Reply With QuoteThank you very much, Chris, great job!
Well it was a slow Sunday afternoon so I decided to try out a NATO on my Italian LE. Phil Lee had kindly donated some Panerai style lug tubes to me a few weeks back so it seemed like a good time to try them out.
First off - unscrew everything and ease out the lug wires.
Next offer up the lug tubes.
Before jiggling them into position on the watch - a bit fiddly :roll:
Tighten up all the screws and the job is done - the tubes makes the lug attachment very firm but there ain't much room for a strap :?
Not possessing any 24mm NATOs I stuck a 20mm RAF Bond on it .....
One of my favourite NATO straps and whilst a bit thin it works well enough.
You can just see the lug tubes in this shot.
I had a go with a 22mm Rhino but the keeper was a bit short and the Logo patch wouldn't go past the tubes (so I whipped them off) it didn't really work :cry:
It just goes to show you can get a NATO on virtually anything if you try hard enough :lol:
After all the playing around the '20 ended up on the tan leather strap with deployant.
And no damage to the lug screws :twisted:
Thank you very much, Chris, great job!
Neat stuff. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:
Looks great. It needs a 26 mm NATO with red, green, and white tricolore and you'll be ready to dive into a five-course Italian meal and then re-surface with a grappa :wink:
Cheers,
Gert
That looks very very wrong on a rhino :shock:
It can be done! :D
Agreed, it needs a 26mm NATO, but no one makes one. :?
Well done for being the man to try it first!
I'm sticking with leather, though! Although I've just sorted a silicon strap so that mine can (hopefully) take a dip in the Med next week!
Dave E
Skating away on the thin ice of a new day
Agreed ;-)Originally Posted by Seamaster73
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Nice one Mike :)
While you are at it ... Is there anyone who makes a 24mm Bond NATO?Agreed ;-)
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john
Every watch a story.
That picture will be all over the Net by tomorrow with thousands of people looking for a 26mm NATO. :lol:
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
I must confess I was fooled, until I revisited the top of the thread and figured out I'd been had.
By rule of thumbWhile you are at it ... Is there anyone who makes a 24mm Bond NATO?Agreed ;-)
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john
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Me too. :(I must confess I was fooled, until I revisited the top of the thread and figured out I'd been had.
Good job. :lol:
john
Every watch a story.
Just so I don't go and make an unnecessary purchase, could someone provide some guidance as to exactly which Panerai lug tubes are needed here? Will just any tubes that are supposed to fit 26mm lugs do the trick? Or is there something else to consider as well?
As posted here earlier, don't get 26mm tubes. Try 24mm.
The tubes I used in the photos above are 22mm wide, with a 2mm outside diameter.Just so I don't go and make an unnecessary purchase, could someone provide some guidance as to exactly which Panerai lug tubes are needed here? Will just any tubes that are supposed to fit 26mm lugs do the trick? Or is there something else to consider as well?
Many thanks, Chris! Your photos are great, too!The tubes I used in the photos above are 22mm wide, with a 2mm outside diameter.Just so I don't go and make an unnecessary purchase, could someone provide some guidance as to exactly which Panerai lug tubes are needed here? Will just any tubes that are supposed to fit 26mm lugs do the trick? Or is there something else to consider as well?
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