Globemaster bracelet questions

Skv · Mar 15, 2020

Hi all,

A few months ago I bought a Globemaster with a white dial. Lovely watch! It came on a bracelet but I quickly changed it for one of a few leather straps I bought for it (2 alligator and 2 leather straps). Just now I changed it back to the bracelet and -again- find it not very comfortable.

My problems with it it are:
1. The underside of the clasp has some very sharp edges that cut into the underside of my wrist. I rang my local (Amsterdam) AD and asked if they can polish the sharp edges off, but they can only send it to the Brussels Omega Service Center and get back to me with a quotation in a few weeks. Jeez.
2. There is no option to adjust the clasp. I don't mean no slow-adjust with a toothpick like one would on virually any watch that has been made since the 60s. I mean no adjustment at all. This means that in order to widen or tighten the bracelet, I would bring with me a screwdriver and a spare link at all times.

Any advice is welcome on (1) what to do with the clasp and the sharp edges? Take it to a local non-AD? I think it is bad service that they cannot fix this issue for me on site, but have to send it in. And (2) are there any clasps available WITH quick adjustment for this bracelet? Or do bracelets from other models fit the GM case?

I'm quickly swapping back to leather.. thanks for any advice!

Stufflers Mom · Mar 15, 2020

I'm not really sure what you can do, but I've said this before, the GM is a great watch let down by a poor bracelet and is the major reason why it trails the Rolex DJ by a good margin.

OmegaRookie · Mar 15, 2020

I remembered another review of this watch mentioning the same thing. Here’s a link to the thread. He sanded or had someone else dull the edge of the underside of the bracelet a bit.
Here’s the link: https://omegaforums.net/threads/an-...mega-globemaster-or-“the-idiot-button”.62685/

Skv · Mar 15, 2020

OmegaRookie
I remembered another review of this watch mentioning the same thing. Here’s a link to the thread. He sanded or had someone else dull the edge of the underside of the bracelet a bit.
Here’s the link: https://omegaforums.net/threads/an-...mega-globemaster-or-“the-idiot-button”.62685/

That user seemed to have problems with the sharpness of all links. My problem is solely the part of the butterfly clasp that meets the skin when the mechanism is closed. Might still be possible to get rid of with with some minimal polishing though.

jeelan · Mar 15, 2020

Great pics. congrats on the purchase!! This is one of those watches i really really wanted to like but it just underwhelmed me in person - not sure why. Your pics hv made me want to go and see it again at my AD.......

Skv · Mar 15, 2020

J jeelan
Great pics. congrats on the purchase!! This is one of those watches i really really wanted to like but it just underwhelmed me in person - not sure why. Your pics hv made me want to go and see it again at my AD.......

I didn't like it when I first have a look at it at the AD. The artifical lighting does not do justice to the watch. In real life I am loving it though. It is dressy enough to be worn with a suit yet casual enough to also match a pair of jeans and sneakers. Only thing that I don't like thus far is the bracelet that is either too tight or too loose, and hurts the underside of my wrist. That's why I went shopping for leather straps.

osc · Mar 15, 2020

Even though the bracelet is the better buy, I bought mine on the leather strap. Couldn't be bothered with these issues. I'm wondering though if there is an aftermarket or other Omega bracelet that can be a good replacement with micro-adjustments.

Morrisdog · Mar 15, 2020

Just try and fiddle with the links of the bracelet.. experiment by slightly moving the position of the clasp by perhaps swapping two halflinks to one full link.
Fortunately the watch looks very good on the leather.

munichblue · Mar 15, 2020

I also bought my GM with a bracelet, but somehow I never really got used to it. It’s too sharp, too stiff and the style of the links is not to my taste. So I bought the blue Omega strap and that really makes the watch almost perfect. Fortunately, I have enough other watches with nicer bracelets and that's why the GM on the strap is a very nice combination for me.

Alfista88 · Mar 15, 2020

Have you tried moving the butterfly clasp further toward the 12 o'clock side?

I've found that if I try to center the clasp equidistant between sidelinks, then the clasp gets very uncomfortable when I have wrist motions that cause my forearm flexor tendons to expand. For example, when I open my palm and stretch all 5 fingers outwards, or bend my wrist inwards toward the forearm.

At that point where forearm meets wrist, my main tendon skews more toward the 6 o'clock side of the bracelet, rather than the 12. The key to comfort with my Globemaster bracelet was to size in a way that positions the clasp further toward the 12 o'clock side. So that when my tendons do protrude, they push onto 1 of the 2 soft indented valleys of the clasp, inbetween the sharp edge and that plateau in the middle where the buttons are.

PhilF · Mar 15, 2020

When Omega designs a smaller clasp that micro-adjusts like the one they're currently using on the SMP300, they will have a winner, especially if they use it on all their bracelets. I've replaced the bracelets on my Speedmaster Moonwatch and my 38mm Coaxial Speedy with straps/deployant clasps because of the lack of half/quarter links and adequate adjustment on the Moonwatch and the butterfly clasp with no adjustment on the 38mm is frustrating. Love the watches, but the bracelets are just not usable for some of us. Omega, you've shown you can do it, you need to step up and do it across all your bracelets, seriously!

Skv · Mar 16, 2020

Alfista88
Have you tried moving the butterfly clasp further toward the 12 o'clock side?

I've found that if I try to center the clasp equidistant between sidelinks, then the clasp gets very uncomfortable when I have wrist motions that cause my forearm flexor tendons to expand. For example, when I open my palm and stretch all 5 fingers outwards, or bend my wrist inwards toward the forearm.

At that point where forearm meets wrist, my main tendon skews more toward the 6 o'clock side of the bracelet, rather than the 12. The key to comfort with my Globemaster bracelet was to size in a way that positions the clasp further toward the 12 o'clock side. So that when my tendons do protrude, they push onto 1 of the 2 soft indented valleys of the clasp, inbetween the sharp edge and that plateau in the middle where the buttons are.

To check if I understand you correctly: you have moved the clasp one or two links further towards the 12 o'clock position of the bracelet?

Globemaster bracelet questions

Skv

Stufflers Mom

OmegaRookie

Skv

jeelan

Skv

osc

Morrisdog

munichblue

Alfista88

PhilF

Skv

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