Ok, the £48 Addiesdive sterile Flieger has arrived, and it's a doozy!
I decided to go sterile as in the evening I need as cleaner look as possible for tired eyes. I tend to wear my Cronos Explorer homage (fantastic quality!) come evening as it's super crisp and very light.
So, the cheapy pilot; essentially a homage of the IWC Mk XVI, same size too. Here it is on the bracelet, which whilst not in the league of IWC, or Eddie's Speedbird (and seriously, it wouldn't be for this money), it's actually better than many Seiko offerings on watches several times the price. Very nicely made, albeit slightly rattly.
I'm a bracelets chap, and this is perfectly wearable on its bracelet...
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So I had a dig in the "box of many horological wonders" to see what straps I had knocking about the place. I found three that are very suitable. The first is a Pavel black leather rallye strap which I acquired somewhere and somehow down the line, and obviously decided to hang on to. Looks very swank, probably ideal for a casual dress piece like this...
https://i.ibb.co/CK71ycc/IMG-2402.jpg
Next was the turn of a plain grey NATO, again acquisition courtesy of the non-stop stream of watch stuff that passes through my hands. Quite nice, but a bit dull on this...
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And finally, a grey/black/white five-stripe affair NATO. I have to say that I love this NATO strap, and I love the contrast. On this cheapy piece it looks really lovely. You may have a differing opinion on it, but I think it works best on this strap...
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And finally, it's a Chinese watch, so lume is apocalyptically good!
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£48 and a few pennies with a voucher, delivered within a couple of days from Amazon.