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Kiltie
·Wearing my recently devalued Speedmaster today on this splendid, semi-custom strap. Black with red stitching.
I got this strap, a Jean Rousseau, about three years ago at an Omega Boutique event, when I bought my SMP. The JR folks had a rep on site that was hawking free straps with the purchase of a watch. You could customize within reason: material, stitching color, monogram, buckle, and such.
I didn’t know at the time that JR was kind of a big deal, relatively speaking. I tend to wear my watches pretty hard, again, relatively speaking, so the strap went into my bag of Omega goodies. There it stayed for three years, but about a week ago, I busted it out and slapped it on the Speedy. No sense in having a thing you don’t use.
Naturally, I wouldn’t have done this if I’d known my Speedmaster was going to be utterly worthless in a short time, thanks to Swatch. Then, I noticed something else: the strap is BRANDED AS OMEGA!
Good heavens! They’ve been devaluing the brand this whole time.
Truly, though - the strap is so nice and fancy looking, I almost can’t wear it, and in a way, it unbalances my personal feeling of the Speedmaster aesthetic. I mean, it looks nice. Super nice. But for the first time, I’m concerned about wearing my watch as I normally would, and it’s because of the the dang strap, of all things. I’m afraid to mess it up. Hashtag First World Problems, to be sure.
Anybody else ever had their whole watch vibe thrown off kilter by the addition of a strap that was too nice?
I got this strap, a Jean Rousseau, about three years ago at an Omega Boutique event, when I bought my SMP. The JR folks had a rep on site that was hawking free straps with the purchase of a watch. You could customize within reason: material, stitching color, monogram, buckle, and such.
I didn’t know at the time that JR was kind of a big deal, relatively speaking. I tend to wear my watches pretty hard, again, relatively speaking, so the strap went into my bag of Omega goodies. There it stayed for three years, but about a week ago, I busted it out and slapped it on the Speedy. No sense in having a thing you don’t use.
Naturally, I wouldn’t have done this if I’d known my Speedmaster was going to be utterly worthless in a short time, thanks to Swatch. Then, I noticed something else: the strap is BRANDED AS OMEGA!
Good heavens! They’ve been devaluing the brand this whole time.
Truly, though - the strap is so nice and fancy looking, I almost can’t wear it, and in a way, it unbalances my personal feeling of the Speedmaster aesthetic. I mean, it looks nice. Super nice. But for the first time, I’m concerned about wearing my watch as I normally would, and it’s because of the the dang strap, of all things. I’m afraid to mess it up. Hashtag First World Problems, to be sure.
Anybody else ever had their whole watch vibe thrown off kilter by the addition of a strap that was too nice?
