The new 3861 bracelet

Kmmdad57

The reason I am asking is I had a slight accident, and I do mean slight. I was pushing a grocery cart in the supermarket and one of the wheels jammed, my watch hand slipped of the handle and the clasp slightly hit the plastic hand grip. I looked and saw no damage, but later that night it seemed that the watch was wear slightly looser than before. I inspected it and saw nothing. Now I know I can be a little paranoid about my watches, and I also know I'm OCD. However, it feels that a very slight bump may have caused a slight (hardly noticeable to me) stretch. Is this possible or would their have to be substantial force to cause a stretch. Dumb question I know, but just wondering.

ErichPryde

So you have three points of information here that I find significant: 1) you're paranoid about your watches; 2) you refer to yourself as OCD; 3) you bumped your clasp slightly at the grocery store.

Personally I think #1 is normal and by itself is enough to make someone question whether or not they have damaged their watch. Throw in #2, and you get a sort of reinforcement factor that overrides logic and causes a skip past #3 straight to "the bracelet can stretch."

here's the thing: bracelet stretch that occurs over a long periods of time doesn't really have anything to do with what you are describing or what occurred. Your actual question is, would a bump against a shopping cart be sufficient to bend or damage the bracelet in a way that is noticeable.

So- approaching this logically, how much could it have bent at the clasp? Probably a lot less than 1mm if you can't see it. Would you notice a variance of 0.2mm? Maybe less, right?- but isn't it just as likely that your watch fits a bit differently when you first put it on? Mine does. Combine that with some hyper awareness that something may be different?

My advice is to give it a couple of weeks.

ninman

I don't know how hard you bumped it, but I'd say very unlikely to cause the bracelet to fit differently than it used to.

My bracelet has been bumped and knocked many times with no noticeable damage or change.

It's a tough watch and a tough bracelet. I'm confident that you're probably just being a little paranoid, and your bracelet is just fine.

Evitzee

A watch owner being paranoid? C'mon, man.

bsowers34

So has anyone noticed that the middle link parts on each side of the clasp of the sapphire version are not polished? And what is the correct term for them, btw?

bsowers34

So has anyone noticed that the middle link parts on each side of the clasp of the sapphire version are not polished? And what is the correct term for them, btw?