All clasps should look like this.

Here is the cheapskate version -- Gorilla tape, kitchen scissors and felt-tip. Job's a good un!




And here's another of my bracelets, before Michael Young polished it when I said not to.

I was troubled when my PO clasp got scuffed up on my work desk within the first week or two. Now I don't feel so bad. (And yes, if it's going to get scuffed up, I need a better story to go along with it.)

I was nervous about damaging the clasp at first when I got my first nice watch.
As careful as I am, I still managed to ding it off doors, bang it on the desk or hood of the car and did a job scratching it at work all while being overly cautious.
Whenever I stopped worrying about it, it seemed like I stopped banging it off of things. I do have an extra mouse pad at work to keep the desk rash from happening on the clasp but not so much for the clasp but it has become a comfort thing now.
That clear film makes sense too but I would think it would get funky after a while.

You're welcome

Commissione della Politica di Sicurezza?
Cheap Plastic Stuff?
Confirmation of Professional Standards?
Courtaulds Pension Scheme?
Canadian Paediatric Society?

Ah, got it, in view of my beat up riveted Oyster -- Crown Prosecution Service.

That bracelet spent its first 8 years on the wrist of a North Sea diver, then 13 on mine servicing rally cars on Internationals, foredeck sail changing in North Sea races and timing the cooking of hand-made pasta. Since then I've looked after it, mainly due to growing old and diminishing activity. It's a tool bracelet 😁

The signs of 17 years of daily use! I have a new clasp still in its packaging, Gifted to me by Omega after they messed up a service- never bothered to fit it.