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it's not often these days i am "amazed", i am often impressed and surprised but not "amazed" 
I have 4 or 5 old GL831 which i believe are genuine, old being the operative word.
I tend to be a bracelet guy but i think rubber looks good on divers in pictures and the like and this last few months i have tried wearing mine on rubber and after initially feeling strange I have quite got into them and it dose make them quite a bit lighter and with my ageing years these little things help
Any way with them being old , stiff and a bit grubby it has kinda stopped me wearing them much hence this question
Over the years I have read many many posts were guys have boiled there straps to shape and make them comfortable but as i say being mainly a bracelet guy have never had the need.
Well i got this 7548 this week and thought/decided it really needed to go on rubber as it is very nice so i boiled one of the straps, I placed it in a old casserole dish after asking the wifes permission(she just rolled her eyes and left the room
).
So 45 mins in boiling water with a good dollop of fairy liquid, then rinsed it with clean warm water a couple of times, dried it and it's now so soft, stretchy and comfortable to wear, the difference is truly amazing, so today I gave the others the treatment.
Notice how in the first picture they are hard and formed into a rigid shape, the next picture shows them after the boiling, impressed.


I have 4 or 5 old GL831 which i believe are genuine, old being the operative word.
I tend to be a bracelet guy but i think rubber looks good on divers in pictures and the like and this last few months i have tried wearing mine on rubber and after initially feeling strange I have quite got into them and it dose make them quite a bit lighter and with my ageing years these little things help
Any way with them being old , stiff and a bit grubby it has kinda stopped me wearing them much hence this question
Over the years I have read many many posts were guys have boiled there straps to shape and make them comfortable but as i say being mainly a bracelet guy have never had the need.
Well i got this 7548 this week and thought/decided it really needed to go on rubber as it is very nice so i boiled one of the straps, I placed it in a old casserole dish after asking the wifes permission(she just rolled her eyes and left the room
So 45 mins in boiling water with a good dollop of fairy liquid, then rinsed it with clean warm water a couple of times, dried it and it's now so soft, stretchy and comfortable to wear, the difference is truly amazing, so today I gave the others the treatment.
Notice how in the first picture they are hard and formed into a rigid shape, the next picture shows them after the boiling, impressed.

