I’ve owned this watch twice. I first got it in December
2013. Then it was flipped and it wasn’t until August 2015 that I came to think
of it and remembered how good it was. The one who bought it from me the first
time still had it but wasn’t using it and after a couple of e-mails back and
forth I finally convinced him of letting it go.
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| #201 - The MKII LRRP Milsub. |
This watch was superb. Perhaps the best watch I’ve
had from MKII. Great lume. Great movement. Good size. A perfect beater! Nothing
to complain about except for a little play in the bezel. That wasn’t something
I ever thought of until my buddy Björn complained about it. It’s funny how certain
details affect you differently.
I mostly wore this watch on the original rubber
it came with. Looked great. But I also had it on a camouflage and a light grey
nato strap. Both with brushed details of course! That also looked really good. Wearing it on
different natos was easier than to have it alternated between different rubber straps.
You had to be a goddamn master at two-handed-screw-driver-wielding unless you
didn’t want to ruin the screw heads. Luckily you can still purchase new pins
from MKII.
So we all know what this watch looks like but
MKII hardly isn’t trying to hide that. It’s a homage to the classic Rolex Milsub
5517. From what I’ve tried and seen regarding other Milsub homages I think MKII
have done theirs really well. It’s a modern watch with modern specifications
and it also is a little bigger with its 42mm excl. crown.
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| Taken during a game of Yatzy. The helium escape valve visible. |
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| Out pike fishing in August 2015. |
This is the last MKII watch I’ve owned. But I
actually think I have dropped the whole homage business. I still follow
Bill’s new projects but out of the current line-up there is nothing that really
gets me going. I would love it if MKII came up with an original design. If they
would produce it with the same high quality as they always do they would have a
killer product.
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| Out on an early morning walk. I know I look stoned but I can assure you that I'm not. Just tired from no sleep. |
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