Horological Meandering

Bulova MIL-SHIPS-W-2181

I actually “accidentally” acquired this on December 19th. I was at a local mall finishing my Christmas shopping when I was surprised to see this in the display case:

This was the standard edition. I left and went to grab an espresso and debated whether I would take this or the LE. Since I was also acquiring my first Indie (Moser) and my first German (Hanhart), I decided to go with the standard edition and took her home with me:

I immediately started looking for a custom 16mm strap, which I discovered would be very difficult!

Well, I found one on EBay. Although I was hesitant, I decided to take the chance. It arrived Monday when I was out of town at a client engagement. Put it on this morning;

Mandatory lume shot for my friend @enjoythemusic:

HAGWE!

Mark

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It looks tops on a Tropic strap. A 16 mm Tropic is not easy to find! Bravo.

By: amanico : January 14th, 2022-16:39

Thanks Nico!

By: Mach : January 14th, 2022-17:40

Lucky you to have such a cool watch!

By: amanico : January 14th, 2022-17:53

Looks great!

By: Chronometer (aka yacomino) : January 14th, 2022-17:44

Thanks Yacomino, my friend!

By: Mach : January 14th, 2022-18:58

Congratulations ! This is great watch and you will not regret it ! The Tropic looks awesome :)

By: templetowers : January 14th, 2022-18:01

Hey, my friend, congrats on your 3000th post!

By: amanico : January 14th, 2022-18:06

Thank you Nico :) A relative drop in the ocean ! Best wishes, Will

By: templetowers : January 14th, 2022-18:28

But a huge one! ;)

By: amanico : January 14th, 2022-21:50

Thanks! I meant to mention custom “Tropic” strap in my post!

By: Mach : January 14th, 2022-18:58

But, inadvertently left Tropic out. Once again, I like your idea of the Bund strap, which looks great!

Thank you :) I think I may look into a tropic for the summer but the Bund fits realy nicely for now and ;)

By: templetowers : January 14th, 2022-21:07

Congratulation on your new Bulova

By: Jari from Finland : January 14th, 2022-20:51

In my opinion you found a nice looking strap for it. Nice combo, enjoy.

Thanks, Jari!

By: Mach : January 15th, 2022-13:18

It is very nice.

By: grigo : January 15th, 2022-07:32

I actually considered getting one, but the LE was out of stock already. So I hesitate and now wonder whether that is such a big deal?

The LE is not available anymore? I thought so, but was not sure. Try to see one in the flesh, you will understand. It has a lot of charm and presence.

By: amanico : January 15th, 2022-08:47

It’s still available on bulova.com . . .

By: Mach : January 15th, 2022-13:16

...

But is it still ok to buy it on line?

By: amanico : January 15th, 2022-15:49

I’m not sure what you mean?

By: Mach : January 15th, 2022-17:05

It should be fine from , at least in my mind.

Ok, let me rephrase it. Is there a possibility to buy it on line, and if you do, do they accept your payment, or do they say " watch not available anymore " when you click on " buy "?

By: amanico : January 15th, 2022-17:07

PS: I just visited their site, there is no " buy on line " possibility. Sorry. I thought there was one.

By: amanico : January 15th, 2022-17:12

Ah! Sorry Nico! Now, I understand . . .

By: Mach : January 15th, 2022-17:13

I was able to add it to my cart with no problem. It states “it stock.” So, hopefully, our friend grigo can still get the LE!

My fault, my english sucks a bit. ;)

By: amanico : January 15th, 2022-17:15

😂🤣😂 It’s probably much better than mine!

By: Mach : January 15th, 2022-17:18

I can’t even pronounce my own name, Mark, with my Boston accent (hence, “Mach”)!

HA! I feel relieved! :)))))

By: amanico : January 15th, 2022-17:20

So what internet site should I visit?

By: grigo : January 16th, 2022-12:40

Bulova’s site . . .

By: Mach : January 16th, 2022-14:26

www.bulova.com

Thanks, I had tried that link but it does not sell from where I live and only permits you to try to find a distributor in your country.

By: grigo : January 16th, 2022-17:39

Same country for me, same issue. ;)

By: amanico : January 16th, 2022-17:40

What a drag.

By: grigo : January 16th, 2022-17:40

Yep!

By: amanico : January 16th, 2022-17:42

That's crappy!

By: Mach : January 16th, 2022-18:07

It's 2022 for crying out loud! They can't move inventory from one country to another??? Sorry to hear that . . .

+1, alas.

By: amanico : January 16th, 2022-18:51

This must be the happiest accident in history since the discovery . . .

By: Dr No : January 17th, 2022-01:31

. . . of Post-it adhesive!

LOL, Don Turo. You really made me laugh.

By: amanico : January 17th, 2022-07:31

The story surrounding the invention of the Post-it note . . .

By: Dr No : January 17th, 2022-10:54

. . . is fairly well known: the weak adhesive was discovered accidentally by a 3M scientist who was trying to create a strong one. What's less well known is that the scientist was never really fairly compensated for his discovery. He was a 3M employee, so...

Hehehe! Great story, though.

By: amanico : January 17th, 2022-21:30