1/8/2024 0 Comments Kizzi precision flightgear![]() Breaking News: Swatch Group Reportedly Out Of Base.InDetail: The Ulysse Nardin Diver Deep Dive 1000M.Spinnaker Bradner Dual Crown | Hands On Watch Review.White Nasa Watchband By Kizzi Precision Flightgear.Editors’ Picks: Our White Whale Watches. ![]() Kizzi Precision Flightgear is asking €67.94 with your choice of shipping as an extra. Not the strap’s fault, just my preference. It is not a mistake if I wore it like you can see in Kizzi’s photos it bothers my wrist. Please note that in my photos the watch is on the strap “upside down”. It can also spice up your timepiece for a GTG or a visit to the local Omega Boutique. The material is sturdy but not itchy at all, a great summer strap. I have a rather large wrist at 7.5” and the strap fits me perfectly. By clicking on the strap, you wish to purchase, you can find a small history of said strap as well as its measurements. You can find all three types of straps he created categorized by long watchbands, short watchbands and white watchbands on his site. ![]() Regardless of your choice, your watch’s level of awesomeness will be elevated tenfold. Again to sum up the history of this strap style: “ While never landing on the moon, white NASA watchbands were flown on Apollo missions 7 and 8, and used in preparation for Apollo missions 9, 10, 11, and 12. ”. It is also a white NASA watchband but has keepers and D-ring (P/N SEB12100030-208). Though never flown in orbit, they were the current issue during manned Thermal Vacuum testing ” in case you are a true space geek and you need a strap that actually flew you need to look at the second type. According to Phil “ It’s a rarely seen watchband only produced by NASA during the development stages of the Block II Apollo CSM. The one I reviewed is the Beta Cloth Style (P/N SEB12100030-205). Kizzi offers two different versions of the white NASA watchbands. Phil used the original plans and measurements – down to the millimetre – to create the white NASA watchband that looks and feel as it came straight from NASA’s storage. Keep in mind that it took him over 4 years to develop this strap. This is time-consuming work and Phil is a one-man show. Searching for the right material is a slow process in itself, especially if a few decades have passed since the last time those materials were in use. He went for fabrics that are either period correct or as close to those as possible. When the idea sparkled in his head to create this strap (or the previous ones for that matter) he wouldn’t take just any material for the project. We learned during our first encounter with Phil aka Kizzi that he is a perfectionist. Aside from the e-commerce, he also wrote a few interesting articles detailing various different Nasa Velcro(r) straps and their features. Before, you would have to mail him to order a strap, now you can simply visit his shop, Kizzi Precision Flightgear, and order those Velcro(r) watchbands. To start with, Phil created an online shop. A lot has changed since 2015, as you would imagine. To sum it up, Phil (or Kizzi as forums members know him) was using original blueprints and period correct material to recreate the famous olive-green NASA strap that astronauts used since the Apollo mission. To date, that was one of the most extraordinary strap projects I have come across. Our loyal WSR readers might remember that 3 years ago we published a special article under the title “Authentic” Nasa Velcro strap – Speedy Tuesday Meets Strap Review. Though I have to say it is mostly for the Speedy fans, I hope many of you will enjoy reading the piece about the white NASA watchband by Kizzi Precision Flightgear. Today we have another unique strap for your consideration. This is what GLC Straps saved and turned into a limited run of beautiful straps. The restoration included new interior and the old (original) red leather seat became surplus. Some of you asked me where could they find the exact same leather Mercedes used in the 50’s? To clear up any misunderstandings, they peeled off the leather of the actual seats of a car that was being restored in a garage. As you might have read in the article it was a strap that GLC Straps produced using original leather from a Mercedes 190 SL. After a rather long hiatus, Watch Strap Review came back in June with a very cool strap.
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