That is painful to look at. Any after market metal bracelet has to be looked at with suspicion. Be careful.
Ouch! I’ll stick with factory, leather or nylon. I have a couple fixed width Expandro’s that I love, may have to look at how those rub. I wonder if this is specific to the spring loaded endlinks that are applying constant pressure to the lugs as they move as opposed to fixed endlinks.
Is that the "Twistoflex?" I forget how they spelled it. I remember huge TV advertising for them--many moons ago.
Mind you it's not the bracelet itself but the sprung ends of the multi-size bracelet. Any sort of bracelet that has a fixed tube at the end is a lot less likely to carve a groove in the lugs. Tom
Us watch guys who have a rotation a month or two deep forget that if you wear the same watch daily for 40 years, regardless of activity, it’s gonna look like shit
The guy who wore that watch had to see that the band was eating the lugs away... did he just not give a shit?
A similar thread awhile back is why I removed the Speidel Twist-O-Flex from an inherited watch. Luckily there was minimal lug damage. I should just throw this away.
Not that I'm a Speidel fan, but let's look at this a bit more objectively: is this a frequent occurrence with this type of band? Is it possible there are other confounding variables, like the thing was never cleaned, and the debris became unusually abrasive? On the face of it, one would think that all those springs in the band would likely transmit less force to the lugs, not more. I can't tell for sure, but the ends, are they spring-loaded? Because if ultra-gunky, and stuck in the extreme, outer position, without the ability to retract, it would make sense that it would take a uncommon bite into the lugs.