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Doc Savage
·I recently moved to the Detroit area, so I went into the Omega Boutique in the Somerset Collection Mall in Troy today. I told them I loved my 39.5 PO, but I wasn't thrilled with its limited 3 position clasp adjustment. I also told them I had heard the 43.5mm PO clasp would fit my 39.5. They summoned their watchmaker, and he wasn't sure, so he pulled out a 43.5 from the case and looked at them side by side. "Yes," he said. "These do look interchangeable."
He got to work changing the clasps and removing one link (to compensate for the longer 43.5 clasp). He was MUCH faster than I am with the tiny screws on this (and the Aqua Terra) bracelet. Of course, I expected he'd be faster, but not 10x faster. Anyway, I tried it on, and it still felt big, so he took out another link. Now it's perfect!
Right now it is hot and humid in SE Michigan. I am going from air conditioned rooms to hot/humid outside a lot right now, and this new clasp with 6 adjustment positions works MUCH better.
The watchmaker had quoted me $250 when he first brought out the clasp. When he rung me up, the computer showed a price increase to $298. He apologized for not knowing about the price for the clasp, and he offered some swag in compensation. Shout out for the Boutique in Troy!
He got to work changing the clasps and removing one link (to compensate for the longer 43.5 clasp). He was MUCH faster than I am with the tiny screws on this (and the Aqua Terra) bracelet. Of course, I expected he'd be faster, but not 10x faster. Anyway, I tried it on, and it still felt big, so he took out another link. Now it's perfect!
Right now it is hot and humid in SE Michigan. I am going from air conditioned rooms to hot/humid outside a lot right now, and this new clasp with 6 adjustment positions works MUCH better.
The watchmaker had quoted me $250 when he first brought out the clasp. When he rung me up, the computer showed a price increase to $298. He apologized for not knowing about the price for the clasp, and he offered some swag in compensation. Shout out for the Boutique in Troy!
