Wear it in good health! That piece looks more subtle than the maxi GMT BLNR and black one

it was a joke lol. DW is the no.1 thing to be said when trolling and joking around here

Steinhart at it again



https://www.steinhartwatches.de/en/chronogr...hronograph.html

Agree with that

Perhaps within your (sevenfriday) budget you could get him a Frederique Constant watch instead? Classic design plus its Swiss Made

Just wanted to share this out while it's getting sorted with relevant parties.

My business account, DialsAndStraps, was recently deleted on instagram over a trademark/copyright infringement. The company? International Watchman.

I had read about him back a year or so about the lawsuit in which he trademarked the word "NATO" and there was a lawsuit with him against 18 other NATO strap sellers. Yes, 18 others.

And apparently he won the case, under stupid and fuc8ked up reasons in which many watch strap enthusiasts on WUS condemn it. A quick search on his webstore shows how incompetent he is while running a business.

Keywords for google : International Watchman llc, nato strap lawsuit

Apparently he is now targeting small ebay sellers, Instagram webstore and FB pages just like me and are shutting down us one by one. Pathetic trademark troll lel.

Funny thing about instagram is that they sent me an email stating a violation of the trademark on 423am, another one on the same time on 423am stating that they deleted off my account. Talk about efficiency

Anyways, currently sorting it out with Instagram to get back AT LEAST my trade account name.

http://www.watchfreeks.com/41-straps-other...r-issues-2.html

Just wanted to share how fucked up a person can be and how desperate he can get. Let's see whether does he try to sue Omega and Tudor over the usage of the word NATO as well.

edit: any lawyers can advise whether if I list the ad "NATOs/NATOS" would it be an infringement as well?

This post has been edited by Apple_DarreN: Nov 6 2016, 06:59 PM

His trademark should be valid in the US only

NatoStrapCo didn't win the case and most retailers in the state now have to pay that troll in order to continue to use the term "NATO" to sell their products.

What he's now is just a trademark ass clown troll, its not like he's doing it in order to get more sales for his shitty website but rather just for fun? If he is interested in pursuing his trademark claims he would bring them to court but he certainly isn't now.

FB page is still okay, I actually didn't publish it lol. Still waiting for Instagram's reply, whatever it is I just want the name back lol.

So much for capitalism.

Yup, paying them as per usage of the word

If you see the retailers they have it down the bottom of their webpage

" NATO® is a registered trademark
of International Watchman, Inc. "

stuff like that ^

setting up an own webpage shouldn't be a problem as we're out of the states. Ebay retailer's on the other hand have to resort to not shipping to US for the nato straps

Congrats! The ND Sub is amazing. Targeting as my first Rollie

Don't think they dare to do that to Omega, probably cause a bigger stir and they might have their trademark reversed. As Omega kaya can afford the lawsuit to counter sue

Crown&Buckle & NatoStrapCO has them listed, and a few other retailers

Had a teh tarik with my customer the other day where he mention that if you daily wear the sub its best to get a date one for the convenience of the function. But personally even if I were to wear it daily I wouldn't take the SubC Date as well, prefer the symmetrical look of the ND. Each to their own I guess, but ND less flashy so it's good for my age as well haha

Companies outside of US is alright, not subjected to the trademark issue especially those vendors on their own websites. Platforms like IG, eBay and FB would be different

Anyways I managed to get back my Instagram account. Deleted all related keywords to prevent any future problems

Ready stock here but it's selling at a premium at 70K+

I'd say go for the ETA, read online about the new movement and apparently if there's any flaw on the movement you have to send it back to Rolex (HQ at the mean time I think, as not all the watchmaker go through training on the new movement yet) themselves to fix it. Being a new movement people should see this coming. Couldn't find the thread on WUS that talked about this

Oh and the in house BBB has rivet styled bracelet. Looks weird imo when Tudor "modernised" the look on the dial but has that vintage rivet bracelet on.

Poison you jap

Yes in KL.

Bought directly from Steinhart, I don't see what's the problem ordering online other than not being able to try it on. Having trust on the brand is really important and that's about it

One thing to note is just the straight lugs and how it tapers and sits on the wrist.

Don't like the 2.0, I think they went too much to try and get that vintage look by having the dial to grey

This imo looks perfect with a blend of vintage and modern elements to it

Why not the safari? I think between this 3 the Safari would age the best due to its classic appearance. Volcano and Bumblebee with its funky colours might not suite others in the future

Personally I think having that funky color would break how it would age well.

Something that ages well especially in design wise are usually those that keep things simple, per say many vintage Rolex pieces that are now highly sought after (Take the PN Daytona for example) are often very simple in terms of the touches in design, there's no hanky panky around with colours like that the volcano and bumbleebee is doing

Just my pov

This post has been edited by Apple_DarreN: Nov 25 2016, 06:47 PM

Some AD doesn't have it anymore so better be quick.

Else look into the 2nd hand market