Horological Meandering

Have any of you considered/followed through with modifying the spring bar holes on your watch? Why would you ever do something like that you ask? Well, let me elaborate... You see, if you want your bespoke strap to have curved ends, simply curving the end...  

That is another variable unknown to me but I would probably pose this question during a routine service where the movement might need to be uncased anyway. I think I’d only trust the manufacturer to perform such work though.

I may have flown too close to the sun on this one and went for a deep deep dive… I almost lost my purist head on this one! Thank you for the feedback

Curious to know your strong feelings here… concerns over damage? Affects to the collectibility? Or something else?

I have never been a fan of most case modifications. I lost sight of the fact that even the two small spring bar holes are a modification. Thank you for the reminder!

BTW, I use curved end straps with my Rolex, which avoids the case eating up the leather. It works a wonder

As if it isn’t already hard enough to line up the spring bars, eh? Yes depending on the position of the holes, slightly curved ends can work on a watch designed for straight ends. Sometimes you can also specify the thickness of the leather which wraps aro... 

If you want a curved end strap to hug the case it is almost necessary to have spring bars holes repositioned. You can also try to play with the thickness of the leather at the spring bar end but to get that “tight” look the strap needs to be just a millim... 

in the end this is a matter of personal preference, but i would not mod a case. Good luck!

Much appreciated and well received.

However I wouldn't have done that... To me the watch case is sacred.

The photos are not of my watch. I was feeling out this idea so thank you for your input as well.