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Hair pinching Nautilus

A week ago I was invited to visit the shop of the AD, who sold me an Aquanaut some two years ago. The plan was that I should fit the Nautilus 5711-1A he just received and at the same time would be enchanted by the Nautilus just enough to let the AD put my name on the waiting list. This AD receives a Nautilus of sorts twice a year, so you can forget about discounts (which only makes the Nautilus even more desirable for PP geeks. Oh yeah, these Patek guys are sooo smart). So this particular Nautilus was already bought and paid for.

After a bit of ceremonial and a lot of small talk, ultimately I had the Nautilus in my greedy hands. Oh man, this Gerald Genta is really a genius; what an incredibly beautiful, wonderful, timelessly elegant design ... and also remarkably thin. And so perfectly crafted, I could almost cry of admiration. Royal oaks and overseas, competing watches I inspected before, seemed comparatively crude, both in design and in execution. The AD already unscrewed the cap from his fountain pen in preparation to write my name on the list.

And then, after sliding the watch over my wrist and after just enjoying these unique looks for some moments, I slid the bracelet on my arm back and forth. And ... what is this?... I noticed with surprise that my wrist hair was pulled, no pinched. In a not very pleasant way, I may add. Upon inquiry whether this behaviour was normal, the AD started a lecture about shampoo. No, no, no, my wristhair is soft enough. I don’t pay all this money to let my wristhair be insulted by an ignorant watchdealer.

Very unsatisfied, I left the store and started my research on this phenomenon. Almost immediately (thank you, google) I found a WatchTime test report pdf of December 2007 in which the following is written about the previous Nautilus model: “.....but the bracelet can snag the little hairs on the back of your wrist.”
Thank you WatchTime! I’m not alone.

And now the question to the honored Nautilus experts of this site: did you had the same hair pinching experience I had and if yes, what did you do about it? And no, shaving is not an option

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