CW is going to be a better build quality, but that Baltic is much better looking imo. Since watches are pretty much about the looks, I'd hand this one to Baltic

I'm happy to help! I just put this watch on to double check that it's still comfortable, and can confirm that it's still a great fit hahaha

Ah, yeah the 18mm Formex clasp would work fine in that case. When I said I widened the holes, I meant that I widened the diameter of the holes to make it easier to press through. The spacing of the holes align correctly with the Formex clasp, so it should be possible to press the clasp in without widening the holes, but it's easier if you do. One the strap is in the clasp, the clasp operates perfectly normal. It does not require a lot of force to close

What size Zulu time do you have? The 42mm will want the larger size Formex clasp since it will need the 22mm artem strap, which tapers down to 20mm at the clasp. The 39mm will need the smaller Formex clasp since it has 21mm lugs, and the 21mm artem tapers to 18mm at the clasp.

I know exactly what to do

The other night I kicked a crackhead out of the sushi restaurant because he was trying to get free beer out of me. I served him a small sapporo, and a couple minutes later I hear from one of the sushi chefs that he's trying to dump soy sauce in his beer (he took apart a soy sauce container since he was having trouble). So i kicked him out, paid for the beer (which went straight down the sink), and got a beer for myself (naturally, since I paid for it!).

Moral of the story, maybe he could've finished his soy beer if he looked like Borat.

I would definitely watch a series of you getting kicked out of watch boutiques lmao. And personally, I'd rather have a new movement dropped in. If they messed up one thing in the movement, who knows if they messed up something else that will break in another month's time 🤷🏼‍♂️

I used to have the red dial - was 38mm with 20mm lug width, and a fairly average lug to lug