I've put the Apollo 11 50th bracelet on my regular 2017 Moonwatch and the Speedy Tuesday Ultraman with a regular 19mm spring bar.
Those are 20mm lugs, and I'd be really careful wearing that on 19mm spring bars....
Those hold the inner piece to the outer piece. In other words the screws hold the brushed middle into the polished outer..... if that makes sense. The lip is still attached even if you remove this.
I circled the problematic lip in red
I only throw this idea out there because that's literally the only other thing that can be done to the endlink (I think haha) I have a modern speedy infront of me right now, without a bracelet on it and I have the 50th endlink off its bracelet mocked up to the case (with no spring bar in) The holes line up enough to do what you did with yours but the springbar hole on the endlink is off center with the holes in the case.
Are you sure that’s the problem and not the protrusion caused by that piece screwed in? If you look carefully at the LWC watch I posted you can see that the lip is still there, it hasn’t been removed, yet the end link looks like it fits flush.
Those are 20mm lugs, and I'd be really careful wearing that on 19mm spring bars....
Are you sure that’s the problem and not the protrusion caused by that piece screwed in?
Perhaps this bracelet will become the new norm and they can provide a different piece to fit older type of Speedmasters (and the current Moonwatch that will replaced this or next year).
You guys are still under the impression that this removable part is the "lip".... it is not. This has no bearing on how the endlink fits the case. If you remove these screws the only thing that will happen is the endlink will break down into two pieces, the brushed and the polished parts. It's a weird way to make an endlink I'll admit so I understand the confusion
A shame for collectors to don't have the possibility to buy that kind of bracelets separetely
The lack of proper microadjustment is a shame,
B bruin20For anyone still looking into this for their non apollo 11, I've been informed by a boutique technician that it can be done without modifying the endlinks and instead by using a slightly thinner spring bar. Said it had been done multiple times without issue so far.
B bruin20For anyone still looking into this for their non apollo 11, I've been informed by a boutique technician that it can be done without modifying the endlinks and instead by using a slightly thinner spring bar. Said it had been done multiple times without issue so far.
B bruin20For anyone still looking into this for their non apollo 11, I've been informed by a boutique technician that it can be done without modifying the endlinks and instead by using a slightly thinner spring bar. Said it had been done multiple times without issue so far.
That does not sound like good advice from the tech. The wrong spring bar will likely result in the watch falling on the ground or worse getting lost. I am paranoid about spring bars failing. I always check and double check them every time I change straps or bracelets. I wish more watches came with solid screws like the Royal Oak or most Panerai models.
B bruin20If the watchmaker on staff at an omega boutique is installing a bracelet and chooses thinner spring bars to make it fit then I’m going to be just fine with the strength of the bars and durability of the fitment.
Emphasis on "so far".
