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I picked up a speedsonic 188.002 and it had this 1159 bracelet on it. There is a little 31 in a circle. The end links have no stamp on them but both exactly measure 21.7mm, so its for a 22mm watch. Somebody told me it should go on a flightmaster. Is that the right model, and are my end links generic ones or did they sometimes come without a stamp?

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Lucasssssss
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I have seen endlinks without stamps before, but have not been able to confirm if they are original. I would say they are aftermarket replacements (but could be mistaken)

The endlinks I would expect to be 22mm on a 1159 bracelet are the 155s (The Flightmaster Endlinks) or 549 which was on ref 145.007/145.008

For the sake of completeness, there are also 20mm endlinks for this bracelet, reference 154, which came on the Speedmaster Mk2 and Memomatic and Soccer Timer
 
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Is the circle 31 a clasp ID code? So my understanding is 1159 is the bracelet style, then 31 is the clasp code. On ebay I see clasp ID "30" on the ones I have seen.
 
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Uscjake87 Uscjake87
Is the circle 31 a clasp ID code? So my understanding is 1159 is the bracelet style, then 31 is the clasp code. On ebay I see clasp ID "30" on the ones I have seen.

I know it has been mooted on other bracelets that the circled number relates to the endlink number. Clearly this is not the case here as I have never seen a 31 endlink.

I know that it has also been suggested that it is simply an internal referencing tooling number, but I am also unconvinced by this, as I have seen a very large amount of 11/12/30s, but no 1 or 2 in a circle.

It could perhaps be a internal code for the bracelet? But that wouldn't explain how there would be varying numbers on the same reference.

Im not sure if anyone really knows
 
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Lucasssssss Lucasssssss
I cant find the 188.0002 on the table, It has been a long day, would you mind letting me know what page it is on?

Having studied speedsonics, the 1162/172 is the proper bracelet for the stainless model. You do see a lot of mix and match of omega bracelets on that watch which is why I ended up with an 1159 on mine since its a 22mm lug case. I'm not sure if the other one listed below goes to the 14KGF speedsonic.
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Uscjake87 Uscjake87
Having studied speedsonics, the 1162/172 is the proper bracelet for the stainless model. You do see a lot of mix and match of omega bracelets on that watch which is why I ended up with an 1159 on mine since its a 22mm lug case. I'm not sure if the other one listed below goes to the 14KGF speedsonic.

I think you are right and the other bracelet appears to only be in Gold
 
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