macspite
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Went to Parcel Farce today and paid £45 in VAT and customs clearance fee (having already paid New Zealand sales tax) to claim my eagerly awaited Lo.wer x G-Shock
This will be rather more about the leatherwork than the watch which, with a couple of mods, is an otherwise standard DW-5600E. It makes a welcome change from all those 6900 collabs.
I ordered as soon as it appeared on the Thanks website and this is the tracking information:
So - 36 hours to travel 12,000 miles from NZ to UK and then another week to get the 200 miles from Coventry to Fareham ...
What arrived? This:
A stout cardboard box inside a polythene mailer with a fair few labels on it and, inside that:
Receipt and a black box, also
a wooden block which turned out to be
the USB drive you get for orders over NZ $300 - I had only spent NZ $299.99 but they obviously took pity on a poor Brit
In the box:
a leather case like those you get for high-end camera lenses, this would be for a moderate wide-angle optic
And, in that:
The watch, wrapped in its leather jacket and nestling amongst the fleece along with a piece of metal like a ventriloquist's swozzle on a leather thong.
which is a New Zealand shepherd's whistle. Seems to give off a note similar to a dog whistle unless I'm blowing it wrong.
Back to the plot:
Leather "backplate"
Leather cover in place. This is a very old idea for military watches both for protection and to prevent the dazzle from reflection of sun or bright light in the glass attracting attention.
And here is the watch, an unassuming DW-5600
Time has yet to be set
You KnoW it Ain't Ltd. (more on that later)
!! *** WARNING *** !! !! *** WARNING *** !! !! *** WARNING *** !!
Can you spot the (deliberate?) mistake:
I've sent a mail to the nice people at Lo.wer pointing out the error and pointing them to this thread, no doubt there will be an entire van load of beachwear goodies coming my way as recompense ... :devilish:
How does it look on the wrist? BIG but it doesn't feel too silly nor does it weigh a great deal. One for the military vehicle club committee to ponder after my pink watch debacle perhaps?
This will be rather more about the leatherwork than the watch which, with a couple of mods, is an otherwise standard DW-5600E. It makes a welcome change from all those 6900 collabs.
I ordered as soon as it appeared on the Thanks website and this is the tracking information:
| 02.20 PM | 01/02/12 | Picked up |
| 11.22 AM | 02/02/12 | Left New Zealand |
| 10.08 PM | 03/02/12 | Arrived overseas |
| 10.16 PM | 03/02/12 | Held for clearance |
| 09.44 AM | 11/02/12 | Delivery Complete |
What arrived? This:
A stout cardboard box inside a polythene mailer with a fair few labels on it and, inside that:
Receipt and a black box, also
a wooden block which turned out to be
the USB drive you get for orders over NZ $300 - I had only spent NZ $299.99 but they obviously took pity on a poor Brit
In the box:
a leather case like those you get for high-end camera lenses, this would be for a moderate wide-angle optic
And, in that:
The watch, wrapped in its leather jacket and nestling amongst the fleece along with a piece of metal like a ventriloquist's swozzle on a leather thong.
which is a New Zealand shepherd's whistle. Seems to give off a note similar to a dog whistle unless I'm blowing it wrong.
Back to the plot:
Leather "backplate"
Leather cover in place. This is a very old idea for military watches both for protection and to prevent the dazzle from reflection of sun or bright light in the glass attracting attention.
And here is the watch, an unassuming DW-5600
Time has yet to be set
You KnoW it Ain't Ltd. (more on that later)
!! *** WARNING *** !! !! *** WARNING *** !! !! *** WARNING *** !!
Can you spot the (deliberate?) mistake:
I've sent a mail to the nice people at Lo.wer pointing out the error and pointing them to this thread, no doubt there will be an entire van load of beachwear goodies coming my way as recompense ... :devilish:
How does it look on the wrist? BIG but it doesn't feel too silly nor does it weigh a great deal. One for the military vehicle club committee to ponder after my pink watch debacle perhaps?
