Good everning after some advise. I have a 1974 constellation automatic and i have snapped the strap spring bar. I ordered one from ebay and its too thick i ordered a 18mm 1.8mm thick one. I dont have i clue how thick the original is, the strap has 1181/215 on it, but the only ones i can find with this number have solid links so I am not sure the clasp is the right one or not. Can any body advise me where to get a new spring bar from and is the clasp right? I would like to keep the watch original as it was my late fathers. Thanks in advance David
That hinge doesn’t use a spring bar. The right part is often called a “rivet pin”. This is a stainless steel tube with two stainless steel “studs”, each of which is pressed into one end of the steel tube. In some instances, a stainless steel pin of the correct diameter and length is a friction fit in the hinge. But you probably know this now.
Well, hello again! Um, did you forget your new screen name is David, not FullyWound? .....and have you started drinking decaf yet?