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15 January 2017, 02:28 PM | #31 |
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Newer clasps are better featured, but I'd take the old tuna can clasps any day for durability.
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15 January 2017, 02:50 PM | #32 |
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I've worn a Rolex nearly everyday for 10 years+ and still have never broken a bracelet.
My wife's first Rolex had a jubilee bracelet with an older clasp like this picture below and it often came loose while she wore it so she sold it. Are any of the links secured with screws? If so could it have been worked on without applying loctite? |
15 January 2017, 03:25 PM | #33 |
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Outside of springbars, the clasp is the more common failure point on any bracelet. A weld, a pin, a blade hinge...any are susceptible to human error during fabrication.
What you don't see are hundreds of reports of failures. With the millions sold, I'd peg Rolex at nearly "Five-9's" reliability in this department. That is, 1 such situation per 100,000 made. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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15 January 2017, 04:15 PM | #34 |
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I have never worried about my bracelet
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15 January 2017, 04:18 PM | #35 |
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looks fake
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15 January 2017, 06:56 PM | #36 |
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Yes, I have seen a pix of a weld failure on a new Rolex bracelet but the weld construction didn't look like the one pictured.
The one I saw had been welded across the full face and did not have the pin/hole. Do you have more pix of that bracelet?
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15 January 2017, 07:04 PM | #37 |
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Quite true but Rolex soon remedied that fault,but speaking for the old style case never heard of one of those failing.
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15 January 2017, 09:51 PM | #38 |
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Never had a bracelet related issue.
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15 January 2017, 09:59 PM | #39 |
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No worries from me.
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16 January 2017, 12:38 AM | #41 |
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Verdict; Unnatural causes. If it's even real it appears to have been neglected and in a state of squalor.
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16 January 2017, 03:31 AM | #42 |
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Color me impressed!
I have never seen that, and I had fallen with my watch at a Mexico street (slipped on truck (camión oil) oil residues , the full show, but my watch took it like a champ ( non C sub date 1990)... J. |
16 January 2017, 04:07 AM | #43 |
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Who says that is even Rolex? I have never had an issue!
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16 January 2017, 04:17 AM | #44 |
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17 January 2017, 05:04 AM | #45 |
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Bust out the NATO Strap pics..
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17 January 2017, 05:18 AM | #46 |
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17 January 2017, 05:58 AM | #47 |
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Nothing is perfect, there can be manufacturer issues with any brand whether a good brand or bad brand stuff like this happens with Bmw's and Benz all the time with there first year models doesn't mean there a bad company or low quality. If the company take care of the problem and changes there design so it does not occur in further production is what makes them a great company.
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17 January 2017, 07:40 AM | #48 |
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28 March 2017, 12:38 AM | #50 |
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I'm afraid not mate. It's happened to me 3 times now!
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28 March 2017, 01:01 AM | #51 |
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28 March 2017, 01:32 AM | #52 |
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Anybody "worried" doesn't understand or have direct experience with the brand or bracelet. Possible troll situation?
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16 May 2018, 07:56 PM | #53 |
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This has happened to me on my GMT IIC recently hence me finding this thread, and there are others too, exactly the same weak point on the bracelet.
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16 May 2018, 08:05 PM | #54 |
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Nope not worried
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16 May 2018, 08:09 PM | #55 |
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The finish on that bracelet looks questionable.
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16 May 2018, 09:26 PM | #57 |
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I worry about cars cause I heard one broke once.
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16 May 2018, 09:45 PM | #58 |
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The new bracelet with glidelock is the last bracelet I would worry about. What bracelet system is better???
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16 May 2018, 11:06 PM | #59 |
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I'm not concerned in the slightest.
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16 May 2018, 11:11 PM | #60 |
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of all the things to be worried about, this isnt one of them. 4 people per year die in vending machine accidents (more than from sharks). Dont ask me how, but they do. So basically more people are killed while trying to get a bag of chips than people who have their bracelet fall off. Think about that the next time you need a snack.
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