Ed White 321 Bracelet on Trilogy Speedmaster

Faz

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Damn….I need to spend more money!
Any chance for some close ups of the end pieces joining the case front and back?

Evitzee

I remember other people who had to use thinner bars to get it to fit, maybe your's is just a bit out of spec. But it's an improvement over the stock bracelet.

Faz

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Damn….I need to spend more money!
Any chance for some close ups of the end pieces joining the case front and back?

G'c

This looks so great! I just acquired the 321 last month... I don't dare to remove the bracelet myself for this watch. Another option is to buy another 321 bracelet...that seems stupidly expensive though.

sgk

Does indeed look better proportioned.. and great shots!

Maganator

Looks great!

I dont suppose you know if the modern 321 bracelet will fit the original 105.003-65 Ed White?

Indices

I’ve been enjoying the Trilogy more than ever lately, especially after it had been out for service. Something about it is just near perfect, although the bracelet does leave a little to be desired.

I don’t mind the heft of it on the Trilogy Seamaster, it helps to plant the watch and match the toughness of the capability, but it seems out of place on the Speedmaster.

Figured I’d try and see if the 321 bracelet fits well and looks as good as I’ve seen it pictured here and on Fratello, and I love it. This bracelet really is a contender for one of the best bracelets, it’s, thin, light and stunning in natural light, always better in person than in photos.

I think the bracelet now is going to be a watch hopper, transferring from the 321 and back.

interestingly I had no issues using the springbars from the 321, they fit easily on first attempt. Watch was on wrist in seconds. It is amazing what a great bracelet can do to change the wearability of a watch.

Evitzee

I remember other people who had to use thinner bars to get it to fit, maybe your's is just a bit out of spec. But it's an improvement over the stock bracelet.

O OmegaBHR

Back then after reading the old thread I decided to purchase the 321 bracelet and used 1.5mm bars right away as was suggested and didn't try the originals that came with the bracelet. A couple of weeks ago, I read this thread and I got excited and I brought out the OEM bars out to try them, I tried like my life depended on it, no way it was going to fit. I can get one end of the bar into the hole but the pin doesnt go all the way in, and the other side was way off, I also tried both sides of the watch and it was the same. However I really liked how the OEM bar held the endlink tightly to the bracelet and was not clanky anymore, so I figured I would test my luck with aftermarket bars and ordered 19mm x 1.8mm bars to give them a try and luckily they worked.

The difference with the OEM bars and the 1.8mm aftermarket bars is that the OEM measured slightly thicker (1.8 vs 1.78) and the OEM bars had thicker ends and the pins were thicker as well, the OEM build quality was also better with tighter tolerance in the moving part between the center portion and the outer pin portion of the bar, so it was basically impossible to push/bend to align with the case hole, the 1.8mm aftermarkets had no issue and fit perfectly.

I am glad I got to try the aftermarket 1.8mm because the endlinks fit much firmer to the case now and the bracelet is much tigher without making any noises.

If I had to guess, Omega probably changed springbar suppliers or slightly changed the springbar specs in later production.

The trilogy on the 321 bracelet using 1.8mm bars and spiral winder caseback is now to me one of the best looking and wearing speedmasters you can have.

eugeneandresson

Has anyone tried the FOIS MkII bracelet on the Trilogy Speedmaster????