R@ndom
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Help me decide!
Orange Monster or Black Monster?
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Th232
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Personally, I wear a black monster. Thought about the orange, but it just stands out too much for my liking.
That said, standing out may be a plus for you.
That said, standing out may be a plus for you.
adirondackdestroyer
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Black monster easily. How often do you want to wear a bright orange watch on your wrist? :laughing:
f22shift
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black unless you actually dive with it.
R@ndom
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What voltage is orange!oo:
So, let's see some pics of your orange knives! I started picking up some orange a couple months ago, and am growing rather attached to the color. Whether it's wood, G-10, Carbon Fiber, or whatever, I see lot's of great knives out there dressed in orange or orange and black. My most recent is a Hinderer Flashpoint. Still looking for an XM-18 to match, so keep me in mind!
Here's my current collection, growing weekly:
(L-R) BRKT Aroura, RAT RC-4, Downeast Knives Companion, BM Griptillian, Busse Active Duty, Hinderer Flashpoint
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Orange monster wouldbe my choice, but then again I have more than a few orange divers as I am partial to them. My favorite watch is a late 60s Bulova Snorkel.
Another fav is an Seiko SKX011J
But I happ[en to like bright watches, especially for summer. I have black for winter months or business.
Another fav is an Seiko SKX011J
But I happ[en to like bright watches, especially for summer. I have black for winter months or business.
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shrap
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I've owned both before, and kept the Orange Monster quite a bit longer (still sold both).
The Orange Monster is surprisingly easier to read. The Black Monster only has two colors: black and white. The hands, hour markers, and minute markers are all white. It's kind of hard to focus on just the hands since the whole thing has white lines streaming everywhere from the center, like some kind of starburst.
The Orange Monster has white hands, outlined in black, on an orange dial, with the minute markers in black. It's a lot easier to read, the hands don't mix into the dial as much.
And to those trying to be discreet with a huge watch that glows like crazy if exposed to the sun, good luck!
The Orange Monster is surprisingly easier to read. The Black Monster only has two colors: black and white. The hands, hour markers, and minute markers are all white. It's kind of hard to focus on just the hands since the whole thing has white lines streaming everywhere from the center, like some kind of starburst.
The Orange Monster has white hands, outlined in black, on an orange dial, with the minute markers in black. It's a lot easier to read, the hands don't mix into the dial as much.
And to those trying to be discreet with a huge watch that glows like crazy if exposed to the sun, good luck!
da.gee
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Just received an Orange Monster for my b-day. Liking it mucho. I hope it lasts a good while.
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Can't help you choose, but I haven't even looked at another watch since I got my Black Monster w/SS bracelet several years ago. It runs a few minutes fast every few weeks, so I have to set it back now and then, but at least it never makes me late.
I have another Seiko diver for work, a wonderful Ti Seiko that just doesn't "feel right" any more, a nice Bulova for church. I never wear any of them. Honestly not sure where I have them put up.
Have to clean up the Monster fairly often, and some of my coworkers occasionally tell me they can't believe I wear it there, but I don't want to wear anything else. The total coverage of scratches just gives it more of a matte finish, and are only individually discernible from less than a foot.
I keep thinking about buying a spare, just in case anything ever happens to it, but still have a Seiko auto diver with the same movement that I bought before the last week of jump school over 19 years ago. It's beat to crap, been through over half a dozen straps, the crystal is covered with craters from welding splatter, and the face has been knocked loose so that it turns around on its own. Guess I only keep it for sentimental value(since I was wearing it on all my jumps, while I've broken up with three fiances, been through four total loss accidents, and have had it cut off me in a trauma center), but the mechanism itself still works fine.
Hopefully one day my Black Monster will be reminiscent of just as many memories and adventures.
But hopefully a little less pain...
I have another Seiko diver for work, a wonderful Ti Seiko that just doesn't "feel right" any more, a nice Bulova for church. I never wear any of them. Honestly not sure where I have them put up.
Have to clean up the Monster fairly often, and some of my coworkers occasionally tell me they can't believe I wear it there, but I don't want to wear anything else. The total coverage of scratches just gives it more of a matte finish, and are only individually discernible from less than a foot.
I keep thinking about buying a spare, just in case anything ever happens to it, but still have a Seiko auto diver with the same movement that I bought before the last week of jump school over 19 years ago. It's beat to crap, been through over half a dozen straps, the crystal is covered with craters from welding splatter, and the face has been knocked loose so that it turns around on its own. Guess I only keep it for sentimental value(since I was wearing it on all my jumps, while I've broken up with three fiances, been through four total loss accidents, and have had it cut off me in a trauma center), but the mechanism itself still works fine.
Hopefully one day my Black Monster will be reminiscent of just as many memories and adventures.
But hopefully a little less pain...
Screehopper
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Owner of a Black Monster over here.
D.Kinty
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Orange Monster or Black Monster
they look okbut there are already orange and black pods..ill give 7/10 thou.
they look okbut there are already orange and black pods..ill give 7/10 thou.
