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11 February 2020, 05:18 PM | #1 |
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Bracelet gap?
Recently been shopping at the AD and noticed that most if not all the titanium watches had bracelets that did not fill the end links into the lugs perfectly to the point where you could see the spring bar showing.
All the steel models had perfect fitment with no gap on the end links. Does anyone know if this is due to some sort of manufacturing tolerance with the titanium? The only titanium model that didn’t have a gap was the hi beat gmt with the 44gs case |
11 February 2020, 06:19 PM | #2 |
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Which models are you talking about? I can attest that all of the titanium Grand Seikos I've seen have well-fitted bracelets. Granted, this is not an exhaustive list, but I'd be very surprised if any were wrong. I haven't inspected non-Grand Seikos much, however, but it's safe to say it isn't a restriction on the material or Seiko's manufacturing – it would be cost, if anything. I just checked my Snowflake and the bracelet fits a hair looser than my GMT-Master, nowhere near seeing spring bars.
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12 February 2020, 03:01 AM | #3 |
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I agree. Though Grand Seiko bracelets do not fit as tight between the lugs as Rolex, you cannot see the spring bars (at least on none of my watches.)
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12 February 2020, 04:35 AM | #4 |
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This was on a snowflake, a winter, and a spring. The 44GS case had perfect fitment. The issue was only present on the top end link
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12 February 2020, 02:28 PM | #5 |
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I have never seen this issue before. Are you sure the case edge above the bracelet wasn't polished and you were seeing the reflection?
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