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A-168 fit. A saga in 3 parts.

I received my A-168 about 3 months ago, and really struggled with the fit. It was either too tight and giving me wrist and hand issues, or it would hang over my hand - no in between.

My first solution was to wear it loose, but with rubber spacers, which helped, but definitely was not a long term solution.

Next, I used some Ali Express coupons to get myself a new watchband, but realised that the endlinks were too thick to fit under the hood (despite the listing stating that it fits the A-168). So I used a bench grinder to take off about 0.5mm all the way around the housing. Fortunately, the new bracelet came with quick release pins, so I could grind and test - nonetheless, this took a good hour to get right (it's 98% there, so need to skim a bit more and then finish it nicely). You can see there are still marks on the band where it meets the watch that need to be finished. The fit was now better, but still not perfect since the new band still didn't have micro adjust (it was more of a risk than a sure shot, so I knew this may not resolve the issue).

Then, I purchased a Watchdives 16mm clasp, with 5 micro adjust holes, and fitted it this morning, and I finally have a comfortable fit.

All in, $70 for the A-168 (I live in South Africa, and that's just the price here); about $5 for the new watch band and about $12 for the Watchdives clasp.

Yes, it's all a bit mad, but that's just the nature of watch collecting - we're all a bit nuts.

Feel free to ask any questions.

u/meerkatjie87 — 2 days ago

Looks like my phone/desktop queue is back to normal

I just noticed that my phone did not pick up my desktop queue when I headed out this afternoon. Hopefully YT have fixed the update.

I think there is definitely some value in having it as an option, but day to day, it just doesn't make sense due to downloads as well as just wanting to listen to different music when I drive vs. when I'm working.

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u/meerkatjie87 — 2 months ago

Hisense vs Bosch Dishwasher - any experience

Hi everyone,

My wife and I are finally considering a dishwasher, and I've been told that Bosch is the way to go, however, there seem to be fairly good reviews of the Hisense 15-place dishwasher (but I see Takealot's review section is fairly mixed).

Is it worth getting the Hisense (R5,500 for a 15-place) or should we hold out for the Bosch (R7500ish for a 13-place). I feel like spending R7500 is quite heavy for a smaller unit, but the Bosch has very few bad reviews.

Any thoughts or opinions? We don't need top of the line appliances, but don't want to waste R5500 if the R7500 would make that much of a difference.

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u/meerkatjie87 — 2 months ago

Hi all,

Not a rep, but an homage. I will be undertaking my first slightly complicated upgrade on my Addiesdive Sub - the original lume pip fell out so Addiesdive sent me a replacement. I've watched a few tutorials, so hoping for the best.

Any tips/tricks appreciated!

u/meerkatjie87 — 2 months ago