Recommendations: SMP 300M Diver, buy as OEM bracelet, or strap?

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IMHO, you should buy on bracelet and try to get a deal on the strap, they might even throw it in for free.

My SMP is probably never gonna be on the market, crossing fingers nothing bad ever happens that I NEED to sell it, but if someday in the future I need to sell it, I think from a buyer standpoint it's gonna be way more attractive because don't forget: a rubber bracelet in 10 years, if worn often enough, might not look as good as metal might + a full set usually is on bracelet.

Anyway, that's my 2 cents.

You do you! 😀

This.

Some ADs might throw in a free strap if you ask for it. Worst that can happen is they say no to a free strap.
Buy the bracelet version and the original strap for like $310. If you buy the one with the rubber strap and then decide you want the bracelet, you'll be looking at spending around $750 for the steel bracelet. You'll probably only save a couple of hundred dollars at most but yes. IF you ever decide to sell your watch, you'll probably get more for it with the steel bracelet than with the rubber.
 
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20% seems very good, I'll see if I can get close to that. Will definitely get both bracelet and rubber, maybe it will grow on me. Only worry is they release an update next year for the seamasters and a tapered bracelet appears on them.

So then you buy the tapered bracelet. If it's a 1610 or 1450 style, I definitely will. The new SMP, when It comes, will be very similar to the previous versions as ALL the other SMPs have. There will be nothing earth shattering. Nothing worth waiting for. I'd like to see a sword-handed version, personally, but that's a different SMP altogether.

Also, I will echo what was stated in another reply here, the lack of taper on the bracelet is completely and utterly overblown
 
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Go with the bracelet. As many have said resell is much higher and easier that way should you want to sell it down the road. Get more for it as well.
 
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You all convinced me, I'm going with the bracelet, will buy later this coming week, need to get my order in before the 1st to avoid rumored price increase....