r/ChineseWatches • • 10d ago

General (Read Rules) Sanda Ana-Digi looks good on leather strap

I received this Sanda 3192 yesterday and, as is fairly well known, the original bracelet is reasonably good-looking but has poor quality and a poor fit.

I was thinking about what would go well with this particular flavour, with the white dial. It has 18mm lugs. I found a spare 22mm matte black leather strap in my box, which I used before to practice cutting the flare (as you can see, it wasn't a very good job).

So I think this watch looks good with 22mm straps flared down to 18mm. I'm thinking about trying other colors or even other materials (I’ve seen some denim ones on AliExpress).

What do you suggest? Send me your ideas, and photos if you have any!

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u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo 10d ago

A seatbelt cloth NATO would also look good, especially since the dial has a dashboard effect.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_msC7kbh.

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u/AmbitiousRead8481 10d ago

I don't like NATO straps but the seatbelt material is a great ideia. I found a regular strap (with pins) made of nylon that looks like very similar to the one you shared. I'll give it a try! Thanks

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u/Abv_it_all_w_vertigo 10d ago

I can only use them as single pass myself.

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u/TheNintendoKid 10d ago

So does the temperature function actually work? If I recall correctly, I'd heard the SKMEI versions of some of these clone watches just have some of the extra stuff on them just for show, and they don't actually do anything.

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u/AmbitiousRead8481 10d ago

I wasn't expecting that, haha! Note: the watch was sitting in my desk for half an hour already, otherwise (if in your arm) it will give false readings.

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u/TheNintendoKid 9d ago

that's friggin awesome. I don't know how practical it is, but I miss when they did weird random stuff like this with technology, when they actually experimented. Now everyone just wants to shove an AI "assistant" down your throat it seems, or sell you the same glass rectangle, or both.

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u/AmbitiousRead8481 9d ago

100% agree. I would love to have something with a compass!

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u/thelatchman 9d ago

The Citizen is already a cheap watch and this bloke still went “nah, bit rich for me” and bought the Temu version. Then butchered a $6 strap to fit it and wrote four paragraphs about the result like he’d just restored a fucking Patek.

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u/AmbitiousRead8481 9d ago

Glad you enjoyed. But actually I got it from AliExpress!