Some vintage bracelet peculiarities / unmarked endlinks and 1286 / 249 clasps

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Being a little Asperger's - at one point I dived very deep into Omega bracelets and endlinks - It was a fun thing to collect until I checked myself before I got wrecked 😀

I have 2 questions for those with actual knowledge/experience about bracelets:

1) Did Omega ever make unmarked endlinks - maybe in the 70's where the quality/attention dipped at one point with the 1000+ cals etc.? (I assumed these were Omega clasps paired with non-Omega bracelets)
2) Am I right in assuming that, these 2 different 1286 bracelet clasps are genuine - and I assume they were the cheapest clasp you can buy from Omega at one point, so they got bought as replacement clasps, and it's why I ended up with them now - on bracelets that are not 1286 bracelets?

Thanks

 
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Hi,

to answer your first question:
Omega Holzer Jubilee bracelets have unmarked/unstamped end links.

kind regards Max
 
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Thanks for sharing - that's one very interesting bracelet

I see unmarked endlinks on eBay watches from time to time, usually on 1970+ watches, I always assumed there was a period where they made unmarked endlinks - but honestly I'm leaning more towards franken bracelets at this point
 
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Being a little Asperger's - at one point I dived very deep into Omega bracelets and endlinks - It was a fun thing to collect until I checked myself before I got wrecked 😀

I have 2 questions for those with actual knowledge/experience about bracelets:

1) Did Omega ever make unmarked endlinks - maybe in the 70's where the quality/attention dipped at one point with the 1000+ cals etc.? (I assumed these were Omega clasps paired with non-Omega bracelets)
2) Am I right in assuming that, these 2 different 1286 bracelet clasps are genuine - and I assume they were the cheapest clasp you can buy from Omega at one point, so they got bought as replacement clasps, and it's why I ended up with them now - on bracelets that are not 1286 bracelets?

Thanks

1: Yes, as far as I'm aware of, omega made unmarked endlinks. 2: Yes, you are assuming right.