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alligoat Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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freddy333 Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alligoat Posted April 16, 2021 Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 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. [URL=https://imageshack.com/i/poX7aUJcj][IMG]https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/X7aUJc.jpg[/IMG][/URL] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nanuq Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Here's something a bit unusual, a Zodiac Super Sea Wolf on Uncle Seiko's Razorwire band. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nanuq Posted April 21, 2021 Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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