LOL.

 

Bob, if you had the flex-link, it wouldn’t have been a problem

 

I’m super excited to add this to my mesh bracelet that I got from you! Anything that makes it fit smaller wrists (I’m 15.5cm) is appreciated

 

That flat link looks perfect for me. Put me down for one!

Even better, if you need a guinea pig who can test it on a Pro, a Trilogy RM and an Ed White, then I’ll gladly take one for the team

Yes I am shameless.

 

^^^
And I thought I was the only one doing that.

 

This is gonna be epic

 

Can’t wait to get my hands on this flat link bracelet!

 

When the flatlink will be available for order?

 

Probably August or September. I might be able to start shipping the 20mm version sooner. Still working on the 19mm end links.

 

Question for the group - lots of people have asked whether the flat link bracelet will fit the Speedmaster Trilogy edition. It would be easy to answer this if someone knows whether the Trilogy bracelet fits the FOIS. Does anyone know the answer to that?

 

No it doesn’t, many have tried and it doesn’t seem to fit, but conversely the trilogy bracelet (Seamaster in fact in this case) can be made to fit the the Ed White. This suggests the various straight lug models do vary in spring bar hole position if only slightly. If there is some leeway in the end link then there is still a chance of universal fitment I guess. See I’m an ideal guinea pig lol.

Here’s my EW with the trilogy SM bracelet fitted:

 

#community

 

Interesting! Looks like I may need to make several different 19mm end piece options.

Similarly, I've heard of small lug hole differences in the newer Speedmaster Pro reference 311.30.42.30.01.005. Anyone know if that's correct? Or, if the 1998 bracelet for the 3570.50 would work on the '.005 reference?

 

The trilogy bracelet end links are very tight on their respective watches. If your design is more in keeping with the originals ie has a little more slack/tolerance then maybe a single 19mm end piece may fit the various straight lug designs and the Trilogy watches too. I do believe the 1998 bracelet works on the latest Pro watches and indeed on all Pro cases (and Broad Arrows too). I think the anomaly is the FOIS. The hole spacing on that one does seem different to the earlier (and Trilogy) straight lug watches. It wasn't designed for a bracelet after all and isn't necessarily a faithful copy of any original straight lug. The FOIS bevels for instance are not seen on the 2998 or EW.

 

This is very helpful, thank you! There will be a little more slack on our flat link than the Omega links, but not too much, as we wouldn't want the end piece to fit too loosely. Looks like I'll need to send some samples out once the end piece is ready!

 

@Forstnerbands happy to be a test mule

 

Me too! Everyone send me your watches and I’ll test them on the new bracelets- assuming I get to keep all samples.

 

I volunteer to test too as I have a "WatchCo" Seamaster 300, which is nearly the Speedmaster but a tiny bit different.

 

My winky face didn't show ;-)

 

That sounds like a personal problem