For the last squillion years I haven't liked bracelets. All my watches come straight off them and on to leather or something. Much more comfy.
Then last week I popped my Seamaster back onto its bracelet in order to take some snowy photos:
And strangely the watch has stayed on the bracelet - and on my wrist - ever since. I've suddenly realised that it actually doesn't feel too bad. And it looks really good.
Maybe it's the quality of the bracelet (comfy, well-made, solid end links) but I could be about to become a convert.
Bracelets are actually quite good.
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
I've got the same bracelet on an SMP GMT from the same era.
It's a great bracelet.
It's a great bracelet.
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
I like bracelets in general, but the Seamaster 'Beads of Rice' bracelet is certainly my most comfortable. I think the SMP is my only watch that has never been off the bracelet.
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Bracelets are actually quite good.
Likewise, my full size SMP always lives on the equivalent "Bond" bracelet. It's literally the most comfortable watch & bracelet combination I own...
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
I just started wearing the bracelet 2 days ago and it is very comfortable and attractive , so much so that I have reconsidered selling the watch.
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
That also has to be the most legible watch ever made.gaf1958 wrote:Likewise, my full size SMP always lives on the equivalent "Bond" bracelet. It's literally the most comfortable watch & bracelet combination I own...
I prefer the sword hands to the later ones.
Regarding the OP's 120, that looks nice too.
I've always thought the 120 is an underrated.
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
It also has the best lume of any watch I've ever owned, bar none, and I've had a few with great lume.hughesyn wrote:That also has to be the most legible watch ever made.
I prefer the sword hands to the later ones.
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
I was never a bracelet fan, but I have got used to it with the Speedy. I tried it on a leather strap but soon changed back to the bracelet and have kept it that way ever since.
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
A couple of weeks later, and I'm still loving the bracelet thing. All I've been wearing is my Seamaster and my Breitling Colt, both on their bracelets.
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Re: Bracelets are actually quite good.
Ditto, I have not changed out the CW white/black since I put it on bracelet......what a difference the bracelet makes.atnits wrote:A couple of weeks later, and I'm still loving the bracelet thing. All I've been wearing is my Seamaster and my Breitling Colt, both on their bracelets.
I have an incoming Oris BC3 on a leather strap and I am now wishing I had ordered it on a bracelet instead.
I might have to look for a good aftermarket bracelet now.
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