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krogerfoot
·And I know this is not the OP question but is there a shoe alternative choice? The stitching on this one seems to be on the more casual side. (At least to my eyes)
Going to a funeral and somehow this is what I’m obsessing about
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GarethS
·I may only notch up just over half a century but I would suggest you follow your heart and wear whatever you want to as an expression of your own personality. I’m humbly sorry for your loss but in my experience funerals are very much for the benefit of everyone bar the deceased. They will certainly not be judging you.
Celebrate the life.
Here’s to absent friends!
BTW the Seamaster gets my vote
Celebrate the life.
Here’s to absent friends!
BTW the Seamaster gets my vote
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Evitzee
·Does not matter, no one cares, no one will notice. You are there to show your respect, wear what you are comfortable with, not to impress anyone else. I went to my brother's funeral two years ago and everybody was dressed like a bum. His son came in ratty blue jeans and a t-shirt. It's the times we live in.
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JwRosenthal
·IMO, a two-stitch strap is never appropriate under any circumstances. 😁
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pdxleaf
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We're thinking about you. Nothing but good memories.
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wagudc
·I can’t stand when I see these Pilgrim straps marketed as “vintage”…. these first came out in the late 80’s or 90’s (I remember reading an article about them and it was a particular designer who first brought them to market- @Syrte may know who it was). Anyone who thinks Omega, UG, Rolex, Longines or anyone would have sent a half finished strap out the door on a watch has lost the plot.
This thread has the relevant info:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/vintage-style-two-stitch-straps.113696/
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wagudc
·Back on the topic of the thread @krogerfoot please accept my heartfelt condolences. I am sure you will appropriately dressed. The UG watch is a great choice with either strap, but I would pick the rally strap.
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Syrte
·I can’t stand when I see these Pilgrim straps marketed as “vintage”…. these first came out in the late 80’s or 90’s (I remember reading an article about them and it was a particular designer who first brought them to market- @Syrte may know who it was). .
Quite flattering of you to credit mewith such academic strap knowledge, but since I am purely self-taught I don’t know. If I did I would promptly commit that person to watch-strap infamy, as I am firmly in the same camp as @Dan S.
More seriously, condolences dear @krogerfoot - having a shrink in my closest family I suspect they would say your strap anguish is probably an understandable diversion from your other, larger source of distress.
That being said, I would pick the rallye strap as it is dark enough, without any distracting contrasting stitch.
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krogerfoot
·Thanks all, the black two-stitcher was what I went with. I was in fact overdressed by an order of magnitude for this and I’ll keep it in mind for the next funeral.
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wagudc
·Thanks all, the black two-stitcher was what I went with. I was in fact overdressed by an order of magnitude for this and I’ll keep it in mind for the next funeral.
I say dress for the next funeral as you feel appropriate. To me it is my way of showing respect for the occasion. I'm a professor and I wear a shirt tie and slacks under my robes or every graduation. Many of my colleagues and the students wear shorts and a t-shirt under their gowns, but I dress to acknowledge the significance of the event.
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MtnMarine
·I prefer the Horween.
sorry for your loss.
sorry for your loss.
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krogerfoot
·I say dress for the next funeral as you feel appropriate. To me it is my way of showing respect for the occasion. I'm a professor and I wear a shirt tie and slacks under my robes or every graduation. Many of my colleagues and the students wear shorts and a t-shirt under their gowns, but I dress to acknowledge the significance of the event.
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JwRosenthal
·I say dress for the next funeral as you feel appropriate. To me it is my way of showing respect for the occasion. I'm a professor and I wear a shirt tie and slacks under my robes or every graduation. Many of my colleagues and the students wear shorts and a t-shirt under their gowns, but I dress to acknowledge the significance of the event.
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wagudc
·We have a fairly relaxed dress code at work on most days (when there isn’t an event for which we need to dress jacket & tie or full suit). I always interpreted that “relaxed” dress code as khakis or clean jeans and a collared shirt at the most relaxed end of the spectrum (I’m a Gen X’r so still holding on to that generational idea of appropriate attire). Well, we have a few 30-something’s that hired on a few years ago and one of them came to work on a summer day in basketball shorts and a tank top….oh hell no! Our senior staffer sent his ass right home and said come right back with appropriate work attire.
Day to day, I pretty much dress the same as you. It is not unheard of for a professor to wear shorts and a t-shirt to work, but there is definitely a difference between East and West coast when it comes to academics. We are more relaxed out west. A friend of mine graduated from the University of Oregon and then got a job teaching at nice East coast private college. When he showed up in shorts to teach his first class, none of the students would believe he was the professor. He had to argue with them a bit.
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pdxleaf
·... but there is definitely a difference between East and West coast when it comes to academics. We are more relaxed out west.
When I worked in DC, it was suits every day. After moving to Portland, Oregon, I continued to wear suits, even though I was the only one. A couple months later I was in an exit meeting with the external auditors, who were wearing suits. Someone teased the audit manager for wearing a suit, and he responded that he hated it but it was a company policy for these types of meetings. He joked that the only people who wear suits are the ones who are hiding that they don't know what they are doing. And that was the last day I wore a suit to work. I thought I was being professional but out here it was perceived as the exact opposite. One of the many differences.
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Pvt-Public
·No one except you will looking at your watch. Wear what you like
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Foo2rama
··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...If that’s what your obsessing about, what’s really bothering you?
