End links for 16030 Datejust

[laddlindholm]

I have a jubilee with 555 end links and they won't fit my 1982 Rolex 16030 datejust….WHAT WILL???

Also, what end links on an Oyster bracelet will fit my 16030 Datejust and will any Oyster bracelet fit the end link for that watch, if not, WHAT WILL???

Thanks, Ladd L.

[Tools]

in what way do they not fit..

[laddlindholm]

with the spring bar in place, the holes in lugs do not line up. Maybe the spring bar is to large in diameter? The fit is almost on but off a bit.

[crowncollection]

Should fit try a different springbar

[laddlindholm]

done so much reading on these end links that my head is spinning. My 555 has an open back for no hole watches. The 555 is not supposed to have an opening, but the 555B does and there are 555B's out there that do not…there is the 555 B with the B on the end of the number and a 555 B with the B under the numbers. The 555 w/o a B comes in large font and small font. Maan, what a drag. There are fat spring pins for some of these 555's and other 555's do not take a fat pin, but do the smaller 1.8 pin.

I just want to get this jubilee band on my 1982 DJ and 6251H band…I need the right end link. Also, there is a 62510H band to confuse the issue more…they both accept the 555 end links, w and w/o the B

HELP

[southtexas]

Maybe post up a few pics of the endlinks in question?

[Hollywoodvillain]

im trying to get spring bars for mine . same situation . i went to the AD today and got a couple but when i got home , they do not work . mine is a 16030 DJ and has the 62510H bracelet patented & registered with 555 endlinks and this combo has been together for years . the spring bars actually wore through to the spring and broke in half. I couldn't tell if they had a number on them. the ones i got today fit ,but they only protrude minimally into the lug , it holds but i don't trust it ! the bars have a section that compresses down to the 20mm tube but that section is too large to fit inside the lug ! they fit great in the bracelet and the end links and line up with the lug holes with a little wiggling of the end link the nub on the end of the bar falls right in but the actual compression section is too big in diameter to fit in the lug !