Stuck springbar tip...still stuck...

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Sure, it's the same style as the original, but it's unlikely this was the spring bar that was originally in the bracelet when it was made (i.e. original). As I have mentioned, these are changed at every service.

BTW, I thought this was from a 7912?

Happy to be proven wrong. Show me a legit original.

7912 vs 1039: think the clasp bars were the same. Again, happy to learn otherwise.
 
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Happy to be proven wrong. Show me a legit original.

7912 vs 1039: think the clasp bars were the same. Again, happy to learn otherwise.

In order to show you a "legit original" spring bar, I would have had to own the bracelet since it was new, and ensured that it had never been anywhere near a watchmaker. I have a 1039 bracelet that I bought, and it has a clasp bar - it's not likely an original clasp bar though...because like most of them, it's been replaced during service...
 
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Follow-up, for those who may be interested in what original flat-link clasp spring bars look like: the stuck bar, which is still stuck, is on the right, taken from an unmolested 1039. The bar on the left, taken from another unmolested 1039. So the likelihood of them being original appears to be greater than zero.


Thanks for bringing up one of my pet peeves, so I can rant on it again. Oh wait, no need - @Archer has covered it for me!

In order to show you a "legit original" spring bar, I would have had to own the bracelet since it was new, and ensured that it had never been anywhere near a watchmaker. I have a 1039 bracelet that I bought, and it has a clasp bar - it's not likely an original clasp bar though...because like most of them, it's been replaced during service...

"Correct" is NOT the same thing as "Original".
 
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Thanks for bringing up one of my pet peeves, so I can rant on it again. Oh wait, no need - @Archer has covered it for me!



"Correct" is NOT the same thing as "Original".

Okay, got it. So Al, you meant that my bar may be correct for a 7912, or a 1039 clasp, but may not have been original to it?