Im hardly a newbie, just new to this forum. Normally I would agree about the pic comment, but this is kind of a hard one to demonstrate with pictures. I didnt take a pic of the gap in the bracelet before fixing it but if you own this watch then you know what I mean. The picture below of a gen bracelet can show you where the pin holes are on the rep (red). Just imagine that on the rep that last link before the clasp turns at a 90 degree angle to it as opposed to lying flush like the pic.