michaelhill

Michael Hill
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Doing some leather maintenance tonight.

Decided I should clean and condition some leather straps tonight. I use Chamberlain’s #2 and #1 and feel they do a pretty good job keeping the leather...
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commented on Rubber strap for a daily business casual? The case of a Certina Diver and a rubber … ·

I remember seeing an article online, maybe on the Art of Manliness style blog, that suggested that diver watches are considered appropriate with anything up to business formal. Since it sounds like the office is pretty casual, the rubber strap probably isn’t an issue—though if you are concerned, consider switching out the rubber band with a nice leather band.

Then again, in my opinion, Certina is appropriate anywhere, anytime :-)

michaelhill
commented on Leather band cleaning ·

I also clean about once a year. I use Chamberlain's #2 Cleaner and Chamberlain's #1 leather balm to clean and then condition the leather. Pretty happy with it, though I suspect it is just another form of saddle soap and mink oil. The leather will darken...

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commented on Watch Tools Case? What Do You Use? ·

I use the same one—works very well for tool and parts!

michaelhill
commented on Windup Watch Fair - San Francisco ·

I’ll be there!

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commented on 1965 Certina Waterking hand wound ·

The 1965 DS was one of the first watches in my collection -- I started going after Certina watches after being introduced to them in Switzerland. It was my daily wear watch for a long time -- though truthfully I haven't been giving it enough wrist time in recent years.