Terrific light on that Cook crystal. 

Well done. This is just a replacement of the 6139 I misplaced in ‘82. I foolishly never considered repair. It was on my wrist for the seventies and every girlfriend I ever had. Wish I still had the original!

Love this dynamic wrist shot behind the wheel. Sunshine angle shows lovely distortion suggesting motion that I can almost feel 

Casiok JDM in Green fresh from the stocking

Like the author I stayed with the oem gator strap on my 1861 for over a year. The older oem bracelet hasn’t even been sized. The oem NATO saw some significant wrist time but is just a bit too fiddly for every day. Over a year ago I ordered the Zealande silicone rubber strap they bill for the Seamaster Professional in black but they were backordered or something and delivery was only rather recently. As consolation the company offered a handwritten note and the same strap in green as seen in my background pic. I love the suppleness, the brushed buckle without a logo, and most of all, the way the end of the strap is rounded to seamlessly fit to the edge of the case without a gap. Green happens to be a great color for me so the original black that I ordered from Zealande is still in the box.