{"id":550,"date":"2009-07-18T13:45:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=550"},"modified":"2009-07-18T13:45:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-18T18:45:03","slug":"i-made-it-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=550","title":{"rendered":"I made it myself!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back, I saw some instructions to make a watch band out of 550 paracord, which is a military specification parachute cord.\u00a0 I always thought it looked cool, and I wanted to try it myself.<\/p>\n

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The one thing I didn’t like was the plastic clip.\u00a0 Too cheap looking and frankly, I don’t trust a $150+ watch on a clip like that.\u00a0 So, it turns out I had an extra diver’s deployant clasp. I went off to an army surplus store and picked up 20′ of cord for about $3.00.\u00a0 Following the instructions here <\/a>(with my modification) I went about weaving my own band.\u00a0 The instructions are very complete and easy to follow.\u00a0 It was a little harder due to the metal clasp, but here is how it turned out:<\/p>\n

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The metal clasp was worth the effort.\u00a0 It looks much more professional and I hate how those plastic buckles can pinch.<\/p>\n

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The whole process took about 45 minutes, so less time than I thought it would.\u00a0 Luckily, I didn’t have to re-size and reweave it.\u00a0 Plus, the deployant clasp has 3 micro adjustment holes, so if it is a little loose, I can adjust it.\u00a0 It is surprisingly comfortable and looks pretty darn cool on the wrist.\u00a0 The cord does come in 4 colors (Grey, Tan, Green, and Black ) so I may try another.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A while back, I saw some instructions to make a watch band out of 550 paracord, which is a military specification parachute cord.\u00a0 I always thought it looked cool, and I wanted to try it myself. The one thing I didn’t like was the plastic clip.\u00a0 Too cheap looking and \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watch-musings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}