Fakebuster. Help with authenticity of braclet

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This is very interesting!

What I noticed and what seems strange to me:

The arrows indicating the direction for the pushpins are etched on the clasp parts and stamped on the link parts. On all my bracelets the markings are either stamped or etched, but not mixed up.

And the direction of the arrows switches on one side. Up for the clasp part, down for the first links.

(And if the complete bracelet would be titanium, the end link would be marked Ti 826.)

Guess A: Bracelet has been put together with steel link parts and a Ti clasp.
Guess B: The clasp part (steel) is not original and copies the design of a titanium clasp.
(Strange here: both left and right arrow point in the same direction. I have never seen that before.)
 
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Wow. This is turning out to be interesting and confusing. @zoohannover your observations are very helpful

Some more information:

Let's name the braclet in question Braclet A
And the reference braclet in the picture as braclet B.

I took the weight of both the braclet:

Bracelet A weighs 99 gm
Braclet B weights 81 gm (please note it is not a complete braclet with around 2 links less)
 
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FYI:

1) a Titanium SMP* weighs ~98g in total, that is head and bracelet, meaning the bracelet is likely around half that.

2) a single steel 20mm Bond SMP link weighs ~5g

*actualy this is the weight fitted with 1610/930 Ti bracelet which due to taper etc might be a few grams lighter than. the Bond style I guess.
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@padders thank you, this information is most helpful.

So can we assume that both are original steel bracelet?
 
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@padders thank you, this information is most helpful.

So can we assume that both are original steel bracelet?
I think so but the weight does allow for the 2 possibilities suggested above, namely it’s either fake or a Ti clasp has been swapped onto a steel bracelet. I am leaning towards the former, Ti looks pretty distinctive with a dull grey matt finish, yours looks like steel.