Anybody ever have a spring bar fail with resulting damage to a watch from a fall off the wrist? I've never had that occur with any of my watches, but I would sure be unhappy if it did.
Happened to me recently….. the aftermarket spring bar was holding the bracelet to the adjustable clasp on my reduced speedie let go and the watch hit the concrete floor with enough force for the snap back case back to pop off and roll away, only to be trod on by my clumsy mate, bending it to the shithouse! Fortunately my watch doctor was able to straighten it.
The reason an aftermarket one was in there in the first place was that the OEM spring bar went fartoing into parts unknown whilst adjusting the bracelet and I just replaced it with whatever was laying about handy……..my bad!
It now has OEM spring bars
Just curious: what makes you say that?
Never skimp on spring bars - always go OEM. The ROI for an expensive watch is a no-brainer, given it's a single point of failure for a several-thousand dollar asset. I've handled spring bars that could literally be snapped in half with very little effort before.
My OB gives them for free, but I had to order an uncommon pair they didn't have in stock from Swatch group this week and it ran me $20 after S&H... exorbitant for spring bars, but still worth it to have OEM ones in my book.
I use OEM when I can, but in instances when OEM isn’t an option, I use this selection from Otto Frei. I have also used these when I used up my last OEM bars and waited for more.
Anybody ever have a spring bar fail with resulting damage to a watch from a fall off the wrist? I've never had that occur with any of my watches, but I would sure be unhappy if it did.
