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路These last two days I've had pretty annoying experiences with springbars... How bloody har can it be to install the correct size!? You would think that seeing the "18" on the underside of the strap would make a person changing straps reach out for the ones that are suitable for 18mm straps, wouldn't you? It's not that it's a huge outlay to make sure that you have the correct ones for your strap - ESPECIALLY if you're selling the watch the strap is on!! 馃
Last evening I wanted to change strap on my Omega Seamaster 2892, but I couldn't get the bars to budge, and not wanting to gouge the lugs, I left it for today. Another try went unsuccesful, and I got serious and brought out my Proxxon mini drill. Having sawn (caaaaaarefully!!) through the first, it dawned on me why they were so difficult to operate:
The correct springbars I had ready are at the bottom... 馃う
Taking into consideration that I have removed a milimeter or two, these are enormously oversized! How the seller even managed to get them to fit is anyone's guess. They are probably suited for a 20-22mm strap!
On the other end of the spectrum are the next specimens. I recently sold my Seamaster Calendar 2849 (now residing with @Schmedsc in the US) and the strap I had used almost exclusively was a Hadley Roma which had aqcuired a lovely, deep brown patina from use. My favourite strap for one of my best watches, a really great match.
However, when I wanted to put the strap on my Tissot Chrono the day before yesterday, I couldn't! It just wouldn't sit firmly between the lugs. I grabbed some new spring bars, and the problem disappeared... In the next photo, they are at the bottom, and the 18mm are in the middle:
馃How bloody hard can it be?? 馃
I guess it's only due to Omega being a bit more strict on tolerances or that the untouched case was just more "tight", or otherwise I could have lost that watch anywhere during the period I wore it, which I did pretty often. Damn glad that I didn't ship the strap with the watch, or that could have happened any time.
Genuinely annoyed by this.
Last evening I wanted to change strap on my Omega Seamaster 2892, but I couldn't get the bars to budge, and not wanting to gouge the lugs, I left it for today. Another try went unsuccesful, and I got serious and brought out my Proxxon mini drill. Having sawn (caaaaaarefully!!) through the first, it dawned on me why they were so difficult to operate:
The correct springbars I had ready are at the bottom... 馃う
Taking into consideration that I have removed a milimeter or two, these are enormously oversized! How the seller even managed to get them to fit is anyone's guess. They are probably suited for a 20-22mm strap!
On the other end of the spectrum are the next specimens. I recently sold my Seamaster Calendar 2849 (now residing with @Schmedsc in the US) and the strap I had used almost exclusively was a Hadley Roma which had aqcuired a lovely, deep brown patina from use. My favourite strap for one of my best watches, a really great match.
However, when I wanted to put the strap on my Tissot Chrono the day before yesterday, I couldn't! It just wouldn't sit firmly between the lugs. I grabbed some new spring bars, and the problem disappeared... In the next photo, they are at the bottom, and the 18mm are in the middle:
馃How bloody hard can it be?? 馃
I guess it's only due to Omega being a bit more strict on tolerances or that the untouched case was just more "tight", or otherwise I could have lost that watch anywhere during the period I wore it, which I did pretty often. Damn glad that I didn't ship the strap with the watch, or that could have happened any time.
Genuinely annoyed by this.
