Horological Meandering

Hi Everyone, Here is my review of the new Delugs CTS Rubber strap. I do want to preface this with that I bashed this product when I first saw it. Like, I really went after Delugs on social media calling them out on what I *thought* would be a really shitt...  

and it really makes you appreciate the small details that luxury brands usually pay attention to. That is a painful sight to see your wrist like that.☹️ I appreciate your review, but was particularly amused by this part: “ I picture them all sitting aroun... 

I love Delugs' regular leather straps so was pretty eager when I first saw this thing. The more I've looked at it the more skeptical I've gotten, and this clinches it. Not for me.

Thank you for posting!

I bet these Delugs employees don't even use their own strap products - this seems like a huge oversight to me! Thanks for sharing these easily correct-able problems - this is definitely not a well conceived product.

I guess this is current day "news" and "marketing", they only let you see what they want you to see. Thank you for the real review, hope your wound recover soon.

Hello everyone, Ken from Delugs here. I was alerted to this thread and thought to create an account here to respond to some of the comments and feedback. Firstly, thank you for taking the time to pen such a lengthy review. I value all feedback and it's al... 

read like a perezscope article. and everyone applauding what a hero he is

I just wish you would take the time listen... You say you appreciate feedback yet you don't acknowledge a single piece of criticism, you just reply with saying how great the strap is. Your strap literally cut one of your customers. How's that for an issue... 

I follow Delugs creations, never owned one. I think it all depends on what you look for, an aesthetically balanced rubber strap with deployant or a classic rubber strap with a pin buckle and holes. They all have pros and cons. A custom strap is cut and si... 

and I believe your review is a welcome refreshment from the usual. Nevertheless, I have to say that the half dozen or so typographical/spelling errors take some of the "power" out of it -- I found them distracting and actually suggest a hypocrisy on your ... 

But a big difference is that I'm not asking anyone for money.

And your comment about the "power" of my review. My review isn't supposed to have "power". I'm not a professional reviewer, blogger, influencer or anything like that. I'm just a watch lover. That's it. I was excited about Delugs putting out a rubber strap... 

I appreciate your impulse to share your experience with that being all you wanted to do. It is apparent to me now that your goal was to awaken others to several of the concerns you had and not to “influence” anyone to do anything. To that end you succeede... 

for a premium price. Some of their stuff only looks good on pics. Didn't like that they made cheaper copies of Cartier Quickswitch straps ...

I think everyone has the right to make a positive or negative review about a product here. So thank you Pauli for sharing with us on your experience. Because I have known you for some time, I’d like to say I trust you and that I’ll never be buying a delug... 

It is not a question of having the right or not. Personally, I think a dissatisfied customer should take his complaints directly to the seller rather than express them publicly. But, because he did it here, the seller had all the rights to defend his prod... 

But it isn’t about defending the product. It’s about after sales customer service. If his product is good, why is there a need to defend it? The product should speak for itself and you wouldn’t get a lengthy response describing the negative experience of ... 

complains about the price and design but orders it anyways? when your preconceived notions are already negative not sure why you would buy it. and it does read like there are a lot of insults hurled at the brand that are weirdly demeaning

I honestly do not think it was personal for him. And yes while his choice of words felt like insults, honestly let’s not kid ourselves here ok? Off the forum in real life most of us talk like that — if not worse. It didn’t sound like his preconceived noti... 

Exactly the point I am trying to make. Had he gone directly to the seller instead of posting here, he would have experienced the Delugs after sales customer service. The same way one buys any new product which turns out to be faulty and goes to the sellin... 

From what i read OP did not expecting any service from the just want to share his experience with fellow forum he not allowed to share ?

it's not like he didn't know it was cut to fit when he bought it. not sure why that's delugs problem. and saying that they don't know what they are doing by selling a strap in that design is disingenuous, there are plenty of other brands that have a tang,... 

I think the point is that he was trying to share with other forum members his experience. I don’t find anything wrong with that. As with receiving after sales customer service on the forum, you have a point. But in Delugs’ reply to BFP, I don’t think ther... 

"I do want to preface this with that I bashed this product when I first saw it. Like, I really went after Delugs on social media calling them out on what I *thought* would be a really shitty strap." why would you buy a strap you told a company sucked befo... 

Appreciate your thoughts. Best Gatsby