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Bullfrog
 Post subject: My Breitling Sprint !!
PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:32 am 
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I have posted a picture of this already - sitting all forlorn in it's box and one of the problems I have been having is what strap to put on it.

For those of you who know the 1970's Sprint - it is quite a difficult shape and has quite a narrow strap width. Consequently most straps look far to small for the watch or just don't stand out properly. In most cases, a quality leather strap will do just fine ( Fred matches his particularly well !!) but for this watch it just wasn't working.

Well I think I have found a solution, that brings out the orange features on the dial and looks big enough for the heavy ( looking) case. And it only cost me 6 quid ( with free P&P).

hope it works for you too and all I need now is an orange 1973 911S to go with it !!!

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Very nice piece, not my choice of strap, but it works. Nice shirt too :lol:
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nice !
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Yes, I know the problem you are describing, I have a fe of these issues too. Looks like it works well and is a good choice on colour matching. Its got me thinking............

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That actually looks very nice!
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Looks great.

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Big NATO fan here. Excellent match!

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Yep. I like it. Great choice for summer
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