Reply With QuoteHow can we possibly pass this up?Originally Posted by swanbourne
Although the phrase "can all agree on" and "herding cats" may have functional similarities....
You're my main man, Eddie! :)
Best wishes,
Bob
How can we possibly pass this up?
Although the phrase "can all agree on" and "herding cats" may have functional similarities....
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
OK, had a fart around with some colours and came up with these two:
1:
2:
For the orange fans
If we are going to use orange, I suggest that we don't use black as it gives it too much of a sharp contrast. Something like the silvery grey above would be nice.
:D
Hmmmm, no interest for 4 days now, is this all we're going to get? Not much encouragement for me to order a minimum of 500 straps in each of 18, 20 & 22mm then! :evil:
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
This week is the last of the term for me. It is a biggish push. I'm going to turn to this next week.
Best wishes,
Bob
:D bump
Hi,
I think that a TZ UK Nato special is a cool great idea,
I love (and would buy) the first and second proposed color sheme(black,gray,orange).
Why TZ members dont show more interest ? :cry:
Maybe some more choice should be provided in new poll?
To make it easier why not make it in 20mm only?
Best
RAF
This is the California response to the problem:
A very "American" solution: instead of weeks of haggling over colors and stripe width ( :twisted: ), they just go big and make the strap in four colors.
BTW and attention Bob Frazier: the orange Zulu is actually called "Coast Guard Orange". Does the USCG use a different ornage from the rest of the world?
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
A zulu in CG orange. Thanks for telling me! I've gotta have one! It will go a treat with my PRS4. Off to order it now!This is the California response to the problem:
A very "American" solution: instead of weeks of haggling over colors and stripe width ( :twisted: ), they just go big and make the strap in four colors.
BTW and attention Bob Frazier: the orange Zulu is actually called "Coast Guard Orange". Does the USCG use a different ornage from the rest of the world?
It is really close to international distress orange, but you know how we Americans are.
Best wishes,
Bob
PS Ordered. We ex-coasties hardly ever get a look-in, so it had to be done. ;)
I said that I would return to this. :twisted:
Here is a comment and a suggestion.
Comment: A strap like a group's colours (e.g., club or regiment) won't fly on TZ-UK. The strap is supposed to be sort of smart casual, or undress. Not really sports. However, for it to work, there as to be some colour. But, many here would find such a strap too bright. (Whimps!)
Suggestion: Don't do colours at all. Instead, think of a smart casual strap. I was thinking about shirts. If I wear a shirt that can take a tie, it is almost invariably white (a nice contrast for strong ties). However, before I started this, some of my favorite shirts were pinpoint weave. It is usually done with white and some other color, blue being standard, but others such as black being interesting. What would be really interesting would be a matt pinpoint strap. It would shimmer, but because of the colours in the weave. What I would like is dark blue as the base colour with a light grey as the other. (Warp, weft? I can't remember.) I don't even know whether it can be done.
Best wishes,
Bob
Still nothing? I've decided to have some more Speedbird ribbon woven so I might as well have the new TZ-UK design woven at the same time - if we can agree on something!
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Don't know how I missed this. I'm actually rather fond of the very first image - black-orange-grey-black-grey-orange-black.
Not a fan at all of the multi-shade black/grey ones (even with that red stripe down the middle) that were tossed around or the grey/orange or red/blue combos.
thats never gona happen :D :lol:
we will end up arguing about the shade of orange :lol:
but i will be up for one
Bob i have one for my doxa t-graph sharkie, i prefer it to the bracelet, the colour sets the orange in the bezel well :DA zulu in CG orange. Thanks for telling me! I've gotta have one! It will go a treat with my PRS4. Off to order it now!This is the California response to the problem:
A very "American" solution: instead of weeks of haggling over colors and stripe width ( :twisted: ), they just go big and make the strap in four colors.
BTW and attention Bob Frazier: the orange Zulu is actually called "Coast Guard Orange". Does the USCG use a different ornage from the rest of the world?
It is really close to international distress orange, but you know how we Americans are.
Best wishes,
Bob
PS Ordered. We ex-coasties hardly ever get a look-in, so it had to be done. ;)
How about black with a thin orange and white stripe ? as per the colours of the Dreadnought?
rasta colours man, way to go :)
looking at my top-right corner on my screen and regarding the 17C
i would support Bob's first idea with black/grey/orange - if just the
orange could be turned into the Dreadnought/Precista-yellow?
something in this pattern:
what about that? i would like to have a 20mm and a 22mm minimum ; )
Black and gray is fitting.
That's quite nice.looking at my top-right corner on my screen and regarding the 17C
i would support Bob's first idea with black/grey/orange - if just the
orange could be turned into the Dreadnought/Precista-yellow?
something in this pattern:
what about that? i would like to have a 20mm and a 22mm minimum ; )
Black and grey, combined with either orange or yellow to add a splash of colour, sound fine to me.
Since we most likely will not be able to agree further than that, why doesn't Eddie decide between the two additional colours, and in what order they should be arranged? You, Eddie, the proprietor of tz-uk, decide what the official colours are. And people will buy, I think, because you will show taste, like you do in your watch designs...
Just to add one more confusing thought on the arrangement of colours:
If we were to follow the traditional rules of heraldry (which we need not do, but we could, just to be perverse :D ) and if we further define that yellow as well as orange stand for gold ("or", usually represented as yellow), and silvery gray stands for silver ("argent", often represented as white), these two colours would not be allowed to touch each other. Instead, there always had to be a - however small - line of black ("sable") between them.
Somehow the thought of having a British watch band following the heraldic rules appeals to me, besides, following them usually gives a very nice and clear contrast.
I'd buy one right now either way, and probably some more over the years...
I quite like the black/grey/yellow combination, that would look the business on my DA36...
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Come to think of it, the left side of the drawing with said black line between colours does look nice.
@ Mercutio:
i of course foresaw this point and designed the mock-up including both variants :D
Okay. It is roughly like the bond, with the purple stripes of the bond split in two colours, orange and grey. I like this one better.
Best wishes,
Bob
Black subdued red!
Coast Guard Orange is a misnomer it is called International Orange, that it is Pantone Name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_orange
I think I know how you missed it. Eddie necro'd a thread that was last replied to on Aug 29, 2005. :D
That's very nice. :thumbleft:looking at my top-right corner on my screen and regarding the 17C
i would support Bob's first idea with black/grey/orange - if just the
orange could be turned into the Dreadnought/Precista-yellow?
something in this pattern:
what about that? i would like to have a 20mm and a 22mm minimum ; )
Like I said at the time, I'd be up for one or several whatever the colours are, if only to wind the wife up (she hates NATOs and really hates the coloured ones!).
Will they be two-ring or RAF?
Ta,
Jimbo :)
Can't stand orange in a strap. :(
I hope these are going to be a good deal longer than the current Speedbird straps, which are HOPELESLY short... :roll:
I think i wear a lot of nylon straps, but with progressing age, I find that only black and gray are really wearable for more than a barbecue. :wink:
The multi-stripes are way to colorful for me. I would prefer a single background color (black or gray) with a touch of color (DN-orange, why not) in the form of a narrow single or double stripe.
But let that not stop you younger folks. I have more straps than I need, and I enjoy the creativity and what I can learn just by followring this thread (thank you, Mercutio!). :)
Cheers,
Martin ("Crusader")
There's a few ideas here:
http://www.worldmedals.co.uk/Rib/Britrib/britribb.htm
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
:?:
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Looks good to me too. :thumbleft:That's very nice. :thumbleft:looking at my top-right corner on my screen and regarding the 17C
i would support Bob's first idea with black/grey/orange - if just the
orange could be turned into the Dreadnought/Precista-yellow?
something in this pattern:
what about that? i would like to have a 20mm and a 22mm minimum ; )
Best Regards - Peter
I'd hate to be with you when you're on your own.
Well my suggestion is prompted by Eddies? avatar? (is that a young Eddie?).
I?d be thinking along the lines of dark green / gold / red.
Of the example I have seen, the only one I like so far is the black/grey/yellow
just watching the news; my suggestion has suddenly become very topical - should be a hit with senior UK politicians :):)
Perhaps it should be woven from hemp? :lol:
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
go for it Eddie; if we don´t like it we can always smoke it :):):)
Pretty casual. Not too gaudy. Works for most........................
This one get my vote.That's very nice. :thumbleft:looking at my top-right corner on my screen and regarding the 17C
i would support Bob's first idea with black/grey/orange - if just the
orange could be turned into the Dreadnought/Precista-yellow?
something in this pattern:
what about that? i would like to have a 20mm and a 22mm minimum ; )
/joakim
This one seems apt to me...
but I think I still like this one best
Orange is a tricky colour, because it's so strong, and because it doesn't harmonize easily with too many normal watch colours. It might be better to go with it as an accent colour, rather than as a major component.
Sorry, I'm not clever enough to get the two images side by side.
I quite like that one! :DOrange is a tricky colour, because it's so strong, and because it doesn't harmonize easily with too many normal watch colours. It might be better to go with it as an accent colour, rather than as a major component.
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Sorry, I'm not clever enough to get the two images side by side.
thats the one for me also 8)I quite like that one! :DOrange is a tricky colour, because it's so strong, and because it doesn't harmonize easily with too many normal watch colours. It might be better to go with it as an accent colour, rather than as a major component.
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Sorry, I'm not clever enough to get the two images side by side.
I'm under the impression that on this forum, many of our watches are in general black and white as base colours and then we have some complimentary colours: yellow, red, sometimes green. Of course there are also blue dials etc.
The strap may be of best general use for people if its colours match the watches it is likely to be used on. So how about using a black or grey base colour (not both, it looks like a bond) and then add a coulpe of dashes/stripes/something of either yellow or red?
This is a cool project, I'll be proud to wear one :)
Cheers,
Mabuse
So do I :D - maybe with a minimally wider orange stripe, needn't be, but could :DI quite like that one! :DOrange is a tricky colour, because it's so strong, and because it doesn't harmonize easily with too many normal watch colours. It might be better to go with it as an accent colour, rather than as a major component.
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Sorry, I'm not clever enough to get the two images side by side.
I thought about that but I think that the pin stripe is actually cleaner looking and like it better personally.So do I :D - maybe with a minimally wider orange stripe, needn't be, but could :DI quite like that one! :DOrange is a tricky colour, because it's so strong, and because it doesn't harmonize easily with too many normal watch colours. It might be better to go with it as an accent colour, rather than as a major component.
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Sorry, I'm not clever enough to get the two images side by side.
That´s it!
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Like this one. Just enough colour to complement without overpowering. Should work with most watches.Orange is a tricky colour, because it's so strong, and because it doesn't harmonize easily with too many normal watch colours. It might be better to go with it as an accent colour, rather than as a major component.
Sorry, I'm not clever enough to get the two images side by side.
Jimster
Just agreeing with the above about the one with a central pinstripe of yellow, very nice!
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
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