many most bracelets the clasp is detachable at either end.

To me, it's all about which side opens, and the direction it pivots.

And I'm a pretty conventional bloke after all!

What Dan said. My point was that >>
>> that whatever advantage that you find by wearing straps in the non-conventional way (buckle at 6) somehow does not translate to bracelets.

So, I guess you are only half-way conventional.

Re: So, I guess you are only half-way conventional.
Ah, I put me pants on one leg at a time, just like y'all do.

Uh-huh. So which way do you put the buckle of your belt?  (n/t)

Buckle on the left.
Is that normal?!

Do lefties put it on the right?? (n/t)

It is in my world.  (n/t)

Mine too!  (n/t)