Seiko Captain Willard homage Rdunae R2X with uncle strap 19mm chocolate bar strap

Still waiting on the set of hands... on the other hand I'm pretty happy with the uncle strap's strap.
Rdunae R2X
For any questions regarding anything that's in the video, please leave me a comment

[@seanrorie2081]

Strap looks good.I hate those skinny springbars on the Rdunae and just put mine on a Nato so if one gives way I will still retain my watch.The R2X is such a great watch.

[@zikandesu]

Thanks Sean! I agree about the skinny springbars that come with the watch... it really is underwhelming to say the least! I just finished doing a mod to the case to fit the fat boy spring bars. I'm hoping that it'll keep the R2X snug to my wrist but we'll see!

[@patzguitarz]

Uncle makes great vintage Seiko style straps. To make the strap even more comfortable, I do the hot water/cold water trick. I wear a chocolate bar strap on my Seiko Willard SBDC109.

[@zikandesu]

Hi Patz! Thanks so much for the tip! I was not aware of the hot water/cold water trick (I just did a quick looking around on google)! I'm going to try that out! You can't go wrong with SBDC109 with the chocolate bar strap! by the way, your triple pick-up SG is killer and great guitar lesson videos!

[@patzguitarz]

Thanks. The vintage SG is long gone unfortunately! I like guitars and watches obviously. There are several youtube videos on the hot water/cold water trick.@@zikandesu

[@michaelj8793]

You might want to look at the strap for the Merkur Willard homage 👍

[@zikandesu]

Hi Michael! Thanks a lot for the suggestion! It looks like the Merkur strap is 20mm wide. Do you know if it'll have enough clearance for the 19mm lug width on the Rdunae R2X? The strap looks great and I've been hearing a lot of good things about Merkur! : D

[@michaelj8793]

@@zikandesu It is a super pliable material but I'm not sure how it would look that would be up to you maybe even modify the ends to fit The Merkur Willard earned the nickname the King Willard I love both of mine Be well my friend

[@AnCar88]

Hey Zikan, I see that you couldn't help yourself with changing that dial:) Imho a rubber strap is almost always better than a silicone or a resin band. Although, until recently, I've never really found a rubber strap that I really enjoyed. What changed it for me was putting a green Delugs CTS on my speedy. Concerning the odd springbar sizing, I guess the original had thick springbars like the Uncle strap suggests. I guess Rdunae just copied the proportions for the strap holes but didn't go for the relatively unusual, outside of the Seiko diver world, bigger holes in the case.

[@zikandesu]

Hey Andrei! lol yeah i ended up doing it!😂 I totally get you about the rubber strap over the resin strap man, I think I'm that way for the most part as well but when I did an A / B comparison and showed it to my circle of friends, some of them actually preferred the original resin band! I was only into bracelets and leather straps for a really long time and only after I saw a sub with a rubber b strap, I got kind of curious! Delug straps looks nice! My guy, nothing really beats the speedmaster. Seriously, what an amazing looking watch with such a legacy! Regarding the lug holes, yeah you're right! It's a bit of a missed opportunity i think.

[@AnCar88]

@@zikandesu Yeah, the speedmaster has been my 'grail'. Managed to get it in 2022. Since then I haven't really been able to bring myself to not wear it or really look at adding anything else to my collection:) Just more straps for it.