hmm... to my understanding, a zulu has a thicker single strap, while a nato is double but with thinner strap.

however no matter how we define or call it either name, it still wears the same, no?

Agreed

now i think a 2-piece is much suited for thicker watch. already stopped looking at nato/zulu and will not buy another when current ones get spoiled.


This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Dec 5 2016, 11:18 AM

until today i still cant understand you guys obsession with alpinist sarb017

please enlighten this noob of me, apa story ah?

ohhh tengkiu tengkiu...

luckily the cheaper low end seikos that i can afford wont get the X treatment

Uhhh... Cheap is relative to income leh. At rm1.3k it is definitely not cheap in my books.

to be honest, if imma go on a mountain, imma wear a g-shock/protrek instead of an alpinist.

well at least that 033 does have the look of a mini GS

Lol provided that shield logo is removed hahaha.

but if you never bought from them, how would you know their quality is just like on aliexpress?

i bought a few straps nato from aliexpress before and comparing it to one that i got for free from a watch that i bought from ebay usa, the difference is very obvious. aliexpress straps are generally thinner and shorter, with much poorer hole punch and lousy trimmings than the one i got from usa.

but then again i cant complain much as what i paid for aliexpress straps are basically a tiny fraction of what i would be paying for the more expensive usa-branded straps. pakai sampai koyak, throw and replace, but granted i have yet to throw one yet lah

so what could you understand from "I ever purchased from them"

Nah, if the word is "even", reading the whole paragraph it doesnt make sense. then it is a gross grammatical error that i highly doubt travelmate would make.

On my phone autocorrect it always change my "too" into "to" so my benefit of doubt, i suspect he intended "never" but phone autocorrect or perhaps just a slight mistake of typing too fast, the n is missing.

This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Dec 16 2016, 10:24 AM

Ok lor we wait travelmate clarify

thanks for clarifying.

a simple plain "i have purchased from them before" would remove all doubt

I'd say that is chrome layer wearing off

Of course. In the cheap pricing range, u definitely get what u paid for ma.
But in the premium pricing range that the adage is not always true.

Lol... Nah let u see a lousy "zulu" that i bought from ebay. About rm10 niah





Limp band and lousy punched holes. Anyway planned to dump it after my aliexpress steel band arrives lol

This post has been edited by andrewhtf: Dec 16 2016, 09:26 PM

oh another alpinist

Rather than a blade, buy that tool lah... Less than rm5 niah

from my sales post last time it seems that buyers unwilling to part more than RM450 for it. most would ask for 350-400