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A very special new combo thanks to Jeremy Dean aka jeremd676..

Ricky Lee
November 02, 2009 05:02PM

Registered: April 2005
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Jeremy and I did a trade a while back for a Citizen on strap, and a remnant of the OEM jubilee bracelet. I have only one other watch which uses a jubilee (not co-incidentally another Citizen, since I bought it expressly to get links for the OEM jubilee on my Model 41 Alarm/Date.

Well, as luck would have it MCV sent me a good used straight-end jubilee barely a week later which, alas, was 'bout 2 links too short for an ankle-wristed lummox like meself.. Well, what could I do? An eMail to Jeremy revealed there were a couple of links on the old remnant, and he sent it back to me sans clasp & endlinks.

And to prove that when it rains jubilees it pours them, fast forward a couple of weeks later and Jeremy has sent a brand-new Hadley-Roma clone w/ curved endlinks.

Well, I cast around for a likely candidate and..

Photo by Ricky Lee

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Photo by Ricky Lee

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Not quite a perfect fit.. but close enough for gummint work! The jubilee is a very supple bracelet design which works best, IMHO, with light-weight watches. The

is just about at the upper limit of what the jubilee can handle..

But wooHoo! WIS Honeymoon

to both MCV and Jeremy Dean! Clapping!

-Ricky

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Ricky Lee -- November 02, 2009 05:02PM (Views: 71)

Nice watch, Ricky! Now you have too many extra links! Laughing out loud!

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MCV -- November 02, 2009 09:25PM (Views: 12)

Actually I've a whole straight-end jubilee sized for ~ 7.38 to 7.50 left over. PLUS a spare link!
Ricky Lee -- November 02, 2009 09:46PM (Views: 11)
Methinks I'll take this one and 'pay it forward' at some point. Wink

-Ricky

Looks Good Ricky!! Thumbs up!

, glad you were able to use it Laughing out loud!

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jeremd676 -- November 02, 2009 05:08PM (Views: 12)