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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by gonzomantis » Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:32 am

Axelay2003 wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:58 am
I received my red samui yesterday and noticed that the date wheel changes 5 minutes after the hour. My other watches date wheel change just before or right on the hour.

My Synchron Military date wheel changes exactly on the hour.

Is that normal to change date after the hour?
It is just a matter of alignment of the hands when they install them. No damage to worry about, just an annoyance.

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by Henryj » Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm

There was some mention of a discount code?
“Punishable by fine” = Legal for a price.”

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by Ryeguy » Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:32 pm

Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.
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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by BBK357 » Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 am

Ryeguy wrote:
Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.
99DD1158-F028-473E-A36B-3BCC88D2D4D8.jpeg
That looks great !


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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by Ryeguy » Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:31 am

BBK357 wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.

99DD1158-F028-473E-A36B-3BCC88D2D4D8.jpeg
That looks great !


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I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. Like I said, I'm a heck of a lot more brave with a $300 watch. I'm not certain I would want my first attempt at bezel polishing to be on an actual Doxa.

FWIW, taking aside the "homage" / "copy" / "almost replica" debate, I do think the GMT scale on the Maranez is actually more useful than the no deco scale on the authentic Doxa.

I use the BOR bracelet from the Maranez on my Synchron, and my daughter has been enjoying this Samui.

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by BBK357 » Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:14 pm

Ryeguy wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.

99DD1158-F028-473E-A36B-3BCC88D2D4D8.jpeg
That looks great !


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I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. Like I said, I'm a heck of a lot more brave with a $300 watch. I'm not certain I would want my first attempt at bezel polishing to be on an actual Doxa.

FWIW, taking aside the "homage" / "copy" / "almost replica" debate, I do think the GMT scale on the Maranez is actually more useful than the no deco scale on the authentic Doxa.

I use the BOR bracelet from the Maranez on my Synchron, and my daughter has been enjoying this Samui.
Have you put the maranez bracelet on your military?
I was reading post on WUS that said it doesn’t fit right, and also the spring bars have to be really small diameter for the military.


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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by Ryeguy » Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:41 pm

BBK357 wrote:
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:14 pm
Ryeguy wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.

99DD1158-F028-473E-A36B-3BCC88D2D4D8.jpeg
That looks great !


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Thanks!

I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. Like I said, I'm a heck of a lot more brave with a $300 watch. I'm not certain I would want my first attempt at bezel polishing to be on an actual Doxa.

FWIW, taking aside the "homage" / "copy" / "almost replica" debate, I do think the GMT scale on the Maranez is actually more useful than the no deco scale on the authentic Doxa.

I use the BOR bracelet from the Maranez on my Synchron, and my daughter has been enjoying this Samui.
Have you put the maranez bracelet on your military?
I was reading post on WUS that said it doesn’t fit right, and also the spring bars have to be really small diameter for the military.


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Yup. That was the reason I bought the Maranez in the first place. I really just wanted the bracelet but at the time they weren’t selling the bracelet without the watch.

You do have to use thin spring bars as the holes don’t exactly line up. They are a fraction of a mm off. I used 1.1mm spring bars purchased from Esslinger.

It feels pretty secure on the bracelet now, but I do wish it worked with thicker bars.
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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by toxicavenger » Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:09 am

Ryeguy wrote:
Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:41 pm
BBK357 wrote:
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:14 pm
Ryeguy wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.

99DD1158-F028-473E-A36B-3BCC88D2D4D8.jpeg
That looks great !


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Thanks!

I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. Like I said, I'm a heck of a lot more brave with a $300 watch. I'm not certain I would want my first attempt at bezel polishing to be on an actual Doxa.

FWIW, taking aside the "homage" / "copy" / "almost replica" debate, I do think the GMT scale on the Maranez is actually more useful than the no deco scale on the authentic Doxa.

I use the BOR bracelet from the Maranez on my Synchron, and my daughter has been enjoying this Samui.
Have you put the maranez bracelet on your military?
I was reading post on WUS that said it doesn’t fit right, and also the spring bars have to be really small diameter for the military.


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27275187-CCD9-4A32-8902-45618405C952.jpeg

Yup. That was the reason I bought the Maranez in the first place. I really just wanted the bracelet but at the time they weren’t selling the bracelet without the watch.

You do have to use thin spring bars as the holes don’t exactly line up. They are a fraction of a mm off. I used 1.1mm spring bars purchased from Esslinger.

It feels pretty secure on the bracelet now, but I do wish it worked with thicker bars.
if it has hollow endlinks you can make the tube for the spring bar wider.

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by Ryeguy » Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:30 am

toxicavenger wrote:
Sat Nov 13, 2021 9:09 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Fri Nov 12, 2021 6:41 pm
BBK357 wrote:
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:14 pm
Ryeguy wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.

99DD1158-F028-473E-A36B-3BCC88D2D4D8.jpeg
That looks great !


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Thanks!

I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. Like I said, I'm a heck of a lot more brave with a $300 watch. I'm not certain I would want my first attempt at bezel polishing to be on an actual Doxa.

FWIW, taking aside the "homage" / "copy" / "almost replica" debate, I do think the GMT scale on the Maranez is actually more useful than the no deco scale on the authentic Doxa.

I use the BOR bracelet from the Maranez on my Synchron, and my daughter has been enjoying this Samui.
Have you put the maranez bracelet on your military?
I was reading post on WUS that said it doesn’t fit right, and also the spring bars have to be really small diameter for the military.


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27275187-CCD9-4A32-8902-45618405C952.jpeg

Yup. That was the reason I bought the Maranez in the first place. I really just wanted the bracelet but at the time they weren’t selling the bracelet without the watch.

You do have to use thin spring bars as the holes don’t exactly line up. They are a fraction of a mm off. I used 1.1mm spring bars purchased from Esslinger.

It feels pretty secure on the bracelet now, but I do wish it worked with thicker bars.
if it has hollow endlinks you can make the tube for the spring bar wider.
Yes, but the Maranez bracelet endlinks are solid so no adjustment possible.

On the positive side, the endlinks fit perfectly to the case with no gap at all, so the spring bars aren’t being overly stressed with additional movement.

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by BBK357 » Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:09 am

Ryeguy wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Fri Nov 12, 2021 5:14 pm
Ryeguy wrote:
BBK357 wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 4:44 am
Ryeguy wrote:
Henryj wrote:
Fri Sep 24, 2021 12:25 pm
There was some mention of a discount code?
I think it was “MAF”

The beauty of a $300 watch is you have little fear when taking a dremel to it.

I polished the outer edge of the bezel and painted the numbers turquoise to match the dial.

99DD1158-F028-473E-A36B-3BCC88D2D4D8.jpeg
That looks great !


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Thanks!

I'm actually pretty happy with how it turned out. Like I said, I'm a heck of a lot more brave with a $300 watch. I'm not certain I would want my first attempt at bezel polishing to be on an actual Doxa.

FWIW, taking aside the "homage" / "copy" / "almost replica" debate, I do think the GMT scale on the Maranez is actually more useful than the no deco scale on the authentic Doxa.

I use the BOR bracelet from the Maranez on my Synchron, and my daughter has been enjoying this Samui.
Have you put the maranez bracelet on your military?
I was reading post on WUS that said it doesn’t fit right, and also the spring bars have to be really small diameter for the military.


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27275187-CCD9-4A32-8902-45618405C952.jpeg
Yup. That was the reason I bought the Maranez in the first place. I really just wanted the bracelet but at the time they weren’t selling the bracelet without the watch.

You do have to use thin spring bars as the holes don’t exactly line up. They are a fraction of a mm off. I used 1.1mm spring bars purchased from Esslinger.

It feels pretty secure on the bracelet now, but I do wish it worked with thicker bars.
That looks great.

I saw that flying dr guy posted these bracelet as well.

https://suppaparts.com/Beads-of-Rice-bracelet.php


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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by Ryeguy » Sat Nov 13, 2021 10:14 am

Yeah, that does look good. The Suppaparts bracelet has folded / hollow endlinks so adjustments are possible.

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by kempoman » Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:30 am

Surprising nobody here notice the titanium version??

https://www.maranez.com/product-page/ma ... -off-white
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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by AtomicTom » Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:21 am

Oh nice, very cool Kempo ! :o

Definitely didn’t know about these that’s for sure. :salute:
The Titanium really does look great, and the price
is very reasonable as well. Especially since it looks
like a million $. :)

Want to thank you for the news !!!

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by gonzomantis » Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:37 pm

And they have a 20% off code good “from April 11st to April 27st” :lol:

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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by flyskate » Thu Apr 21, 2022 4:54 pm

gonzomantis wrote:
Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:37 pm
And they have a 20% off code good “from April 11st to April 27st” :lol:
Whats the code?
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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by tattoo chef » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:09 pm

flyskate wrote:
gonzomantis wrote:
Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:37 pm
And they have a 20% off code good “from April 11st to April 27st” :lol:
Whats the code?
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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by flyskate » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:12 pm

tattoo chef wrote:
Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:09 pm
flyskate wrote:
gonzomantis wrote:
Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:37 pm
And they have a 20% off code good “from April 11st to April 27st” :lol:
Whats the code?
EASTER


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Re: Maranez Military/Army

Post by Bob1035 » Fri Apr 22, 2022 4:13 am

Seriously tempted by the Titanium version!

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