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·I bought a Broad Arrow bracelet off eBay recently and it arrived today. Looks ok, but I have a couple of concerns.
Firstly, there is no code stamped on the end links. Not a good start, but I know there are a few genuine ones like that, more so titanium links from what I know, but maybe also stainless.
It was advertised as a 1620/887, but the bracelet code on the clasp is 1622/977. My original bracelet is 1620/887 and has 887 stamped on the end links. A bit of googling shows that the 1622/977 should be a stainless & rose gold or stainless & yellow gold bracelet for the bi-colour 1957 version of the Broad Arrow. I've been unable to find a reference to an all stainless version, but if SS/rose & SS/yellow gold variations have the same code, why not all SS?
Those issues aside, the bracelet looks and feels absolutely like a genuine item. The end links fit the case perfectly - they snap into place and sit exactly like the originals with exactly the same (small) amount of wiggle room between the link and case. The end links have the same tiny screws either side of the end links that presumable hold the polished inserts in place - again, identical to the 887 link except for the stamp.
The links use the pin and tube system - I've never seen a fake bracelet that uses the pin & tube system, they've always been split pins. The links from each bracelet will physically fit into each other and the pins from one, fit the tubes from the other. So on one hand it looks the real deal, but the codes are missing/wrong.
Does anyone have any info that might help? Could this be a service replacement or something, or is there a different bracelet code for the 1957 BA model that is different to the previous Broad Arrows? Thanks...
Firstly, there is no code stamped on the end links. Not a good start, but I know there are a few genuine ones like that, more so titanium links from what I know, but maybe also stainless.
It was advertised as a 1620/887, but the bracelet code on the clasp is 1622/977. My original bracelet is 1620/887 and has 887 stamped on the end links. A bit of googling shows that the 1622/977 should be a stainless & rose gold or stainless & yellow gold bracelet for the bi-colour 1957 version of the Broad Arrow. I've been unable to find a reference to an all stainless version, but if SS/rose & SS/yellow gold variations have the same code, why not all SS?
Those issues aside, the bracelet looks and feels absolutely like a genuine item. The end links fit the case perfectly - they snap into place and sit exactly like the originals with exactly the same (small) amount of wiggle room between the link and case. The end links have the same tiny screws either side of the end links that presumable hold the polished inserts in place - again, identical to the 887 link except for the stamp.
The links use the pin and tube system - I've never seen a fake bracelet that uses the pin & tube system, they've always been split pins. The links from each bracelet will physically fit into each other and the pins from one, fit the tubes from the other. So on one hand it looks the real deal, but the codes are missing/wrong.
Does anyone have any info that might help? Could this be a service replacement or something, or is there a different bracelet code for the 1957 BA model that is different to the previous Broad Arrows? Thanks...
