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Fignon · 20 June 2020, 10:30 PM

I know clasp code issues have been discussed in numerous threads, but I can't seem to find a conclusive answer to my question. Sorry if I have missed something obvious :)

I am plannning to source a period correct 6251H jubilee bracelet for my DJ 1601. The serial number on the watch is 3637XXX, which would mean a production date in 1972-1974, as far as I can gather. Having looked through photos of clasps on 6251H bracelets on DJ:s from this time period, my conclusion would be that these clasps generally had neither a clasp code, nor the production year stamped on them. The only text would be "PATENTED & REGISTERED/SWISS MADE" (on the left), and "STEELINOX/6251H" (on the right).

Before I go ahead and make a purchase I would be very happy for a confirmation that this would indeed be the correct clasp for my watch. All input much appreciated!

abarth750 · 21 June 2020, 12:19 AM

I have never seen a 6251H bracelet clasp date stamped after the 4th quarter of 1972. Most verified original 1973-1975 Swiss 6251H bracelet clasps I have seen DO NOT have a date stamp.

Fignon · 21 June 2020, 02:47 AM

So neither a clasp code, nor a date stamp between 1973 and 1975?

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Originally Posted by abarth750

I have never seen a 6251H bracelet clasp date stamped after the 4th quarter of 1972. Most verified original 1973-1975 Swiss 6251H bracelet clasps I have seen DO NOT have a date stamp.

Fignon · 21 June 2020, 04:14 AM

So, with clasp codes being introduced in 1976, the correct clasp for my watch would have no date stamp, and no clasp code? Correct?

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Originally Posted by abarth750

I have never seen a 6251H bracelet clasp date stamped after the 4th quarter of 1972. Most verified original 1973-1975 Swiss 6251H bracelet clasps I have seen DO NOT have a date stamp.

Fignon · 21 June 2020, 04:26 PM

Sorry for the double post

FrenchBigCrown · 21 June 2020, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fignon

So neither a clasp code, nor a date stamp between 1973 and 1975?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fignon

So, with clasp codes being introduced in 1976, the correct clasp for my watch would have no date stamp, and no clasp code? Correct?

Correct.

Fignon · 21 June 2020, 08:47 PM

Brilliant!

Thank you both!

Quote:

Originally Posted by abarth750

I have never seen a 6251H bracelet clasp date stamped after the 4th quarter of 1972. Most verified original 1973-1975 Swiss 6251H bracelet clasps I have seen DO NOT have a date stamp.

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrenchBigCrown

Correct.

20 June 2020, 10:30 PM	#1
Fignon "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Sweden Posts: 5	Clasp code on 1972-1974 6251H bracelet I know clasp code issues have been discussed in numerous threads, but I can't seem to find a conclusive answer to my question. Sorry if I have missed something obvious :) I am plannning to source a period correct 6251H jubilee bracelet for my DJ 1601. The serial number on the watch is 3637XXX, which would mean a production date in 1972-1974, as far as I can gather. Having looked through photos of clasps on 6251H bracelets on DJ:s from this time period, my conclusion would be that these clasps generally had neither a clasp code, nor the production year stamped on them. The only text would be "PATENTED & REGISTERED/SWISS MADE" (on the left), and "STEELINOX/6251H" (on the right). Before I go ahead and make a purchase I would be very happy for a confirmation that this would indeed be the correct clasp for my watch. All input much appreciated!

21 June 2020, 12:19 AM	#2
abarth750 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Alpharetta, GA Posts: 3	I have never seen a 6251H bracelet clasp date stamped after the 4th quarter of 1972. Most verified original 1973-1975 Swiss 6251H bracelet clasps I have seen DO NOT have a date stamp.

21 June 2020, 04:26 PM	#5
Fignon "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Sweden Posts: 5	Sorry for the double post

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