Do you wear vintage on vintage bracelets? Fear VBF?

+1 for vintage on vintage. A few recent wrist shots:

Looks good

I have done, but not at present.

The watch in the middle (Heuer Carrera 7753, 1969) spent 40 years on the top bracelet (Rolex 6636 "Oyster Rivet", 1967) which had been on a North Sea diver's wrist until I bought it from him in 1974/5. The horrid condition of the 6636 you can see here made me send it to Hong Kong for refurbishment and the no-name beads-of-rice on the bottom (probably 1960s) was purchased from Belgium to act as stand-in for a year. It was somewhat loose but seemed OK. I wore the Carrera/BoR combo for a year or so with no problems.

When the 6636 returned it went straight back onto the Carrera and I looked to see what I had from the late '60s to match the BoR to. An old Hema (Landeron 248 inside, date unknown) seemed right and it went onto that. So far, so good. Couple of winters later the BoR gave way. Under fleece & heavy jacket I felt something happen but the Hema was retained inside the sleeve, so no harm done to it.

Now I looked harder at the 6636, the springs and the rivets in the links had been replaced, which what I asked for but the clasp to bracelet links seemed loose. I had not asked for those to be checked. Mea Culpa

So the Carrera is now worn on black leather, as it was when new. OK, it was Corfam faux-leather then. I don't know what to do about the bracelets, if ever I find some-one competent to check them over carefully I'd like to get them back into use, but not until.

I find the vintage bracelets quite charming despite the stretch and lighter weight. I also get a lot of joy looking at the old style logos on the 7077, 7912 and 1506 clasps.

I wear a vintage Constellation on a vintage BOR; however, I think it is not the ultimate band for this watch... and am looking for a vintage / "more correct" option which I think would be a 1037.

Yep

105.012-65 on its 1506

I don't wear any of my collection items 🙁

I wouldn't have an issue wearing regular flatlinks since their springs have been reproduced, if something happens, you have an easy path to fix

Maybe even replace all of them and keep the original vintage springs paired with their respective bracelets to be transferred on a potential sale

Some lovely watches here , always have mine on bracelets