Ahem. We're not going down the Eterna road again, are we?

 

I just now thoroughly enjoyed visiting the thread LouS linked above..

Irie, mon, got Mango!

 

Hey, this will give me something to look for when I'm stuck visiting the in-laws in 2 weeks!

 

I always used a hammer and a small nail, just so you know.

I don't THINK I scratched it.

 

Beautiful, love that shade of orange. Kind of close to the same shade as my Seiko 6458:

 

Pretty cool poor man's mango with the element of redemption added.... bet it's cheaper than poor men's Heuers. DIBS!

 

That watch is waaay cool. Congrats

 

Just got the bracelet off... not all that easy...

... although credit goes to @Darlinboy: Why, using a thin nail and a big hammer does Wonders! ...

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So now I love it even more on dark brown distressed vintage leather :

 

I'll take a daylight pic tomorrow,.... you'll see!

 

Been tempted on that one like that. Just not a fan of the gold on the bezel. Hmm it can be swapped...

 

Go for it! Bezel can easily be swapped as the black ones are more common than these orange ones. However I must tell you, the gold on the bezel really does tie it all together quite nicely. Also came in a white dial variant if you want something a little less common for vintage Seiko divers.

 

Much better daylight pictures on the vintage leather. Please do feel free to comment on how you think it looks. Steve doesnt like!

I may try a black leather, too.

 

Not particularly a fan of that combo either, maybe it's the slight contrast of the stitching? I think it would look great on a brown shell cordovan.

 

I'm in the "it could be better" camp.

 

Not a big fun of the particular bracelet so i am in the leather strap camp
I would try a vintage style brown suede on it

 

I like it better on the leather.