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Virtual Blue said:
It's a regular strap. Why can't you change it yourself?
Your watch is the 6653, I think = with a regular lug width of 22mm.
Watchgecko do nice straps.

You will need to measure if the width of your existing strap tapers down from 22mm to say 20/18mm.
Your deployment clasp can be used on ANY strap, provided it has the same measurements.
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I'm sure I'll change it myself. The tool is about £28 and straps £50 + 😱
 
Happy Friday All!

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The saga continues. I knew the watch needed a service when I bought it and did get a few quid off. I took it to a jewellers nearly three weeks ago who sent it back to the manufacturers. Manufacturers wrote to me earlier, we will service the watch, replace some parts, take a scratch out and polish it. They also noted there was dirt in the 4th hole of the rubber strap, which was days old. The service will take about 15 weeks and will cost an arm and two legs 😱
 
I have had cheapo Casio digital watches for a while now, well since my Swatch Irony stopped keeping time. They are cheap as chips. The first model I bought (£10 about) was fine until the strap failed after a couple of years. So I bought another and again after a year or two it failed. I bought a replacement strap but the rubber wasn't so great and that too failed.

So I found a different Casio that looked like it had a butcher strap and bought that. Again a £10 odd. It did have a stronger strap but now (probably 1.5 years in) the little rubber piece that holds the strap and the outer strap together. I have no idea what it's called broke and fell off.

Do I just buy another? Seems a bit wasteful.
 
hash tag said:
The saga continues. I knew the watch needed a service when I bought it and did get a few quid off. I took it to a jewellers nearly three weeks ago who sent it back to the manufacturers. Manufacturers wrote to me earlier, we will service the watch, replace some parts, take a scratch out and polish it. They also noted there was dirt in the 4th hole of the rubber strap, which was days old. The service will take about 15 weeks and will cost an arm and two legs 😱
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genesiswatchmaking.co.uk

Genesis Watchmaking Official Website Home Page

Tha official homepage of Genesis Watchmaking. A familily run business offering watchmaking services of the highest standard available to the general public.
genesiswatchmaking.co.uk genesiswatchmaking.co.uk

Independent watchmaker and he's pretty good.
Ask him for a quote.
 
hash tag said:
No thanks. I would not trust any delivery service with it, insured or not.
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Package insurance: all covered items | Secursus

Secursus package insurance covers most items sold online at the best possible rate. Full coverage for loss, theft and damage.
www.secursus.com www.secursus.com

This is how most watch people send their items (and I always sell/ trade this way).
Your watch movement is standard and you will save loads by going indie.
Its not inhouse so any competent dealer can service it.
 
skyscraper101 said:
Looks like Outlander Magazine has discovered the Casio wrist camera section of U75



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Oh wow, that's amazing although an actual link to my page would have been nice.

Watchcam - photos taken with a Casio watch camera

watchcam: digital photographs taken with a Casio wrist camera
www.urban75.org

Casio WQV-2 Wrist Camera

Sony DSC-S70 DIGITAL CAMERA review and photography guide with information about what camera to buy, digital versus film, optimising images for the web, photo techniques and more
www.urban75.org
 
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Treated myself to the new 38mm Longines Conquest last week as it was my birthday. Quite a hard thing to track down with most places not actually being aware of it.

Wanted to see the champagne dial in person, as it's not normally my bag, and fortunately one place had one. :)
 
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