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4 December 2018, 11:42 PM | #1 |
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Bracelet sizing: Rolex vs Grand Seiko
Recently visiting a friend for Thanksgiving, also a fellow watch enthusiast/collector, he asked me to size his new Grand Seiko (sbga387). Being this is a Rolex forum, I’ll spare the opinion or observations of the GS, but I’m here to say that sizing a Rolex is a much easier and user friendly task.
The Rolex way of a threaded pin holding the links is genius and so much easier to size/secure with certainty. I wish I had taken pictures but the two part screw and middle floating pin of the GS links were a PITA. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
5 December 2018, 01:24 AM | #2 |
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If I remember correctly my MM 300 was a pain in the keister too.
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5 December 2018, 03:28 AM | #3 |
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The seiko pin and collar system to size bracelet is horrible, and I love seiko.
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5 December 2018, 04:08 AM | #4 |
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I’ve stopped attempting to size seiko bracelets - agree it’s nice Rolex is so easy to do.
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5 December 2018, 04:58 AM | #5 |
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I watched the AD size my wife's Snowflake and thought it looked like a very difficult thing to do. A small hammer was involved. It was easy for him to do though.
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5 December 2018, 10:43 AM | #6 |
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Sizing a Seiko is a pain in the ass. But you won't ever here of one falling out if it is put together correctly.
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5 December 2018, 03:46 PM | #7 |
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I sized my GS and didn't really have a problem other than the short screws being a bit more fiddly than the Rolex and Tudor type (which I have mashed up once or twice because they were too stiff with loctite to open).
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