I assume so and if you look at the photo with the case knife my other end started the same way. However, no point in opening it yet as I have run out of springs! I only ordered 3...
For me, without the springs in the links, these bracelets feel flimsy and I wouldn't trust them. That last picture (and yours by the sound of it) has the end piece pulling directly on the leg in the red area below so, I can see a failure happening at some point through the green line.
With the spring installed, the load from the end piece is transmitted to the spring which then contacts the rest of the bracelet in the two blue areas - the red "leg" is unloaded and the green failure will never happen. This is a much stronger load path.
Cheers, Chris
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