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Got a new watch? Check to make sure the strap spring bars are seated!
The other day, I thought I’d swap straps for the first time on my Reverso Tribute 1931 with the original Casa Fagliano shell cordovan strap. As I struggled with the spring bar tool, trying to get enough space between the thick leather strap and the lug, I was very surprised to hear a distinct metallic “clink” sound. It took me two seconds to realize that one end of the spring bar had not been properly seated in the lug hole! Only the friction between the leather and the lug had kept the strap in place.
And I’ve been wearing the watch for 8 years!
Moral of the story: Give the spring bars a little wiggle on a new watch.
Ano “A fool’s luck” Nuevo
Got a new watch? Check to make sure the strap spring bars are seated!
The other day, I thought I’d swap straps for the first time on my Reverso Tribute 1931 with the original Casa Fagliano shell cordovan strap. As I struggled with the spring bar tool, trying to get enough space between the thick leather strap and the lug, I...
Luckily, a scratch on the interior lug wouldn’t bother me...
Because the leather is so thick that it hides the entire inside of the Reverso’s lugs. On other watches, though, I tape the lug first, and then attack the project with my usual arthritic abandon. Ano “No surgeon, I” Nuevo
Surprising? Yes, amazing that the watch didn’t fall off my wrist in 8 years’ time!
That reminds me — I need to get another Fagliano cordovan strap. Chocolate brown or burgundy for the TT 1931? Or even navy blue? A. N.
Yup, pretty good in chocolate! Thanks for your vote, Nico.
Here it is with a JLC “Fagliano-designed” brown calfskin, which is quite different from a Fagliano-MADE shell cordovan strap, but still nice: Ano “I’ll go with that one” Nuevo ...
