Musings on JB Champion mesh bracelet design...

Look at the following photos, and note where the clasp sits on the wrists of these astronauts:



Note that they typically lie to the side of the wrist. That’s where mine sits as well:



So the question is, if this is fairly typical of where the clasp will end up, why all the extra length? I mean, great for a space suit, but they weren’t originally designed for that. Why didn’t they make it shorter, so the clasp was more under the wrist, where most other bracelet clasps are?

Because when you have it under your wrist it doesn’t take off as easy and putting it on with your wrist up the weight of the watch dropping makes it harder to fasten. Try it 😉

Also the extra length is so you can fit it over your hand

The beauty of this bracelet (the original design) was that it was a once size fits all. My lady can wear mine on her 5.5" wrist with the clasp almost at the top and the reverse return bar at the top on the back side, then I can size it for myself at 7.5 with a flick of the claps and it sits slightly higher than you see in the last pic (that arm is probably about a 7.5" wrist) and it can easily accommodate an 8.5" wrist with the clasp lower on the bracelet (I have a friend who has tree trunk arms that are bigger than that). I think the design was simply meant to be one size fits all.

Is Stanford’s on backwards?