Check your vintage bracelets!

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SkunkPrince

·Mar 24, 2021

You might have seen this:

Twice tonight it let go at the latch and dropped my watch, thankfully from seated height onto the carpet!

Took it off, put the watch on the strap, and tested the latch of this vintage Hadley bracelet. It was not hard to jostle it into letting go.

Please check your vintage, used bracelets and adjust as necessary so they latch tight!

 

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TexOmega

·Mar 24, 2021

What? No Duct Tape?

Buckle and suspenders, my friend.


😁😁😁

Edited: Mar 24, 2021

 

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SkunkPrince

·Mar 24, 2021

TexOmega

What? No Duct Tape?

Buckle and suspenders, my friend.

What the hell are you talking about? If you're trying to be funny... you're not.

 

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TexOmega

·Mar 24, 2021

Dry humor/ satire sometimes doesn’t translate with the written word.

I added to my above post to clarify.

 

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SkunkPrince

·Mar 24, 2021

TexOmega

Dry humor/ satire sometimes doesn’t translate with the written word.

I added to my above post to clarify.

At least my watchmaker found you funny. He said that vintage bracelets belong in a museum!

 

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STANDY

·Mar 24, 2021·schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collector

 

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SkunkPrince

·Mar 24, 2021

At least I can trust this one.

 

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JwRosenthal

·Mar 24, 2021

I swapped from a strap to bracelet on a watch and didn’t confirm the spring bar was seated, was getting into my car and flexing my arm to pull the door closed was enough to pop the spring bar and I watched the whole thing fall to the asphalt.😲
Luckily it was a micro-brand homage I no longer own - I learned my lesson.