Wristies - thread consolidation?

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[robertk]

Edited April 11, 2021 by robertk

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[alligoat]

LOL, freddy, I just saw that 93250 bracelet on your DRSD- I recall that you've got a 1575 movement in there. What's with the rep bracelet?

 

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On 4/14/2021 at 1:22 PM, alligoat said:

LOL, freddy, I just saw that 93250 bracelet on your DRSD- I recall that you've got a 1575 movement in there. What's with the rep bracelet?

 

It's a actually franken-bracelet. I think I posted about this years ago, so apologies to those who already heard the story, but I was helping a friend replace a radiator and stupidly stuck my hand where it didn't belong while the engine was running. The fan caught & sheered one of the links right off my wrist. I caught the watch just before it got ground up in the blades or fanbelt/pulley. Fortunately, I was able to salvage the gen 580 end links and 93150 clasp & fit them to what you see in the pic. It is a miracle I did not lose the watch, not to mention my arm. Anyway, I wear this watch most of the time & the bracelet is so comfortable that I just sort of forgot about it over the years & never saw any reason to replace it.

There is actually an addendum to the story that I forgot about: About 10 years ago, I did bid on a replacement 93150 on ebay & came close to winning it. But, honestly, because all the parts that I actually manipulate (clasp & end links) on this bracelet are gens, I just could not rationalize spending $2,000+ to replace a bracelet that looks and feels the same as the one that I already had on the watch. So I let it go & just forgot about it.

[alligoat]

Alas, gone are the days when you could pick up a used 93150 for $300-400. I did that in '06 and '07. But my gen 16800 is now running on 593 ends and a gen clasp with rep mid links. I guess I could go to Rolex and buy a bracelet for $1000, but then they'd probably want another $1K to service the watch. I'll just be happy with the rep mid links and when the time comes I'll go to my watchmaker and have it serviced for $300-400. 

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Here's something a bit unusual, a Zodiac Super Sea Wolf on Uncle Seiko's Razorwire band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I picked up this Maranez a couple years ago, but no steel bracelets existed at the time.  So I found a 20mm Beads of Rice with straight ends, and a guy in the UK selling curved BOR endlinks.  It has a massively thick case and an 11mm crown (!!!!!) but it looked like I could marry all the parts together.  So a lot of file work and reshaping later, here she is.